in procession across some farmer's pasture to reach the bank of the 

 'stream where the cows go down to drink, the spider bottle and the 

 butterfly net, the bird-glasses and the camera march with the vascu- 

 lum and portfolio of the plant collector and the knapsack of the 

 student of cryptograms. 



The reaction of the native of the land to these processions is 

 varied, some being curious to know what pay we get for it. Gener- 

 ally, however, we find someone who understands, and who can 

 guide us to the choice hidden places where nature's treasures abide, 

 as Mr. George R, Howe in Norway piloted us along the trail through 

 the mossy woods to where the Showy Lady's Slipper was blossoming 

 in abundant beauty; or Miss Andrews and Miss Corning in Oxford 

 led us to the sand plains where the Wild Lupine has its only known 

 station in Maine; or Miss Grace Hunter accompanied us to the 

 beaches and blufifs of the coast near Machias ; or Mrs. W. E. Hanson 

 conducted a party to the sphagnous swamp in Alfred and Lyman 

 where a quantity of White Cedar was growing, which had not been 

 previously established as to be found in Maine; or Miss Harriet 

 Abbott led a party in Fryeburg straight to the haunt of the Mountain 

 Laurel. Often in this way valuable new members are gained for 

 the Society. 



How many red letter days the Josselyn society has to remember ! 

 What Josselyn will ever forget that beautiful day on the sides and 

 summit of Mt. Agamenticus, or the one spent on Great Cranberry 

 Island ofif the ocean side of Mt. Desert ; or the next day, part of it, 

 in the pouring rain on Jordan Mountain; or days spent on Rowe 

 Pond, Thompson Pond, Lake Messalonskee, or Moosehead Lake; 

 or the days when we followed the banks of the St. John up and down 

 stream from Ft. Kent? 



The botanical results of the Society's excursions have been con- 

 siderable. Nearly every meeting either adds new species to the 

 list of the State's plants, or at least finds new stations for known 

 species of limited range, while a few species new to New England 

 or to the country or even to science are to the Society's credit. At 

 Wells in 1916 Prof. Fernald presented a list of plants with unverified 

 records in Maine as objects for our search, and several of these 

 "spooks" of the professor's, as they were pleasantly nick-named, 

 materialized during the meeting, one of which was the White Cedar. 

 In 1919 we explored the Carrabasset valley from Kingfield, and 

 made a complete circuit of Mt. Bigelow, passing through the won- 

 derful groves of Norway Pine at Eustis, known as the Cathedral 

 Pines, and a party made the ascent of Mt. Bigelow, while another 

 party was guided along a forest trail to the swamp in Lexington 

 where the Great Rhododendron has its most northerly known station. 

 In Fryeburg in 1920 we hunted the sandy abandoned water courses 

 of the Saco for more of Prof. Fernald's "spooks," and found treas- 



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