192 Rhodora [OcroBER 
Owing to the war and the prevalence of influenza the Club has held 
no winter meeting since 1917 and as the summer meetings of 1917 and 
1918 have not been reported in Rnopona perhaps its readers will be 
interested in a few words about them. 
The meeting of 1917 was held at Mt. Mansfield on July 1st with a 
good attendance. The summit was explored and though nothing new 
can be reported, such plants as Diapensia lapponica, Vaccinium Vitis- 
Idaea var. minus, V. pennsylvanicum var. angustifolium, V. caespito- 
sum, and V. uliginosum, as well as some of the mountain sedges and 
grasses, as for instance Carex brunnescens, C. paupercula var. pallens, 
and Hierochloé alpina, were found in good condition and proved 
. Interesting to all. 
One day was devoted to a tramp by the Long Trail to Smuggler's 
Notch, where on the cliffs on both sides grow such rare plants as 
Saxifraga Aizoon, S. aizoides, S. oppositifolia, Woodsia glabella, W. 
alpina, Asplenium viride, Festuca ovina var. brevifolia, and, at Big 
Spring, which pours forth as a small brook, was found Listera con- 
vallarioides. In passing it may be said that Aspidium fragrans grows 
near the summit. 
The summer meeting of 1918 was held at Wilmington early in July. 
It rained much of the time, but some collecting was done, the most 
notable finds being the Arrow Arum, Peltandra virginica, growing at - 
Lake Sadawga in Whitingham. There were floating islands in this 
lake but no boats available to reach them, so it was necessary to be 
content with one still anchored to shore. Here, in addition to the 
Peltandra, were all the orchids, sedges, heaths, and other plants com- 
mon to our sphagnum-swamps. 
One day was given to climbing Haystack Mountain, but out of a 
wealth of vegetation nothing new to the state was found unless by 
the blackberry specialists, who may have a word to say on that point, 
as a bulletin on the group will soon be issued by the University of 
Vermont. ; 
The next winter meeting will be held at Burlington, probably in the 
latter part of January. For the summer meeting of 1920 many 
members of the Club are in favor of the Averil Lakes in Essex County, 
a region that has been very little if at all explored botanically.— (Mrs.) 
NELurE F. FrxNw, Burlington, Vermont. 
Vol. 21, no. 249, including pages 149 to 172 and plate 126, was issued 28 October, 1919. 
