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this oval and grew along the major axis directly across the centre 

 of the figure. If this be the correct solution, one has only to con- 

 sider how very slowly the Osmund as move onward each year to 

 realize the great age of a large ring. A hundred years is a very 

 low estimate of the time needed to form one. — Fern Bulletin. 



NOTE AND COMMENT. 



Wanted. — Short notes of interest to the general botanist 

 are always in demand for this department. Our readers are in- 

 vited to make this the place of publication for their botanical 

 items. 



The Dwarf Mistletoe. — A writer in the Plant World 

 notes that the dwarf mistletoe {Razoumoufskya pusUla) is still 

 but imperfectly known. The botanies name June as the time at 

 which it blooms, but last spring it was found blooming in late 

 April in the Adirondack Mountains, of New York. Recent ex- 

 plorations have shown that this plant is frequently very abundant 

 in forests of black spruce. 



Nature and Science. — "In this age of science let it be re- 

 membered that the objects of nature may be viewed in a poetic 

 aspect as well as in a scientific. Asters, willows, butterflies and 

 sparrows serve just as high a purpose when we think of them as 

 symbols as when we study them analytically. Roses exist as much 

 for the purpose of suggesting love, sweetness, youth and purity 

 as for the study of calyx and petals and stamens." — Among 

 Flozvers and Trees With the Poets. 



Pink Blueberries. — Last August while botanizing near 

 Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, Dr. A. A. Angell found a large patch 

 of blueberries which instead of the usual blueberries bore fruit of 

 a bright pink color. This fruit was perfectly ripe and showed no 



