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were oblong-ovate, slightly cordate at the base, tapering, deeply serrate, 

 each segment in turn being sharply toothed. This fringed appearance 

 of the leaves, and the gracefully horizontal "set "of the branches 

 gave the tree a very ornamental effect. The tree was not in fruit. 



Only one tree was found at the time, but further investigation may 

 bring to light other specimens in the same locality, and in this way 

 it will be determined whether the tree is a mere freak —to which the 

 birch is subject — or a well established variety. — Samuel N. F. 

 Sanford, Fall River, Massachusetts. 



NOTEWORTHY PLANTS OF CONNECTICUT. 



E. 13. Harger. 



Some twenty years ago my father and myself had Symphytum 

 asperrimum, Sims, and Vincc toxic urn nigrum, Moench, growing in our 

 garden at Oxford. Twelve years ago we left the house and it went 

 into the hands of persons who paid no attention to the preservation 

 of these species. In the summer of 1900, however, I found both 

 growing by the roadside, the former opposite the garden and the 

 latter about two hundred feet distant. As both had increased some- 

 what last summer, they may probably be regarded as established. 



In May, 1901, I found growing in a meadow in Oxford a clump of 

 Narcissus poeticus, L., with seven flowering stalks. There is an old 

 cellar in the same field but the house is said to have been in ruins 

 sixty years ago so that the plant has probably maintained itself for 

 that length of time. 



A single tree of Abies balsamca, Miller, stands in an old pasture in 

 Middlebury. It is nearly a quarter of a mile from the nearest house 

 and until five years ago was as far from the nearest highway. It can 

 hardly be native or planted but is possibly an escape from cultivation. 



The preceding are, so far as I know, not previously reported from 

 this state. The following stations for rare species may be of in- 

 terest : — 



Ncphrodium simulatum, Davenp. In a deep swamp at Moose 

 Hill, Oxford. 



Carex peduncu/ata, Muhl. Fairly abundant at two stations in Ox- 

 ford, about two miles apart, growing on steep wooded banks; in one 



