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A New Station for Nyssa sylvatica in Maine. — In Dame 

 and Brooks' Handbook of the Trees of New England, p. 159, the 

 only locality in Maine given for Nyssa sylvatica. Marsh., is " VVater- 

 ville on tlie Kennebec." 1 have in my collection a specimen, brought 

 me by Walter Emery of Wells Depot, which he collected in the town 

 of Newfield, York Co. — J. C Parlin, North Berwickj Maine. 



Notice of Annual Field Meeting of the Vermont Botani- 

 cal Club. — The tenth annual field meeting of the Vermont Botan- 

 ical Club will be held at Silver Lake and at Lake Dunmore, Addison 

 Co., on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 12 and 13, 1904. This will 

 be a joint gathering with the Vermont Bird Club, following the suc- 

 cessful practice of the last two summers. 



The members of the Club are expected to meet at "'J'he Inn" 

 Brandon, on Tuesday, by trains arriving from the south at 10.54 a. m. 

 or 2.40 P.M., and from the north at 10.15 a.m. or 2 p.m. After 

 dinner conveyances will start for Silver Lake, along a mountain road, 

 where there is much of botanical interest. Fare 35 to 50 cents. 

 Supper, lodging and breakfast wiH be had at the Silver Lake House 

 for one dollar each. On Wednesday excursions will be formed for 

 the ascent of Rattlesnake Point on Moosalamoo Mt., or for trips by 

 rowboats or steamer to points of interest along the lake. 



Dinner and supper may be had at the Lake Dunmore House at 

 special rates. Members of the party may return that evening or on 

 the following day, and either by Brandon or by Middlebury, as they 

 may decide after getting on the ground. 



It is important that hotel and livery proprietors should know in 

 advance just what numbers they are to provide for ; and the mem- 

 bers of the Clubs who expect to attend the meeting are requested to 

 send in their names to President Brainerd of Middlebury at least one 

 week in advance of the gathering. 



Ezra Brainerd, 



M. D. Chittenden, 



Miss Carrie W. Ormskee, 



Committee on Field ATeeting. 

 Middlebury, Vt., June 8, 1904. 



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