1909] Flynn,— Vermont Botanical Club 27 
THE WINTER MEETING OF THE VERMONT 
BOTANICAL CLUB. 
NELLIE F. FLYNN. 
Tue fourteenth annual meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club was 
held at Middlebury, January 21-23, 1909, in conjunction with the 
Vermont Bird Club and the New England Federation of Natural 
History Societies. The joint programme was diverse and full of 
highly interesting features. Only the botanical papers can be men- 
tioned here and these briefly. 
Dr. Brainerd of Middlebury spoke of fifteen hybrids possible in a 
group of six related Aspidiums. Most of these hybrids have already 
been found, many of them in Vermont. 
Mr. W. H. Blanchard of Westminster discussed many new species 
and forms of Rubus. The fact was pointed out that no less than six- 
teen of these are included in the new edition of Gray's Manual. 
Prof. L. R. Jones of the University of Vermont spoke of the grasses, 
especially of the genera Agropyron, Agrostis, and Panicum, and showed 
the changes of classification and nomenclature of these groups as treated 
in the new Gray's Manual and in the revised Flora of Vermont now 
in preparation. 
Mr. W. W. Eggleston of Washington, D. C., discussed from the 
same point of view some difficult genera of the Rose Family, especially 
Amelanchier, the Shad Bushes. | 
Misses A. L. Carpenter and Mary Robinson, of the University of 
Vermont, presented a revised list of Vermont ferns, classified according 
to the new Manual, with the result that no less than six species, varie- 
ties, and forms are added to the old list. 
Mr. Rufus Crane of Middlebury College read an interesting paper 
on “Hybrid Baneberries" and exhibited specimens of the red and 
white baneberries and of some anomalous intermediate forms. ‘These 
were mentioned by Dr. Gray forty years ago, but only one is described 
in the new edition of Gray's Manual. Mr. Crane and Dr. Brainerd 
have recently found evidence that these forms are probable hybrids, 
which follow Mendel’s law. In the hybrids the red color dominates 
over the white, and the seeds are reduced in number, indicating a 
loss of fertility. 
