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peculiarity in trees of other sorts. Perhaps I can give some addi- 
tional information on the subject. Last fall my attention was 
called to this growth in a willow and in a number of swamp 
maples at Great Neck, L. I. The maple that we examined es- 
pecially, and of which photographs were taken, had apparently 
been split and twisted by a storm. One of the roots, at least two 
inches in diameter, started as high as ten feet above the base of the 
trunk, and passed down through the decayed portion to the 
ground. There were all sizes of roots, from this large one to the 
finest fibers, some reaching the ground, but most branching and 
spreading through the decayed trunk. Some specimens of the 
decayed wood filled with small roots and fibers were shown to the 
Club at the second meeting of last November, and in the spring 
several of the members visited the locality with me. Since this 
growth has been found in the linden, the willow, and the maple, 
trees of such different orders, it seems probable that it may exist 
in the case of many others that have heretofore escaped observa- 
tion. LOUISE MERRITT STABLER. 
BARNARD COLLEGE, New York. 
Another Economical Maple. An inter- 
esting case of similar nature to that des- 
cribed by Prof. Sargent in the August 
number of the BULLETIN is found on a 
Norway maple in our college grounds. 
A large branch split off, showing that the 
splitting had started several years before, 
that the margins of the trunk had become 
well callussed, and from several points roots 
had extended into the cleft, which naturally 
became partially filled with dust and decay- 
ing bark, The largest root was an inch in 
diameter, divided considerably near the 
lower end, and was over two feet long. 
| Wm. A. BUCKHOUT. 
STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — - 
A New Massachusetts Station for Carex estivalis, M. A. 
Curtis. This rare species, so far as I know, has not been re- 
ported from Massachusetts since Dewey found it on Saddle 
