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THE PLANT WORLD. 
flower about two inches in length; also very large, showy ones, 
and the picotee tulip, snap-dragon, which had to prove that its 
title was good; and the English cowslip, called by the Germans 
key-flower or schusselblume. This name has heretofore puzzled 
me, as there is no resemblance to a key, but it has occurred to me 
that in Germany it is regarded as the key to the spring or to 
nature’s flower opening. 
Pauline Kaufman. 
THE WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF 
AMERICA. ANNOUNCEMENT. 
The Olivia E. and Caroline Phelps Stokes Fund for the 
Protection of Native Plants. 
Under a resolution of the Scientific Directors of the New York 
Botanical Garden, adopted in January, 1902, authority was given 
for the use of the income of the Stokes Fund for the payment 
of prizes for essays upon the preservation of wild plants, including 
shrubs, herbs and trees, and for the publication and distribution 
of such essays. These are to be first printed in the Journal of 
the Garden, from which they are also to be issued as separates 
and distributed to all interested. The republication of these 
essays in other journals, magazines and newspapers is invited. 
The following prizes are offered for this year, payable Decem¬ 
ber 15th: 
1. A prize of $25 for the best essay on local needs in the 
vicinity of New York City, not to exceed one thousand words. 
2. A prize of $15 for the best essay indicating local needs in 
the parks of New York; not to exceed one thousand words. 
3. A prize of $10 for the best essay, not to exceed five hundred 
words, indicating needs of any locality.* 
Essays may be submitted not later than November 1, 1905, to 
the Director-in-Chief of the New York Botanical Garden. 
* The following essays, reprinted by permission of the Seal Harbor 
Improvement Society, will serve as an excellent model. 
