1884.) 
A wasp generally starts with one cluster of plants, gathering the 
i honey until it has visited all the flowers it cares to, these are apt to 
é Ee ofone sex. Then it starts for another, which may happen to 
deof another sex. If so, its supply of pollen is much too small 
. to fertilize many ovaries, and these visits are not numerous 
-enough to accomplish a full fertilization. Generally but few seeds 
_ ae capable of germination. The corolla is white, 8" across, — 
_ Aug. F. Foerste, Granville, Ohio. 
Ee Borany AT THE APPROACHING MEETING OF THE A. A. A. S.—It 
= i$ desirable on many accounts that there should be a large at- 
3 a of botanists at the meeting of the American Association 
A Advancement of Science in Philadelphia in September. 
“he location of the meeting is favorable to a larger attendance 
| Sa ever of those interested in the study of plants, and this, to- 
7 gether with the Botanical Club of the Association organized last 
4 =~ fed eee polis, will, without doubt, bring out many who have 
4 l j ramiai the meetings. May we not urge upon every 
rage reader of the Natura .ist that he arrange his affairs so 
_ Sto be able to attend ? 
a May we not, also, urge that the botanists who come to the 
: TRA bring solid and condensed papers, both for Section F of 
: Ociation and for the Botanical Club ?—C. £. B. 
bie TuM.—In the article on Red Clover in New Zealand, on 
oy Awe (June number), line 13 from the top, should read, “ That 
oe ie er does produce its seeds in this colony.” The change 
e: an small word entirely changed the meaning of the sentence. 
k “seg NoTEs.— Professor C. R. Barnes records and figures 
ay Botanical Gazette the occurrence of cork between thean- 
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