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cambricum, Willd. This plant, originally described from England, 

 has been recorded by Mr. B. D. Gilbert in his Working List of North 

 American Pteridophytes from only Connecticut and New York, and 

 I am informed by Mr. M. L. Fernald that it has not before been 

 reported to him from Maine. — Elsie L. Shaw, Lexington, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Some Notable Plant Stations in Rhode Island. — As long 

 ago as 1879, our indefatigable co-mate, Mr. Arnold Green of Provi- 

 dence, reported finding Leptopoda brachypoda, Torr. & Gray, about 

 Butterfly Factory in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Our first specimens are 

 of that date, and ever since we have been able to collect the species 

 at that place. It must have been reported to the authorities at 

 Cambridge, one would think, yet there is no record in the last edition 

 of the Manual concerning its occurrence in Rhode Island. 



During these years it has slowly but steadily increased, but in a 

 recent visit I have been surprised to find it actually " booming." 



The plant, now known as Helenium ntidijtorum, Nutt, has spread 

 largely in the original locality, whence it extends sporadically north- 

 ward along the Lime Rock Road. About a mile and a half up this 

 road there is a triangular lot, something less than a quarter of an 

 acre, covered with it to the exclusion of all else. It makes a very 

 showy appearance with its winged stems, orange rays, and chocolate 

 cone-shaped disks. There is enough of it to provide the herbaria of 

 the world, and it has evidently come to stay. 



The original locality, one of those chosen spots described in my 

 "New England Wild Flowers," is a very interesting one, extremely 

 romantic in its natural features of hill, ravine, rocky cliffs, and sum- 

 mit hike ; it was stocked by the original owner with extra-regional 

 plants. Many of these still prevail, like Trillium gra/tdiftorum, 

 Robinia Ziispida, etc. The place is somewhat carefully conserved 

 and signs warn the visitor not to root up plants, break trees, or 

 pluck flowers. This rule is not made cast-iron, however, against 

 those who will present credentials or even decently ask for privileges. 

 A receptacle is provided for disjecta of mince-pies and the like. 

 According to legend this spot was a favorite resort of King Philip 

 and his tribe of Indians. It is a little piece of New Hampshire set 

 down in southern New England. The rocks in the neighborhood 



