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urged upon all interested in Vermont botany by Prof. Jones, Prof. 
Burt and others, and it was decided to publish in ’98 or ’99 a new 
State Flora which shall embody the large amount of information. 
collected by members of the club and others since the publica- 
tion of Prof. Perkins’ Flora in 1888. It is intended that the list 
shall contain not only a list of Phanerogams and Pteridophytes, 
but also of the Musci and possibly of the Hepaticae and Fungi. | 
The meetings of the club. were attended not only by members 
but by many others, the attendance varying from fifty to one hun-. 
dred. The air was fairly electric with botanical enthusiasm, affect- 
ing even the reporters present. 
It has been the aim of the club to arouse a general interest in 
botany and foster enthusiasm by bringing together all persons in 
the State who are at all interested in the study of plants. Its 
marked success in this direction is due very largely to the efforts — 
of President Brainerd and Prof. Jones, both of whom have been 
indefatigable in the work of interesting others in our varied and 
interesting flora. 
The success of this club ought to encourage the organization 
of similar associations elsewhere. The first meeting was held 
on July 4, 1895, in the heart of the Green Mountains in Stratton, 
where half a dozen enthusiasts had gathered to celebrate by col- 
lecting rare carices. A temporary organization was formed with 
President Brainerd as president and Prof. Jones as secretary, and 
a committee was appointed to arrange for the first in-door meet- 
ing in February, ’96. That meeting was successful beyond all 
anticipations, as was the field meeting and excursion to Mt- 
Mansfield in July, ’96. 
An excursion to Mt. Willoughby or some other point of 
botanical interest is planned for the summer. 
A. J. GxouT. 
Note on Dicksonia dissecta Sw. Considerable discrepancy exists 
among authors concerning the synonymy of species in the genus 
Dicksonia, Swartz, who was the original author of D. dissecta, 
as well as of its congeners D. cicutaria and D. apitfolia, describes 
it as “very decompound, pinnules oblong, obtuse, sinuato-pinnatifid, 
laciniae obtuse giddous subcrenulate.” Hooker, in the “Species 
Filicum,” described D, dissecta Sw. as a fern “ which might with- 
