6t THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



we startled up a pair of herons who manifested their displeas- 

 ure at our intrusion of their private dining room by hoarse 

 croakings as they flew to their forest home. Wlien we ar- 

 rived at that part of the shore from whence they h^d taken 

 their departure we found the mud well covered with their 

 tracks where they had been searching for the fat tadpoles which 

 abounded all about the pond in the shallower water. 



About the lower end are small bogs which proved pro- 

 ductive ground for us. Here was the pitcher plant {Saracenia 

 purpurea) and sundew {Drosera rotundifolia and D. longi- 

 folia) the latter being collected for the first time by either of 

 us as it is not generally common in Vermont although Wind- 

 ham county seems to be the most favored portion in this re- 

 spect. Pogonia opJiioglossoides was abundant in the sphagnum 

 but we looked in vain for signs of its companions the Arethusa 

 and Calopogon. The seven angled pipe-wort {Eriocaulon 

 articulatum) was found here among many other marsh loving 

 plants. The most important find of these bogs, if not of the 

 day, was the yellow-eyed grass {Xyris montana) which was 

 not only new to us but so far as the w'riter can learn is new to 

 the state. The first colony we found was small but a few 

 minutes later we found another bog where is was very plenti- 

 ful over a small area. 



The hour fur departure came far too soon to permit of 

 anything like a thorough study of the plant life about the 

 pond for as we were far from home we had to leave early; so 

 with a good-bye shot with the camera we wended our way 

 back to the haunts of men. As I was driving down the valley 

 after leaving my friend at Jamaica I saw, just as the dusk was 

 beginning to lower, a doe with her two spotted fawns beside 

 the road and as they did not seem afraid I stopped and watched 

 them for a few moments. The beautiful scene seemed to give 

 a parting blessing to the day's pleasure. 



Townshend, Vermont. 



