Wanted.— Short notes of interest to the general bot- 
anist rire nlnri--^ in demand for this department. Our 
charged. To facilitate this . - are sur- 
rounded by considerable iTiUcila^uc \vi)icii ciU-LS them to 
slip out readily. The fruits do not at once decay, and us- 
ually hang on the vines during the winter. The structure 
of this fruit is most interesting. By dissecting o.T the 
outer covering the frame-work of the tubes is seen to l)e 
composed of interhicing fibres which may be removed en- 
tire and resembles in sliaj^s a diminutive pair of troupers. 
Long before the embryo seeds have begim to grow, pro- 
vision has thus been matle for their dispersal. 
Bay-Berry Wax.— The bay lierry or wax myrtle 
(MyHcn ceriftrn) is tamiliar to alhrec|uenters of the -andy 
wastes bordering the Atlantic in theXorth-easteni Slates. 
commercial importitnce. According toSf. .W how- 
ever, the ^juantity of bay-berry vrax or ba\-iH rry tallow 
produced from, this source is in favorable years about 
thirty thousand pounds. One individual is reported to 
have made seven tons in <jne year, !)y no means a small 
undertaking when it is known that a bushel of berries 
nake this the place of publication 
s. It should be noted that the 
)on as possible after the fifteenth 
number o; 
ward from 
ward from the vi les and wh. 
displaying two tubes throii. 
