Under the above common name, a Southern lady sends a leaf which proves to be the Asarum arifolium. She gives the following interesting notes of local history concerning it. The corn-beads referred to, are the stony seeds of a grass called Job's Tears, or Coix lachryma:

"From my earliest recollection, I have been familiar with the plant, always under the name of heart-leaf. I never knew any other. When a child, playing with the little negroes of the plantation, I delighted to find these brown, jug-shaped blossoms, which we often tore open to "paint with," the inner surface leaving a bright reddish-purple stain on paper. The little negroes designated the flowers as "geese and ganders," the latter being white, longer and more slender than the greenish-brown ones. I knew a Northern gentleman long ago, who had a habit of keeping the dried root in his vest pocket, for the purpose of nibbling it for its aromatic flavor. He seemed curiously fond of it. My old colored nurse, Mamma Nancy, who nursed me when an infant, and is with me still, says that heart-leaves were used on the plantation to apply to burns and sores from scalding. She says that my father always culti-vated the "corn-bead" in the flower garden as an ornament, and that the poor women of the coun-try; as well as the negro women, would string necklaces of the beads, or seeds, and put them round their babies' necks for them to bite when teething.