BOTANICAL INDEX, 
99 
From other parts of the State I find the following noted trees recorded, and 
worthy of mention: 
Latin Name. 
Common Name. 
Locality. 
3 Feet from 
the Ground. 
To the First 
Branch. 
Total 
Height. • 
Quercus alba 
Liriodendron t ulip if era . . . 
Ulmus fulva 
Casta nra vesca 
Platan us occidental is 
Sassafras officinale 
Quercus aWa 
White Oak 
So-called Poplar.. 
Red Elm 
Chestnut 
Sycamore 
Sassafras 
White Oak 
White Oak 
Huutington County.. 
Jackson County 
Jefferson County 
Jennings County 
Parke Countv 
Parke County 
20 ft. 3 in. 
38 ft. 
18 ft. 
29 ft. 6 in. 
40 ft. 6 in. 
12 ft. 
16 ft. 10 in. 
18 ft. 
65 feet. 
120 feet. 
I would like to see some of our practical and observing Horticulturists or For- 
esters make notes of other famous trees in the State, of which, I feel certain, there 
are many not yet recorded in public prints. 
FROM OUR NOTE BOOK. 
Among the strange forms of flowers noticed in our garden this year was a flower 
of a pompone Dahlia with two perfect faces, or a flat, erect receptable, and one set of 
petals facing the right and the other to the left. 
A curious freak of the flower stem of the Ilemerocallis fulva plena flora, (a double 
form of the old garden yellow day Lily), as seen in our garden for the past few years, 
is for a new branch to break out and grow from the old flowering-stem about half 
way between the ground and the flowers, and continue growing until the frost kills 
the plant down. The new branch draws its nourishment from the old plant through 
a small portion of the old stem, while all of the stem above, and all the stem except 
the narrow portion above described, is entirely dead. We have occasionally noticed 
this peculiarity in other varieties of Hemerocallis, but it was always an exception, 
while in our double-flowering variety it is always the rule. 
A few years ago we received from Messrs. Baird & Tuttle two species of Hemero- 
callis labeled H. Alba and H. Siberica. H. Alba has a splendid spike of white flowers 
ers in early spring and an occasional one in fall. H. Siberica is very similar to H. 
flaea, the old Lemon Lily, but perhaps the leaves are a little narrower. It blooms 
very profusely and of the same shade of canary yellow as H. Flava, and at the same 
time, but this fall (irf September and October) it again came into flower, but in place 
of the flowers being borne on tall stems, they were produced on stems not more 
than 4 inches high, and usually from one and one half to two inches high, being in 
fact completely surrounded by the dead leaves of the plant. 
During the past summer we have noticed the following plants in our grounds 
with variegated foliage usually produced from new growth of old plants, Lonicera 
Tartarica, Hibiscus Syriacus var. Blanc Touelle, Spirea sorbi/olia, Richardia Africana 
(calla), Heliotropum Peruvianum (cultivated Heliotrope), from seed. These are now 
being propagated, and in due time will be offered for sale. 
A visit to the magnificent conservatory of M. E. Beeves, Bichmond, Indiana, re- 
veals the fact that his splendid specimen of Bonapartia juneea is now in bloom. The 
flowering stock is about 17 feet high and evidently has not yet reached its full height. 
Although each flower is not conspicuous nor brilliant, it is such a rare and curious 
sight to see one of these choice Bromelioids in bloom that it is well worth a long trip 
to see it. Mr. Beeves’s collection of exotics is truly grand. Here are splendid large 
specimens of Eulalia Japonica Argentea, Bambosa Fortuni variegata, Sanseveira Javanica, 
and many other equally rare tropical plants grown in their native luxuriance. 
Among the delicious fruits of Utah, is Rubus leucodermis, a splendid native black 
Baspberry. Is it now in cultivation, and how does it do? Prof. M. E. Jones. — [Will 
some horticulturist who is familiar with the subject, kindly answer this question. 
Ed. Bot. Ind.] 
Miss Mary C. Beynolds, who has been collecting living plants as well as herba- 
rium specimens and seed in Florida for the past few years, has been singularly for- 
tunate this year in securing many choice varieties of rare plants and seed which are 
