96 Rhodora [May 
UNUSUAL PLANTS FOUND IN SALISBURY, CoNNECTICUT.— On March 
30, 1913 Daphne Mezereum L. was well in blossom. This plant was 
first brought to my attention about six years ago when a student 
brought a small twig for identification. Search revealed only three 
small shrubs. It has increased until now there is quite a large col- 
ony on a disintegrating limestone ledge and there are many scatter- 
ing plants in the vicinity. I am told by Miss Mary Seymour that 
in the town of Norfolk Daphne Mezereum L. is so abundant as to make 
a very conspicuous color-spot on the hillsides when it is in blossom. 
Rumex mexicanus Meisn. was first found four years ago in a mowing 
lot on the Wells Hill Road. It still persists in that field. 
Anthriscus Cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. persists abundantly as a weed in a 
garden. It has been known there for many years. 
In the same yard Veronica Chamaedrys L. has established itself in 
the lawn. It is not grown as a garden plant nor has it been for years. 
Equisetum pratense Ehrh. is very abundant on both sides of the 
Central New England railroad north of Lakeville.— Orra PARKER 
PuELPs, Canton, New York. 
SPIRAEA SALICIFOLIA IN ALBURG, VERMONT.— Mr. Sidney F. Blake, 
in Ruopora, xvi, 40 (1914), records the first discovery of Spiraea 
salicifolia L. in New England, at Swanton, Vermont, Aug. 24, 1911. 
Knowing of Mr. Blake's find, I have kept looking for this species in 
northwestern Vermont, but not till last summer, Aug. 26, 1913, did 
I succeed in finding it. All along the Rutland Railroad from Burling- 
ton northward I kept my eyes open for this bush, but not till the train 
reached the Alburg peninsula did I detect it from the car window. 
For once the train stopped opportunely, and I secured fairly good 
specimens, rather past flowering. 
There seems to be a great deal of this species in Alburg, mostly in 
swampy places and I did not notice any Spiraea latifolia Borkh. The 
soil of the peninsula is largely marine clay, and geographically the 
region is like the broad Canadian plain at the north. It is only a 
short distance across Missiquoi Bay to the Swanton station for the 
plant. In appearance the bush is rather taller than our familiar 
meadowsweet, and the new growth is made up of many wand-like 
shoots which suggest the willow even more than do the numerous 
narrow leaves.— CLARENCE H. KNowrrow, Hingham, Massachusetts. 
Vol. 16, no. 184, including pages 5? to 80 and plate 109, was issued 27 April, 1914. 
