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grounds were inundated and failed to yield the characteristic flora. 
For this reason very few species of Carex or other sedges were seen. 
- Many of the interesting localities visited by members of the Society 
in 1898 were again examined and most of the species collected at the 
former meeting were found at the same stations, and in some instances 
in much greater abundance. Especially was this true of Tofieldia 
glutinosa of which only a single plant was found in 1898. It is now 
fairly plentiful together with Rynchospora capillacea var. leviseta and 
Juncus alpinus var. insignis. 
Changes, however, have taken place along the Winslow shores of 
both the Kennebec and the Sebasticook rivers. The region known as 
“Beulah” is now a pasture and not at all the rich and attractive place 
that it was in former years. 
Among the plants collected along the shore of the Kennebec may be 
mentioned Rynchospora capillacea var. leviseta, Circaea intermedia, 
Juncus alpinus var. insignis, Tofieldia glutinosa, Solidago racemosa, 
Sporobolus Richardsonis; new to the region, and plentiful. In woods 
were Orchis spectabilis, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Carex plantaginea, 
Dentaria diphylla, Dirca palustris and Caulophyllum. 
A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening in Coburn 
Classical Institute at which Prof. Webster Chester of Colby, in a very 
pleasing address, formally welcomed the Society to Waterville. 
Mr. Frank S. Collins spoke on Marine Algae, illustrating his talk 
with an extensive series of finely prepared specimens; and Rev. A. B. 
Hervey told of collecting algae in Bermuda, with graphic descriptions 
of means and methods. 
At a later meeting Mr. G. K. Merrill read a paper on Lichens, with 
especial reference to an important collection from Labrador. 
The election of Officers resulted as follows :— 
President, Mr. G. K. Merrill, Thomaston. 
Vice-President, Mr. A. H. Norton, Portland. 
Secretary, Dr. D. W. Fellows, Portland. 
Treasurer, Mr. R. C. Bean, Clinton. 
Committee of Arrangements, 
Mr. G. K. Merrill, ex officio. 
Dr. D. W. Fellows. 
Mr. A. H. Norton. 
The next meeting will be on the coast, probably in the neighborhood 
of Damariscotta.— D. W. FELLows, Secretary. 
Vol. 17, no. 201, including pages 161 to 180, was issued 27 August, 1916. 
