fall of 1902 Last summer the plant 
was more abundant than before, thus 
appearing to be spreading. It was 
found also along Charles Ave. in Port 
Richmond, where the seeds may have 
been introduced with some rubbish. 
Aster Lowrieanus Porter. Abundant 
on Richmond Hill, Ocean Terrace, and 
in the woods along Bradley Road. This 
was probably ineluded with 4. cordt- 
Jalius L. in previous lists. 
Aster Lowrieanus Bieknellii Porter. 
Ocean Terrace, occasional, with the 
last. 
Aster Novi-Belgit Atlanticus Burgess. 
This was found near Arlington Station 
in the woods along South Ave., only a 
short distance from typical A. Novi- 
Belgit L., which grew along the borders 
of the same piece of woodland, 
_ Plantago halophilaBieknell. Mr.Wm. 
¥. Davis and I found this species close 
to the shore near Huguenot. I collected 
specimens alsoin the marsh along Old 
Quarry Road. It is probably the most 
common plantaim of our marshes. 
Commelina Virginical., Found grow" 
ing along a small brook near Nicholas 
Avenue and Charles Avenue, Part 
Richmond. 
Dryopteris spinulosa (Retz-) Kuntze. 
This occurs in swampy ground, especi- 
ally near Bull’s Head, New Spring- 
ville, and south of Arlington Station. 
Dryopteris spinulosa dilatata (Hoffm.) 
Underw. The specimen exhibited comes 
from the swamp along Willow Brook, 
south of Richmond Turnpike. In the 
vicinity of Bull’s Head, in woods along 
Bradley Road, and along South Avenue, 
I have also found specimens which I 
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consider as belonging to this variety. 
Dryopteris Pittsfordensis Slosson, Be- 
fore reading Miss Slosson’s account of 
this fern, I had labeled my specimens 
PD. marginalis x spinulosa, and Miss 
Slosson considers it as a hybrid between 
D. marginalis and some form of D. 
Spinulosa. On November 27th, 1904, Mr. 
Davis and-I found, on a kind of a stone 
wall or embankment, near a brook in 
the vicinity of New Springville, a single 
plant of a fern which was at once 
recognized as something new. Some 
time later, when I received the Fern 
Bulletin for October, I read Mr. G. A- 
Woolson’s account of a new fern from 
Pittsford Mills, Vt, similar to speci- 
mens collected two miles distant and 
deseribed by Margaret Slosson in 
Rhodora, April, 19C4. I surmised that 
our new fern might prove to be the same 
as Miss Slosson’s, and after reading 
the account in Rhodora and comparing 
with the type specimen in the herbar- 
ium of the New York Botanical Garden, 
i have concluded that ours may pass 
under the same name as that from 
Pittsford, Vt. 
It is interesting to note that both 
grew among stones and among numer- 
ous plants of D. marginalis and some 
plants of some form of D. spinulosa. 
SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 
Mr. Jas. Chapin exhibited a living 
English goldfinch, captured at New 
Brighton, with crossed mandibles, 
which malformation had developed sub- 
sequent to its capture. It was neces- 
sary to clip the overlapping ends at 
intervals of a week or ten days in order 
to assist the bird in feeding readily. 
