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Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. 1, No. 5- 
MINOR PLANT NOTES, NO. 2. 
W. A. Kellerman. 
Taraxacum Erythrospermum. — The Red-seeded Dandelion, 
now known to be common in our State, is a late bloomer. An abun- 
dance of flowers may be seen way after the severe frosts of autumn 
set in. Mr. Fred. J. Tyler collected specimens in bloom at Perry, 
Lake County, December 17. He reports “great fields” of it at that 
place, whereas the common Dandelion (Taraxacum taraxacum) was 
conspicuous by its absence. Prof. Beardslce of Cleveland, reports 
the Red-seeded form as the one of common occurrence in Cuyahoga 
County. I have noted the Red-seeded form in bloom near the city 
of Columbus December 23, though the month has been a cold one, 
the thermometer registering once 10° F. The Common Dandelion 
(Taraxacum taraxacum) does not seem to bloom so late in the 
season— at least it is in bloom much less abundantly here Con- 
tributions of phenological observations on interesting plants of 
our flora by readers of The Naturalist are in this incidental 
way earnestly solicited. 
Grove of Large Beeches.— There are now remaining in Ohio 
very few large groves of beeches. Of groves of very large beeches 
the same may be said. At Arion, in Scioto County, in the narrow 
valley of Brush Creek, are a large number of magnificent specimens 
of this very attractive American tree. The trunks are straight as is 
always the case for this species, smooth, and many of them are ten 
to twelve feet in circumference. One specimen measured twelve 
feet four inches, three feet from the ground. The grove is now used 
for picnic and camping purposes, and it is sincerely hoped that these 
splendid trees may be sacredly preserved for an indefinite time. 
Haritat of Rhamnus Caroliniana.— The manuals give the 
habitat of this species “ in swamps and on low grounds ” (Britton), 
“swamps and river banks” (Gray), “river banks” (Wood), and 
“ fertile soil ” (Chapman). It has been previously reported that 
this^species was found in Ohio last November. Several specimens 
were found near the Ohio river in Adams county at the mouth of 
Brush creek, and a few were seen in Brown county. In a little 
ravine on Cedar creek, a tributary of Brush creek, in Adams county, 
fourteen miles north of the Ohio river, an enormous number of 
plants were growing. Some were nine to eleven inches in circum- 
ference at the base and fourteen feet high. None occurred in 
“swamps,” though many were in “low grounds” where the soil 
seemed to be fairly fertile. The majority were on rocky hillsides or 
quite on the top of very high ground. The annexed cut shows a 
