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were mere hamlets, — declares that the Elder was abundant on the islands 
of the Dry Fork of the White-water River, in the earliest ee of 
the country; that he remembers very distinctly making ‘ of its 
stems when tapping sugar-trees, and that it was a great pest in low bot- 
tom-lands, and had to be eradicated with much labor when clearings were 
ade.” — A. GRAY. 
GERMAN Ivy, SO-CALLED, FLOWERING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES. 
—Mr. L. H. Brown, of Dayton, Ohio, informs us that bran ches of this 
delicate climber, cut in October, were carried into re house and hung 
around picture-frames upon the walls of a room in which, until winter set 
in, there was no fire. In about three weeks they began to put forth blos- 
soms, which have never been seen upon the plants growing in soil, and 
they have kept on blooming for several weeks, the vine growing freely. 
The old shies soon withered, but those of new shoots took their place. 
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PEDEZA sTRIATA Hook. and Arn. The notice in the November num- 
plant is attracting much attention. Bot r. Ravenel and Professor Por- 
ter call Dr. Gray’s notice to the fact, that they sent specimens to him 
twenty years ago. The Rev. Dr. Curtis writes that the new comer, if 
we may call it so, has reached Charlotte, North Carolina, where it is a 
perfect God-send, taking complete possession of the worn-out fields, and 
is cropped by cattle with such avidity that a good specimen is hardly to 
“I have read with great interest the note of Dr. Gray concerning 
the 
nce, wish to put on record the fact, that, twenty-one years ago, in 
August, 1846, I collected the specimens, now in my herbarium, in Mon- 
ticello, Jasper County, Central Georgia. It grew in piae nook by the 
side of a road, at some distance sae the village and any human habita- 
tion. I never dreamed of China and Japan, sah have foc regarded 
it as a native waiting for a name.” —T. C. Por 
RELIC OF THE GLACIAL EPOCH. —On the south bank of the River 
stone, identical with that of the valley of the Connecticut, as shown not 
only by its lithological characters, but also by the fossil footprints which 
it contains. On the faces of the cliffs are several enre water-drips, 
and at two or three points they are penetrated by na and shallow 
ravines, down which rivulets come leaping. At these ein ais ice accu- 
mulates in immense masses during the winter, and lies ae. until 
late in the spring. This was observed whilst passing along 
