1907] Josselyn Botanical Society 107 
fact, all the plants examined had merely dry shriveled and hollow 
ovaries. This uniform sterility of S. oreopolus throughout its known 
range suggests that it may not be a self-perpetuating species; yet, if 
this should prove to be the case, the profusion of the plant throughout 
the area and the constancy with which it maintains its characteristic 
pubescence and the color of its perianth is indeed remarkable. It is 
of course possible that the sterility of the plants in 1906 was exceptional 
and due perhaps to the extremely dry weather during early summer, 
the valley of the lower St. Lawrence experiencing a drouth quite 
unprecedented in that ordinarily cold and humid region, or that it 
depends for fertilization upon some insect which was affected by the 
adverse season; but the abundant fruiting of S. roseus and S. am- 
plewifolius indicates that the unusual dryness had no adverse effect 
upon those species. 
It is worth recording that in the mountains of Gaspé Streptopus 
amplexifolius and S. roseus, as well as S. oreopolus, show a great 
variation in size. All three plants in rich subalpine woods become 
very tall and branched, often 1 m. or more in height, but in alpine 
situations they are much reduced, the simple or subsimple stems 2 or 
3 dm. high.— M. L. FERNALD, Gray Herbarium. 
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOSSELYN BOTANICAL 
Society will be held at Oxford, Maine, from Monday to Saturday, 
July 1-6, 1907, inclusive. The headquarters of the society will be 
at the Belmont Lodge Hotel, Oxford. Boats upon Thompson Lake 
will be at the disposal of the party and it is planned to make one all 
day excursion upon the lake. An opportunity will also be given to 
visit the famous orchid swamps at Hebron. To secure the favorable 
rates given below, it is absolutely necessary to know immediately how 
many members will attend. You are requested, therefore, to com- 
municate your plans to the undersigned at once, whether planning to 
attend or not. Reduced rates of 1$ cents per mile have been secured 
on the Maine Central Railroad, and its is expected that a similar rate 
will obtain upon the Grand Trunk Railroad. Hotel Rates: One or 
two in room $2.00 per day.— Epwarp B. CHAMBERLAIN, 38 West 
59th Street, New York City. 
