1905] Morse,— Meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club 59 
MEETING OF THE VERMONT BOTANICAL CLUB. — The tenth an- 
nual winter meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club was held at 
Burlington, January 18-19, 1905. President Ezra Brainerd of Mid- 
dlebury College presided and the following papers were read: — A 
Report of the Last Field Meeting, Mrs. Mary A. Munson; The Fos- 
sil Fruits of the Brandon Lignite, Prof. G. H. Perkins; Notes on the 
Fruiting Season of the Moss, Catherinia, Miss Phebe M. Towle; 
Nitrogen-fixation by Leguminous Plants, L. P. Sprague; The Story 
of a Maple Tree, J. A. Chapin; Another Giant Puff-ball from Mid- 
dlebury, Mrs. Sarah K. Lord; Hunting Pines in Mexico, C. G. 
Pringle; The Aquarium in the School and the Home, H. F. Perkins ; 
Reminiscences of Europe, Prof. L. R. Jones; Prof. Henry G. Jesup, 
the Botanist and the Man, Dr. C. H. Richardson ; On a Botrychium 
new to Massachusetts, Mrs. E. B. Davenport; The Conception of 
Species as indicated by the Study of the Genus Viola, President 
Ezra Brainerd; Breeding Plants for Disease Resistance, W. A. Or- 
ton; Experiments in Plant Breeding, Prof. William Stuart; Studies 
of the Potato Fungus, W. M. Gambell; An Experience with one of 
the Fungi producing Dry-rot in Timber, Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn; Agri- 
culture for Normal Students, Miss Ruth B. Fisher; Pursh's Journal, 
W. W. Eggleston; Blackberries and Raspberries, W. H. Blanchard ; 
Ferns of Dorset, Allan Bourn; Additional Species of Vermont 
Mosses, A. J. Grout; Notes on Some Plants from Matinicus Island, 
Me., J. A. Bates. 
On the evening of the r8th supper was served in the gymnasium 
of the University of Vermont, complimentary to the non-resident 
members of the club. ‘This social gathering, which was one of the 
most pleasing features of the meeting, was followed by the annual 
roll-call and business meeting. Each member, according to the cus- 
tom of the club, presented some item of botanical interest in respond- 
ing to his name. The old officers were re-elected. The treasurer's 
office was made independent of that of the secretary and Mrs. Nellie 
F. Flynn was elected to fill the former position. Prof. J. W. Votey, 
Mrs. Sarah K. Lord, and Mr. Carleton D. Howe were appointed to 
serve with the officers as members of the new Executive Committee. 
The officers were instructed to petition the Post Office Department 
to re-establish the office at Willoughby Lake. The post office at this 
well known station of botanical interest, after sixteen years’ existence, 
was discontinued about a year ago. For the summer meeting of the 
Club a boat will probably be chartered for a cruise among the islands 
and along the shores of Lake Champlain. — W. J. Morse, Burling- 
ton, Vermont. 
