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...little leaf withered blew by; it scratched...
...Walter Blackburn Harte, of Boston, has recently brought out a new magazine which he calls the Fly Leaf. It is in minature, on the order of the Chap Book and has about as little provocation. These little publications of indecent drivel are cropping up in such numbers that they have become a positive plague. The great danger is that, in time, people may come to take them seriously. So long as they are regarded as comic papers, however, they will be harmless if not amusing...
Among the notable plants at the Botanic Garden this fall, one of the most interesting is the Skeleton-leaf plant (onvirandra fenestralis). It is a curious aquatic plant. The one at the Botanic Garden, which is a remarkably good specimen, is about a foot and a half high. The leaves, which are entirely submerged, are from 6 to 8 inches long and about two inches wide. There is nothing to them but the skeleton, formed by a coarse net work of the veins. The plant is a native of Madagascar...
Lost.- In College Yard, a leather bound cash account, containing an envelope with visiting cards, Cooperative ticket and registry card. Return to address on fly leaf...
...student addressing Overman Wheel Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass, and sending ten cents in stamps to pay postage, will receive a Victor Pad Calendar for 1895. Its bright matter, apt quotations and the memorandum space on each leaf, make it a handy desk reference...