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An Afterglow Today I plant the second half of your row of sweet peas. The peas are soaking now. The wood-betony is conspicuous. But it affections only the neighborhood of the B. M. and of Mr. Slipher's. Nice Betony!

The radishes and lettuce have been up some days in the frames and so have the zinnias. I am now covering the frames with gunny sacks, as I find and remember that the sun burns them up.

April 18. There is a conjunction of Venus and Mercury tomorrow which we hope to witness. We have made some observations of Mars which show chiefly the bright regions near the equator out in full form, Aeria, near the Trivium and so forth Jupiter is being photographed, and I have this morning been measuring on my enlargements the portions of the belts.

FLAGSTAFF We had some excellent views of the planet this morning, and the canal development is progressing just as predicted, the canals in the Mare Sirenum having started first, being already dark and salient. Vive la prediction. 81