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Pogonatum capillare on Mt. Greylock. — In the February 

 number of Rhodora the article by A. LeRoy Andrews giving a list 

 of the bryophytes of the Mt. Greylock region caught my attention 

 as I once spent a summer in that vicinity and collected on the moun- 

 tain. I can add Pogonatum capillare Brid. to the list. A specimen, 

 determined by Mrs. E. G. Britton and the collector, has been sent to 

 the Herbarium of Harvard University. — Annie Morrill Smith, 

 Brooklyn, New York. 



The Climbing Fern in New Hampshire. — Some years ago 

 fronds of Lygodium palmatum were brought me by friends from 

 Winchester, New Hampshire. In September last I visited Winchester 

 with some others who wished to see the plant growing. As we 

 entered the village we stopped at the first house and inquired if Lygo- 

 dium palmatum was to be found in Winchester ; and we were imme- 

 diately directed to a meadow beside a small stream where on a certain 

 knoll we should find it. There were many knolls all with similar 

 vegetation, but on only one was Lygodium found. There it grew 

 luxuriantly over an area ten by fifteen feet, twining over small trees 

 and shrubs and an abundance of Osmunda regalis. It was extremely 

 difficult to obtain any of the roots, as they were intertwined with those 

 of the other plants, especially the Osmunda. — Mrs. R. E. Metcalf, 

 Hinsdale, New Hampshire. 



A cut-leaved Cherry Birch. — The tendency in the birches to 

 produce "cut" leaves is often shown in the cultivated form of the 

 White Birch {Betula pcudula, var. dalecarlica), but such leaves are 

 very rarely seen in the native trees of New England. In August last, 

 however, the writer found a small tree of Betula lenta exhibiting this 

 tendency. Since such a form was unknown at the Arnold Arboretum 

 and at the Gray Herbarium, a description of the specimen may be 

 of interest to the readers of Rhodora. 



The tree in question was about 1 2 feet tall, and grew at an alti- 

 tude of 1200 feet, near the town of New Boston, New Hampshire. 

 The outline was very symmetrical, although touching leaves with its 

 neighbors, and the general aspect, including the color, marking and 

 even odor of the bark, was that of the Cherry Birch {Betula lenta.) 

 The important variation, however, was shown in the leaves, which 



