74 Rhodora [APRIL 
The table shows conclusively that our attempt to form a represen- 
tative herbarium is only just begun and that a vast amount of col- 
lecting must be done in every state before our collections can be 
considered in any sense adequate. Massachusetts with a credit of 32 % 
of present material occupies the best position technically, while Maine, 
with 50 %, is nearly normal in relation to our desideratum of 47 %. 
From New Hampshire we have only 2599 specimens, comprising but 
6 % of our present total. This is less than two specimens of each 
species known to occur in the state and obviously can show nothing 
more detailed than the fact that these plants are found in New Hamp- 
shire. Vermont is in an even less enviable position, but Rhode Island, 
our smallest state, is up to standard with its 2 %, although we have 
mounted and available only 802 sheets while more than twice that 
number of species have been observed in the state. Connecticut, too, 
needs our energetic attention. The flora of the state is unusually 
well worked out by the Connecticut Botanical Society but we have 
from Connecticut barely as many specimens as there are species 
known to occur in the state. 
Obviously, those who are interested in this practical work of the 
Club must now begin active collecting for the Club Herbarium. The 
need is apparent; the facilities for the proper care of the collections 
have never been equalled. It is the opinion of your committee that 
one of the most effective ways of obtaining representative material 
in quantity for the herbarium is by means of field days in which many 
members of the Club will participate. 
The second field trip of the Club — only the first of many in 1912 
it is hoped — will be on Saturday, May 11, with a center at Green- 
field, Massachusetts. The party will leave Boston (North Station) 
at 6.19 P. M. on Friday reaching Greenfield (106 miles from Boston) 
at 9.23. As on the Rhode Island trip the party will be divided into 
teams of two and each team assigned a certain district for exploration 
on Saturday. At 7 P. M. all will meet for dinner and will spend the 
evening in discussion of the afternoon's results. "Those who wish can 
return to Boston on Sunday morning (leave Greenfield at 7.10 A. M., 
arrive at. Boston at 10.25); those who care to spend more time afield 
can wait until an afternoon train and will find many attractive regions 
made available by the different railroad and trolley lines centering at 
Greenfield — the valleys of the Connecticut, Green, Deerfield, and 
Miller's Rivers, the trap ridges of central Massachusetts and the 
southern corners of New Hampshire and Vermont. 
