32 4 Rhodora [JANUARY 
A BOTANICAL TRIP TO SALISBURY, CONNECTICUT. 
C.H. BISSREL. 
IN the summer of rgor, the writer did a little botanical collecting 
in the north-western corner of Connecticut, in the towns of Salisbury 
and North Canaan. A number of most interesting things were found 
and enough learned to prove that the region was worthy of a much 
more extended exploration. 
The plants collected and the report of others to be expected led 
Mr. M. L. Fernald of the Gray Herbarium staff and the Hon. J. R. 
Churchill of Boston to plan a trip to the town of Salisbury with the 
writer. The evening of May 29, 1902, found them at Southington, 
Ct., and the next morning a start was made for Salisbury. One day 
and parts of two others were given to botanizing. Mr. L. Andrews 
was a member of the party for a portion of the first day and Judge 
Churchill remained for an additional day after the others were 
obliged to return. Mr. Fernald was the leader, and to his activity 
and acute observation nearly all the new and interesting discoveries 
should be credited. On the first day a short stroll while waiting for 
dinner revealed growing in moist shaded ground near the railroad 
two interesting forms of Fragaria. The more abundant of the two 
proved to be the true F. vesca, L., of Europe. The other awaits 
further study. 
The first plant to attract attention in the afternoon was the form 
of our common dandelion, Zaraxacum officinale, Weber, with short, 
broad, ascending, involucral bracts called var. palustre, Blytt. Mr. 
Fernald published an article in regard to this form in RHODORA, 
Aug. 1902. In this connection it may be of interest to note in pass- 
ing, that the writer collected two weeks earlier in this same town 
but at a different station good specimens of the red-seeded dande- 
lion Z. erythrospermum, Andrz. This was growing in rich heavy 
soil which is not considered to be its usual habitat. 
A small swamp was soon reached and new things came thick and. 
fast. Shrubs of Salix candida, Willd., were in good fruit and com- 
mon. ‘The form found here had lanceolate leaves, the width about 
one third the length; on the next day, however, specimens were 
found on the border of Twin Lakes with much longer linear leaves. 
Some plants of the later collection showed leaves green and nearly 
