A remarkable specimen - Mr. Edward Norman, Lee, Mass., writes; "When I wrote to you about Thunbergia Harrisii, I promised to send you the large spike when it got through flowering, so I have sent it with this letter. There have been about 1,500 flowers opened on that one spike, and we have had several with 300 and 400 on. The plant is still in flower and not a sign of red spider or mealy bug on it. Every one that comes here wants to know how it is that we keep it so clean. I tell them, nothing but clean water and plenty of it".

[This was certainly a remarkable growth. The piece of stem sent was about 5 feet in length, and had hundreds of scars on its surface where flowers had been. - Ed. G. M].