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tion to the north and west of Chanda — at any rate, the price of 

 bamboos will be very much higher. The Government revenue 

 which now amounts to about Rs, 20,000 from this source, will 

 also suffer, as when the dead bamboos have been utilized, there 

 will be no more available for some fifteen years or so. It would 

 be interesting to ascertain whether such a universal flowering of 

 this particular species has been recorded before. Needless to 

 say, the oldest inhabitant has no recollection of such an event, 

 and the flowering of the smallest clumps is believed to be unique. 

 It is probable that in this district at least, the bamboo does flower 

 gregariously over fairly large areas, as three of the eldest in- 

 habitants informed me that they had seen the bamboo flower 

 twice : first, when they were about ten years old. Their ages 

 were probably quite seventy. Hence it is not unlikely that his 

 bamboo flowers at intervals of about thirty years. 



NOTE AND COMMENT. 



Short articles and notes on anything of interest relating to- 

 plants are solicited from our readers for this department. Make 

 a note of your interesting experiences and afford others pleasure. 



A Hardy California Flower. — The California Poppy 

 (Bscholtzia) endured the severe winter of 1900-1 in southern 

 New York and came up in many places from self-sown seed. 

 The bright, yellow poppy-like flowers make a very pretty show. 

 Those who would add a new feature to the landscape, might 

 encourage this flower to become a " weed." 



The Potato Bug and the Nightshade. — It is said that 

 until the potato begun to be cultivated as far west as Colorado, 

 the bugs did not trouble them, being content to eat the native 

 species of night-shade (Solanum). Many of these latter have 

 prickly leaves, and the smooth-leaved potato must have appeared 

 much like pie to bugs used to spines and thorns. That this diet 

 agrees with them seems proven by the way they have since 

 thrived. 



