1907] Clark — Notes on the Flora of Woods Hole 87 
but have not had the same opportunity of examining fresh blossoms of 
the last. The early blooms of both Pogonia and Calopogon are 
_ fresh, clear and vivid in coloring, and possess very perceptible and 
very attractive perfumes, similar, but of slightly different flavors. 
A later visit to their homes shows them in much greater numbers, 
but lighter and faded in color, and with no sign of fragrance. This 
is true at the later date of even newly-opened blossoms. In the 
freshly-opened flowers of still another species which I have nowhere 
seen described as scented, P. verticillata, Y find a very delicate fra- 
grance faintly suggestive of the odor of P. ophioglossoides. The 
species of the greenhouse display similar characteristics, and will fall 
readily into the same classification. 
These few fragmentary remarks touch upon a subject which to me 
seems of peculiar interest, and with which are connected some of the 
pleasantest recollections of many a collecting trip. 
THETFORD, VT. 
NOTES ON THE FLORA OF WOODS HOLE, MASSA- 
CHUSETTS. 
HUBERT LYMAN CLARK. 
THE following notes are based on observations made during 
August, 1895, July and August, 1899, and part of July and August, 
1900, while the writer was engaged in biological work at the Labora- 
tory of the United States Fish Commission. The village of Woods 
Hole is situated on a strip of ground between Vineyard Sound and 
Buzzards Bay, and, southwestward from the village, this is extended 
as a long and narrow tongue of land known as Penzance, and occu- 
pied by a few handsome summer residences, each surrounded by 
extensive lawns and more or less numerous flower-beds, the presence 
of which doubtless accounts for some of the interesting * escapes ” 
noted below. These chance introductions seem to be confined 
chiefly to two widely separated spots, one on the Buzzards Bay side, 
the other on the Woods Hole side of Penzance. 
Northward from Woods Hole the land broadens and becomes 
considerably diversified, containing some extensive woods, several 
ponds, and at least one cedarswamp. Since 1895 the increased popu- 
