26 American Fern Journal 



article is illustrated with a portrait of Mr. Druery and 

 pictures of some products of his skill in fern culture. 



In this connection the note appearing on another 

 page will be of especial interest. It was sent as a letter 

 to Mr. YVinslow. 



An Unusual Station For Botrychium Lanceolatum 



On the 2d of last July Mr. C. H. Bissell, Mr. C. A. 

 Weatherby and the writer explored a gorge on the farm 

 of Mr. Homer J. Heath, in the northern part of the 

 township of Newfane, Vt. In the woods above the 

 gorge we found a remarkable growth of Botrychium 

 lanceolatum. During the half-hour or so that we were 

 traversing this piece of woods we came upon groups of 

 from three to twenty plants every few steps. There 

 must have been thousands of them. Botrychium 

 nimosum was also present, but in smaller number. 



The writer has seen this plant growing in several 

 localities in Avcstern Connecticut and Massachusetts, 

 and eastern and northern Vermont, but always in 

 rather moist rich woods, and often in quite swampy 



ground. The Newfane station is a rather dry and very 

 steep wooded hillside with a northeasterly slope and an 

 elevation, according to estimates furnished by Mr. L. 

 A. Wheeler, of Townshend, Vt., of about 800 feet above 

 sea level and more than 200 feet above the neighboring 



river. 



A I BURXDALE, M\SS. E. J. WlNSLOW. 



A Correction 



In the interests of accuracy, permit me to call your 

 attention to an erroneous statement in your April 

 number. Mr. James A. Bate- writes: "I think it was 

 Clute who made the mistake in an early Bulletin of 

 calling Difksonia the fragrant fern." If Mr. Bates 



