20 Rhodora [JANUARY 
The favorable weather conditions, and the activity of a large number of 
collectors, brought out a great number of species characteristic of east- 
ern Massachusetts, and established this kind of display still more firmly 
in the public interest. 
During the close season the Mycological Club meets on the second 
Monday evening of each month, at the rooms of the Boston Society of 
Natural History. At the October meeting, Miss Helen M. Noyes gave 
an account of our common puff-balls. The November meeting was 
devoted mainly to the genus Pleurotus, and the December meeting to 
the Phalloideae, with remarks upon Calystoma. At the January meet- 
ing, a paper by the President is expected on “ Mycology in a City.” 
'The officers of the Club for the current year are: President, Dr. G. E. 
Francis ; Vice-President, Wm. C. Bates; Secretary and Treasurer, Hol- 
lis Webster ; Executive Committee, the foregoing and G. B. Fessenden, 
Dr. R. T. Dearborn, Mrs. F. H. Pierce, and Miss M. C. Hallett. 
IN a recent Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Bruns- 
wick (No. XVI, 50), Dr. W. F. Ganong describes the occurrence, in 
the interior of that province, of colonies of salt marsh plants. "These 
halophytic plants are associated in New Brunswick with salt springs, as 
are also similar species near Syracuse, New Vork. Such colonies should 
be sought in New England, and their occurrence carefully noted. 
Aside from the interest they arouse among botanists, these isolated 
groups of plants, far removed from the normal limits of their range, 
furnish the geologist valuable data regarding the earlier history of the 
regions where they occur. 
AMONG the articles promised for early numbers of RHODORA are 
résumés of the history and work of the various botanical associations 
in New England, including the N. E. Botanical Club, Boston Myco- 
logical Club, Josselyn Botanical Society, Vermont Botanical Club, etc. ; 
also a careful list of New England local floras, with notes upon their 
fullness, territorial scope, and, whenever possible, information where 
and at what price they can be obtained. Announcement of local floras 
now in preparation will be gladly added, to the extent that information 
is received. 
