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wrote that in northern New York he found it in ‘dry 
pastures, on and about hummocks of hemlock loam,’ 
and added ‘it is seldom found in moist places.’ Another 
in Vermont says, ‘in old meadows, they will grow in 
little hollows where it is richer and more moist,’ while 
still another in Kentucky found it common ‘in dry open 
woods,’ and the writer that ‘it may safely be looked for 
in red cedar groves,’ adding, ‘I know few such places 
where it does not grow.’ In contrast to these, Mr. A. 
A. Eaton has found fine large plants in seven inches of 
sphagnum moss in New Hampshire swamps.”’ 
In Gray’s ‘‘New Manual’ the habitat is given as: 
“Meadows and pastures, rarely on dry slopes,’ which 
is much the same as that quoted from D. C. Eaton on 
page 43 of the current volume of the JouRNAL. 
My own experience goes to show that, like Mr. 
Jenks, “unnoticed” is a better term to use in describing 
the frequency of its occurrence than “uncommon”; 
still it may well be that, like so many other plants, it is 
common in some sections and rare in others without any 
apparent reason. Whenever I have been to the summer 
meetings of the Vermont Botanical Club there are always 
some people present to whom it is rare. 
Leston A. WHEELER. 
TownsuEND, Vermont. 
