THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 5 I 
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going up into the attic where they are stored after them. Ad- 
dress The American Botanist. 
Mulberries and TniMBLEBERRiES.—lMy mother, who was a 
New England woman, states that in Xew Hampshire and ^lass- 
achusetts, when she was a child, the red raspberries were called 
mulberries, and the blackberries thimbleberries. Also the com- 
mon hickory nut was there called walnut and the butternut was 
called oilnut, on account of its oily nature.— £/;;/a lona Locke, Ber- 
lin, Wis. 
AsPLENiuM Ebenoides A HYBRiD.~It has often been suggest- 
ed that this fern is a hybrid between the walking fern {Cainpto- 
soriis rhizopliyllus) and the ebony spleenwort {Aspleniiim ehen- 
eum) , but proof has always been lacking. This is not the case, 
at present, for Miss ^largaret Slosson has recently successfully 
crossed these two species, producing forms similar to the form in 
question. One of the remarkable things connected with the ex- 
periment, is that the species crossed belong to different genera. 
It is also interesting to note that the very species suggested as the 
probable parents, prove to be the right ones. 
The Opening of a Moonflower.— It is seldom one can "see a 
plant grow," but it is sometimes possible to perceive the movement 
of an opening blossom. Last evening we watched the moonllow- 
ers open. At half past five there were several buds ready to open. 
At a quarter to seven they had changed butl ittle, but before seven 
o'clock two or three had opened to nearly or quite full. One 
opened slowly, but one could see a steady movement as the flower 
expanded ; others were helped by the wind blowing into them, so 
their movements were quicker and less continuous. It was a xtry 
interesting sight.—Ehna lona Locke, Berlin, Wis. 
Last Rose of SuMMER.~Mr. James A. Graves, Susquehanna, 
Pa., notes that in portions of Northern Pennsylvania the NeAV 
England aster {Aster Nova-Anglia-e) is much cultivated in door- 
yards and goes by the name of "the last rose of summer." In the 
same region the usual name of aster is seldom applied to this 
plant, probably being reserved for the exotics of the flower gar- 
den. Although single blossoms of cultivated asters outrival 
