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COMPOSITAE 



B. Eupatorium rotundifolium L. Hempstead Plains. Gar- 

 den City. 



A.B. Eupatorium Torreyanum Short. Hempstead Plains. 

 Garden City. 



B. GjiapJialium Helleri Britton. Ronkonkoma. 



Bidens discordea (T. & G.) Britton. Montauk. Smithtown. 

 Plattsdale. 



J^. Bidens comosa {GrSiy)V\!iegdind. Hempstead Plains. Gar- 

 den City. 



B. Bidens trichosperma-tenuiloha (Gray) Britton. Point O' 

 Woods. 



B. Bidens {cernua x connata). N. W. of Plattsdale. 



B. Coreopsis rosea Nutt. Wading River. Bridgehampton. 



B. Aster nemoralis Ait. S. of Flanders. 



B. Erigeron ramosus-discoidens Robbins. Montauk. 



B. Solidago patula Muhl. Millneck. Flushing. Bayside. 



B. Solidago Elliottii T. & G. Central Islip. Easthampton. 

 Hempstead Reservoir. 



A.B. Doellingeria humilis (Willd.) Britton. Millneck. 



SHORTER NOTES 

 Some Plants of Chimmons Island 



R. C. Benedict 



Chimons Island is one of the group of islands in Long Island 

 Sound extending east and west along the Connecticut shore near 

 South Norwich. Chimons is one of the largest, measuring 78 

 acres, most of which is arable land, though the greater part 

 is given over to wild growth principally bayberry, sumac, and 

 blackberry. Apparently the only kind of tree which has grown 

 up naturally on the island is the Ailanthus, illustrating very 

 interestingly the distribution of this tree by wind. A consider- 

 able growth of maples, and a few poplars and elms were establish- 

 ed after repeated failures, and some of the maples are now of 

 considerable size. The difficulty in connection with the trees 

 seems to relate, at least in part, to the wind-swept condition. 

 An interesting question suggests itself as to whether if Ailanthus 

 is allowed to grow until it has formed wind-breaks of sufficient 



