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Mr. C. H. Bissell and the writer. This species has not appar- 

 ently been found before in New England outside of Vermont. 



* Spiraea prunifolia Sieb. & Zucc. Escaped and established by 

 roadsides at several points in Groton and Waterford. Seen only 

 in the double-flowered form. 



Spiraea Japonka L. f. Well established along a highway at one 

 point in Groton. 



* Solatium Lyeoperskum L. The common tomato should be 

 included in the Conn. Flora. It is not rare as an escape on 

 shores. Last August many plants were noticed in the tangle 

 of vegetation on a low sandy island at Selden's Cove, Lyme. 

 New London, Connecticut. 



The Dwarf Mistletoe at Bradford, Vermont. — While driv- 

 ing on June 26 along a country road about live miles west of Brad- 

 ford I was surprised, on looking up, to see two large "witches' 

 brooms" near the top of a tall spruce {Picea rubra). Investiga- 

 tion showed that the dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium pusillum, was 

 present in abundance. I had been looking for the plant, but had 

 not expected to find it in that locality, as it was on a dry hillside dis- 

 tant from any water-course. The brooms were large, one being two 

 and one-half feet in diameter, the other smaller. I saw no other speci- 

 mens near by, nor did I see another spruce, but being on a hunt for 

 orchids, did not make a thorough search. — Alice E. Bacon, Brad- 

 ford, Vermont. 



Lechea major in New Hampshire. — On noticing by the list of 

 Cistaceac, published in Rhodora, i, 212, that there had been no 

 record of Lechea major in New Hampshire, Mr. John A. Wheeler 

 has kindly sent to the Gray Herbarium and the Herbarium of the 

 New England Botanical Club some excellent specimens of that 

 species, which he had found growing in pastures near Milford, New 

 Hampshire. Mr. Wheeler writes that the plant was observed at two 

 stations about two miles apart. From long familiarity with the flora of 

 the region, Mr. Wheeler believes these hitherto unnoticed colonies 

 are of recent origin. — B. L. Robinson. 



