A Lincoln, Neb., correspondent says: "Inclosed I send you a plant which is said to remain green the year round. It is found on the prairie and has the reputation, when eaten by cattle and horses, of causing them to bloat or swell up and die. Whether it is really so I cannot say, but such is the report. I have not seen the flower. I suppose you will be able to identify it at once. If I can get a sufficient quantity of it, I think I will examine it for some alkaloid which it probably contains, and which is the cause of its fatality with cattle, that is, if report tells the truth".

[This is apparently the Astragalus mollissima of which Prof. Porter wrote. Our correspondent is a distinguished chemist and just the one to make the chemical analysis suggested. - Ed. G. M].