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triangular teeth on each side, 3-nerved and strongly reticulate, often 
with a few conical appendages on the back, whitish and coriaceous 
at base when fully ripe, membranous-herbaceous above, distinctly 
whitish-lepidote-farinose, 6-9 mm. long, 6.5-8 mm. wide, occasionally 
with a short distinct pedicel.— New Brunswick: sandy beach, Miscou 
Harbor, Miscou Island, Gloucester County, 27 Aug. 1913, Blake 5565 
(Gray Herb.); beach, Fox Island, Miramichi Bay, Northumberland 
County, 18 Sept. 1913, Blake 5692 (Gray Herb.). PRINCE EDWARD 
Istanp: Brackley Point, 6 Aug. 1888, J. Macoun (Brit. Mus.). 
QuesBec: damp brackish sandy beach, Grande Entrée, Coffin Island, 
Magdalen Islands, 20 July and 19 Aug. 1912, Fernald, Bartram, Long 
& St. John, nos. 7395, 7398 (Gray Herb.); dry sandy beach southwest 
of Étang du Nord wharf, Grindstone Island, Magdalen Islands, 25 
July and 15 Aug. 1912, Fernald, Bartram, Long & St. John, nos. 7396, 
7397 (Gray Herb.). 
LoNDoN, ENGLAND. 
THE 20TH ANNUAL WINTER MEETING OF THE VERMONT BOTANICAL — 
CLUB was held conjointly with the Vermont Bird Club at Burlington, 
January 29 and 30, 1915, with a good attendance. The sessions were 
held in the Williams Science Hall, University of Vermont. 
Twelve botanical papers were read and discussed. The Vermont 
blackberries received attention in a talk by Dr. Ezra Brainerd of 
Middlebury on “ New Stations in Vermont for Rare Forms of Rubus,” 
and in a paper by Mr. A. K. Peitersen of the University of Vermont 
n “Some Problems in the Study of Vermont Blackberries.” 
Prof. George P. Burns of the University of Vermont told about 
“ The Publication of the New Edition of the Vermont Flora" which is 
now in the printer's hands. 
There were papers on “Plant Quarantine Laws," and "Suscepti- 
bility of Cruciferae to Club Root," by Prof. B. F. Lutman and Mr. 
G. A. Cunningham respectively, both of the University of Vermont, 
and one on the " Forest Fungi of Bethel," by Dr. Perley Spaulding 
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
'The two clubs expect to unite at the next annual meeting and the 
officers elected this year were the same for both clubs; viz. Pres., Dr. 
Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury; Vice-Pres., Dr. Henry F. Perkins, Burl- 
ington; Sec., Prof. George P. Burns, Burlington; Treas., Mrs. Nellie 
F. Flynn, Burlington; Editor, Mr. George L. Kirk, Rutland; Libra- 
rian, Miss Phoebe M. Towle, Burlington.— NELLIE F. FLYNN, 
Burlington, Vermont. 
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