St Nicholas [serial] . THE DAINTILY FIBERED COTTON-GRASS Calumet, St. Nicholas: Will you please tell me the nameof the flower inclosed? My brother gathered these. THE COTTON-GRASS. Specimens from Michigan and Iowa. The fiber is so good that some people have thought it useful for fabrics. flowers last July, and they have shown no change sincewe have had them. Do they ever wither ? We do notsee many of these growing here. These flowers weregathered in a marshy place, though they have not been inwater since that time. Your reader, Burniecf. Larson. specimens of cotton-grass from iowa Lu
St Nicholas [serial] . THE DAINTILY FIBERED COTTON-GRASS Calumet, St. Nicholas: Will you please tell me the nameof the flower inclosed? My brother gathered these. THE COTTON-GRASS. Specimens from Michigan and Iowa. The fiber is so good that some people have thought it useful for fabrics. flowers last July, and they have shown no change sincewe have had them. Do they ever wither ? We do notsee many of these growing here. These flowers weregathered in a marshy place, though they have not been inwater since that time. Your reader, Burniecf. Larson. specimens of cotton-grass from iowa Luverne, St. Nicholas : I inclose a part of a plant found ina swamp not far from my home. Could you please tellme what it is ? Your interested reader, Consuelo Hanna. The specimens sent by both inquirers are shownin the accompanying illustration. They are thefinely fibered cotton-grass (Eriophorum). Thescientific name is from the Greek word meaningwool-bearing, though we commonly call the softbristles cotton. a chameleon not kept in a cage Berkeley, St. Nicholas: In the June number of St. Nich-olas I read two letters from those who had chameleonsand s
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