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Herveyi has been seen to bear root-leaves of the two extreme forms 

 mentioned. From the foregoing facta as well as others it is manifest 

 that A. Herveyi is a hybrid. 



Unlike other Aster hybrids, however, which are rarely found except 

 singly or two or three together A. Herveyi has been found in colonics 

 of a rod or two in extent and then beyond scattering over several acres 

 of an open woodland. This hybrid may be propagated at least in part 

 by seed as shown from the following: Next to a garden containing a 

 bed of transplanted A. Herveyi there was a vacant grass-grown lot. 

 In course of time the lot was ploughed and planted and in a year or 

 two after several specimens of A. Herveyi were found growing and in 

 bloom on one side where the soil had been disturbed. These must have 

 originated from self-sown seed from the garden as none existed there 

 before. 



New Bedford, Massachusetts. 



Autumn Excursion of the New England Botanical Club. — 

 It was the unanimous desire of the twelve men who braved the rainy 

 weather of June LOand 11 on Cape Cod this year, that there should be 

 a similar or larger excursion to Hyannis in September. Accommoda- 

 tions are available at the Hyannis Inn at $2.f>() per day. Fare from 

 Boston is $1 .92 each way. The Committee has set Sept. If) 17 for this 

 excursion. It is hoped that everyone will be back from vacations at 

 this time and ready for one more good trip before the season closes. 



The June excursion brought several additions to the flora of Cape 

 ( Jod, and a few to that of New England. Southeastern Massachusetts 

 has furnished a larger number of plants new to our flora during the 

 past eight years than any other section of New England. The area 

 is large, and the workers have been few. May this excursion prove 

 to be the largest and most successful in the history of the Club. — 

 Clarence II. Knowlton, Chairman of Excursion Committee. 



Vol. IS, no. Jit, including pages l/ r r > to 16S and plate 121, (MM issued I July, 



1916. 



