Some correspondents of the Weekly Press are worrying its readers about the honey from bees that collect from Kalmia flowers, being poisonous. Mr. Williams, of Central Park, is very earnest in cautioning people against this poison honey, especially that collected from Kalmia angustifolia. He does not know of a case of any one being poisoned through eating this honey; but he does know that 2200 years ago 10,000 soldiers are described by Xenophon, as having been poisoned by Rhododendron honey, and that in 1704, when Tournefort searched on the spot for Rhododendrons he only found azaleas, and that people told him some get mad on azalea honey; and further, that Mr. Abbott wrote in 1838, that he "had witnessed similar effects to that which was produced on Xenophon's army".

All this is very amusing in view of the fact now recognized, that the "Rhododendron" of the Anabasis, is the oleander of our time! It all goes to show that people can " witness " any thing they are looking for.