l8o Rhodora [August 



atum, L. In Triosteum aurantiacum, however, the leaves were 

 abruptly sessile. The leaves of T. perfoliatum were so densely 

 pubescent as to be nearly viscid, while those of T. aurantiacum were 

 slightly soft-pubescent. 



Although both species were in bloom at the same time, yet T. 

 perfoliatum was not so far advanced as 2\ auraniiacum, thus indicat- 

 ing a later time of blossoming for the former species. 



Triosteum perfoliatum was found growing at the edge of an oak 

 wood near a salt-marsh. Another clump, somewhat farther inland, 

 grew along a stone wall in an old field. 



The specimens brought for exhibition were first identified by Mr. 

 W. P. Rich, and later verified by Mr. Alfred Rehder of the Arnold 

 Arboretum. — Alice G. Clark, East Weymouth, Massachusetts. 



The Connecticut Flora at the St. Louis Exposition. — The 

 Connecticut Commission, Department of Horticulture, Division of 

 Herbariums, of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, is exhibiting at 

 St. Louis in the Horticultural Building an herbarium representing 

 the flora of the State. It contains two thousand sheets so arranged 

 on swinging panels that every plant is shown to good advantage. 

 The work has been accomplished through members of the Connecti- 

 cut Botanical Society and other well known collectors ; the following 

 having contributed : Dr. C. B. Graves and Mrs. Elisha E. Rogers 

 representing New London County ; Mr. E. B. Harger, Mr. R. W. 

 Woodward and Mr. G. H. Bartlett representing New Haven County; 

 Dr. E. H. Eames and Mr. Amedee Hans representing Fairfield 

 County; Miss Mary C. Seymour representing Litchfield County; 

 Mr. C. H. Bissell, Mr. C. A. Weatherby, Mr. J, N. Bishop, Mr. Irving 

 Holcomb, Miss S. Maria Williams and Mr. A. W, Driggs represent- 

 ing Hartford County. A large part of the material was collected the 

 past year, the work having been started at the opening of the season. 

 This was desirable, as it represents an herbarium of the flora as we 

 know it now. After its exhibition in St. Louis this herbarium is to 

 be returned to Hartford, where it is hoped that it may be made 

 accessible to the public, and prove a help to the student and a 

 source of inspiration and stimulus to all interested in botanical re- 

 search. — A. W. Dri(;gs, Hartford, Connecticut. 



Vol. 6, No. 67, including pages i4g-i6^ was issued 14 July ^ igo4. 



