WINsLow: THE FIELD MEETING AT Hartrorp 115 
one hundred and sixty-five species of North American 
ferns and sent home for determination sixteen new spe- 
cies. 
For many years he had been vice-president of the 
Vermont Botanical Club, and it was indeed a treat to 
meet and to converse with this quiet, genial, unassuming 
man at the meetings of the Vermont Club. He was 
always a and willing to show his specimens even to 
the uninitiated. His many friends throughout this 
country ee Soap will seen to learn of his death. x 
_-Haxover, N. - a Pe eh eae 
The field meeting at Hartford 
E. J. WINSLOW 
The meeting of Fern Society members announced in 
the April Fern Journau took place on June 16, 17, and 
18, when ten members from various parts of New England 
and New York met for field work in Hartford, Conn., | 
and vicinity. The members who arrived at noon on the © 
16th were taken in charge by Mr. Henry Bigelow and 
conducted by steam and trolley to the forests of Plain- — 
ville. Here a very brief exploration disclosed a list of 
twenty-five species of ferns, including Dryopteris Goldiar 
_ which is rare in this region, Botrychium simplex, 
— Here also were found” nree hybr 
On ue trip a short all was ‘ade oO inspect the 
. garden at Mr. a home, in ew nee 
such rare species as A. z 
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