REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR I924 IO9 



severe winter of 1917-18, when most of the lower branches were 

 removed. Before this the lower branches reached almost to the 

 ground. 



It appears that the Sequoia can not be grown successfully in the 

 northeastern United States. It has not proved hardy in New York 

 City nor around Boston. Even trees that thrived for a number of 

 years in Rochester were killed in the severe winter of 1917-18. 

 It may be possible that there exists in the particular locality in 

 which the Aurora tree is growing, a combination of soil and climate 

 more favorable than in the other localities where the Sequoia has 

 been unsuccessfully grown. 



W. C. MUENSCHER 



New York State College of Agriculture , Ithaca, N. Y. 



Additions to the Flora of the Lake George Region 



1 Bromus tectorum L. Along the state road, south of White- 

 hall, near the Barge canal locks at Comstock, this recently intro- 

 duced grass was becoming comm.on. June 20, 1920. 



2 Panicum calliphyllum Ashe. A few plants of this grass were 

 discovered on July 7, 1918, on the thin rocky slopes of Peaked 

 mountain. The type locality for the species is Watkins Glen, and 

 according to Mrs Agnes Chase, this is the second station for it in 

 this State. 



3 Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. Specimens of this grass, re- 

 lated to the common Panicum capillare, were collected 

 on September 15, 1918, in a sandy hilltop field, south of West 

 Fort Ann, and determined by Mrs Chase. 



4 Hippuris vulgaris L. This rather uncommon water plant was 

 discovered by Frank Dobbin on August 21, 192 1, in the Battenkill 

 river at Shushan. 



5 Chimaphila macula ta (L.) Pursh. Three small plants, not in 

 flower, were discovered north of Hudson Falls, July 29, 191 5. The 

 upper midrib of each leaf was variegated with white. I suspect that 

 this is the northernmost station for the spotted wintergreen in the 

 Hudson valley, where it is replaced almost entirely by the common 

 Prince's pine, Chimaphila umbellata. I have no other 

 record of its growing in the Lake George region, and I have never 

 collected it in the vicinity of Albany. 



6 Silene dichotcma Ehrh. Plants of this recently introduced 

 species were first found in a newly seeded meadow near Vaughns, 

 north of Hudson Falls, June 30. 191 3. It was afterward found in 



