1902] Jones, — Meeting of Vermont Botanical Club 189 



England, beginning with the structure of the algae, classification, etc., 

 illustrating with specimens, and closing with instructions to amateurs 

 as to the collection and preservation of the sea weeds. 



Excursions were made from Machias to the lakes and bogs in the 

 vicinity, and to the towns of Marshfield, East Machias, Whitneyville, 

 Roque Bluffs, and Machiasport, including Buck's Harbor and Point 

 of Main. On the Point of Main was found Sedum Rhodiola, a station 

 not before recorded. Mertensia maritima grew in great abundance 

 and beauty on the Point of Main, also at Roque Bluffs. At this 

 latter station, Arenaria peploides (a very local plant in Maine) was 

 found. Here also grows Rtcbus Chamaemorus and Kalmia glauca. 

 Senecio Robbinsii, Potentilla palustris, Centaurea nigra, Scheuchzeria 

 palustris, Matricaria inodora, and Matricaria discoidea were also 

 recorded, and a double form of the wild rose, Rosa lucida. 



The ground was covered in patches with the beautiful Euphrasia 

 America?ia, again with Vaccinum Vitis-Idaea, while other spots were 

 carpeted with Etnpetrum nigrum, and the road-sides were fairly bril- 

 liant with Leontodon autumnalis and its variety pratensis. Alnus viri- 

 dis was the common alder in this region, Picea alba and Abies balsamea 

 were noticed in full fruit at five or six feet, and Larix Americana was 

 everywhere seen. — Dora H. Moulton, Sec'y, 9 Hill St., Portland. 



Field Meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club. — The eighth 

 annual field meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club occurred July 3 

 and 4. Most of the preceding meetings have been in the moun- 

 tain regions of the interior of the state, so Lake Champlain was 

 chosen for exploration this year. Burlington was the headquarters 

 and the small excursion steamer, Mariquita, was chartered for the 

 two days that the less accessible islands and shores might be visited 

 at will. The Vermont Bird Club joined in the outing and about 

 forty members of these organizations participated. It was the 

 unanimous verdict that it was the most pleasurable and profitable 

 field meeting to date and the hope was generally expressed that at 

 least one of the two days next summer might be given to a similar 

 cruise to other places about the lake. 



On July 3 the weather was threatening in the morning so the 

 shorter cruise was made to the rocky wooded shores of Grand Isle 

 and the sand flats at the mouth of the Au Sable river. The sight of 



