88 Rhodora [May 
Officers were elected as follows: Pres., Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury; 
Vice-Pres., C. G. Pringle, Burlington; Sec., G. P. Burns, Burlington; 
Treas., Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn, Burlington; Editor, G. L. Kirk, Rutland; 
Librarian, Miss Phoebe M. Towle, Burlington; Asst. Librarian, Miss 
Helen L. Hodge, Burlington; Committee on summer meeting, G. P. 
Burns, Burlington, G. L. Kirk, Rutland, and D. L. Dutton, Brandon. 
Committee on next winter meeting, Miss Delia I. Griffin, St. Johns- 
bury, J. G. Underwood, Hartland, and Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn, Burling- 
ton. 
SOME INTRODUCED PLANTS OF CONNECTICUT. 
ARTHUR E. BLEWITT. 
AFTER one has exhausted about all the possibilities of his local flora, 
the waste grounds and dumping places are sources of keen enjoyment. 
No matter how often they are visited the unexpected is liable to happen 
and the discovery of some unknown plant, a waif or stray far from its 
known habitat, is a thing to be expected at any time. An old yard 
and dumping ground, perhaps an acre or more in extent, about a rubber 
reclaiming factory at Naugatuck, Connecticut, is a notable example 
and for its size a remarkable number of plants have been found there, 
most of them rare and many of them unknown in the state except 
at this place. Visiting this station is like being suddenly transported 
to a distant part of the country, to the Central Western States, for 
example, the transformation is so complete, with so many strange 
plants on every side. Only those of more than ordinary interest will 
be mentioned. 
The grasses are poorly represented. Panicum virgatum L., a 
tall, handsome grass, is well established at one small station. Seta- 
ria verticillata (L.) Beauv. has been collected. The very handsome 
Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link is in a thriving condition. The 
genus Bromus is represented by three species, namely, B. tecto- 
rum L., which is becoming well established in many places about the 
state, B. squarrosus L., which has been collected in considerable 
quantity but is not flourishing, B. inermis Leyss., well established in 
