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WIXOOSKI MARBLE. 



P. ViRGixiAXA, L. Ceiasus Virginicus, DC. Choke 

 Cherry. Common in pastures and groves ; May. 



P. SEROTixA, Ehrh. Cerasus serotina, DC. Wild Black 

 Cherry. Common in similar localities to those of the 

 last ; May. 



Spir^a salicifolia, L. Meadow Siveet. Not very 

 common, much less so than the following ; June. 



S. TOMENTOSA, I.. Hardhack. Pastures and fields; 

 common ; July. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. Agri7nony. Rather com- 

 mon in moist places ; July. 



Poterium Canadexse, Gray. Sanguisorbia Canadense, 

 L. Common Burnet. Swamps, Brattleboro, C. C. 

 Frost ; August. 



Notes on the Wlnooski Marble of Verfnotit. — By 

 Professor George H. Perkins, Ph. Z>., Burlijigton, 



Vermont. 



About three years ago while looking over a large pile of 

 cast-away fragments of slabs of Winooski Marble near 

 Mr. Barney's mill in Swanton, I found one piece about 

 five inches square which was thickly filled with what 

 were obviously organic remains. Not being familiar 

 with the paleontology of the region at that time I did not 

 recognize the species to which the fossil should be refer- 

 red but knowing that no fossils had ever been detected in 

 the marble I had the specimen polished, and laid it aside 

 for further study. A few months later in company with 

 Mr. S. M. Allis I again visited the Swanton Marble Mill 

 and we were successful in finding about a dozen medium 



