We do not find the sentence you mention, friend H., and nothing was omitted from your communication, by mistake or otherwise. You may have put the sentence in some other letter .- In regard to the epilobium, you will see from our last issue, page 86. that it does flourish as far south as La Salle Co., Ill., and Medina Co., O .. friend Green being just west of us. We will sow some of the pleurisy-root seed in the greenhouse to-day. It is noticed in GLEANINGS for Sept., 1880. Three reports are there : given in regard to it. Its botanical name is Asclepias Tuberosa. Prof. Beal there describes it as follows :
The specimens sent are Asclepias Tuberosa, - Butterfly-weed or Pleurisy-root. I have received it before as a bee plant. It is one of the milkweeds, and thrives in dry hill-sides and fields, but does not contain much milky juice. It is a very pretty plant, and is sometimes cultivated. W. J. BEAL.
Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich.