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THE AMERICAN 
BOTANIST. 
to find what plants they want than to know what is meant by 
the ahernation of generations. In other words it is of first 
importance that high school pupils know the natural history 
of a large number of plants than their life history. Then 
laboratory- work will have meaning. — From an article by D. 
R. EUahargcr in School Science and Mathematics. 
NOTE AND COMMENT 
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Wanted. — Short notes of interest to the general bot- 
anist are always in demand for this department. Our readers 
are invited to make this the place of publication for their 
botanical items. It should be noted that the magazine is is- 
sued as soon as possible after the fifteenth of each month. 
Warxixg Colors of Flowers. — Herman ^luller notes 
in one of his books, that the European poppy {Papaver rhoeas) 
is not grazed by herbivorous animals, and he regards the glow- 
ing red of the flowers as a warning or "terrifying" color that 
announces to the cattle, that the plant contains poisonous juices. 
It is quite possible this is true, but red is not always a terrifying 
color to cattle. People in red jackets seldom botanize twice 
in pastures if the king of the herd happens to spy them. The 
color of the jacket is likely to cause terror in the wearer, how- 
ever. 
FoLK-LoRE OF Plants. — In the December number of 
your journal, I ran across a note by Earl Lynd Johnston, of 
Evans, Colo., on the folk-lore of plants and meterology. This 
is, of course, a large topic in itself, and like all branches of 
folk-lore has never been exhaustively treated or even fully 
studied. Allow me, hov, ever, to point out to your correspond- 
ent a few of the chief sources. For the person desirous of look- 
