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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  clumps 
  or 
  clusters 
  of 
  several 
  individuals 
  or 
  else 
  were 
  closely 
  crowded 
  

   by 
  other 
  shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees. 
  In 
  either 
  case 
  the 
  tendency 
  would 
  

   be 
  to 
  stimulate 
  an 
  upright 
  growth 
  in 
  the 
  effort 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  to 
  get 
  into 
  

   more 
  and 
  better 
  light, 
  and 
  to 
  retard 
  or 
  hinder 
  the 
  horizontal 
  growth 
  

   of 
  the 
  branches. 
  The 
  result 
  is 
  seen 
  when 
  trees 
  grow 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  

   other 
  in 
  groves 
  or 
  forests. 
  They 
  grow 
  taller 
  and 
  have 
  more 
  slender 
  

   elongated 
  trunks 
  than 
  when 
  they 
  grow 
  singly 
  or 
  widely 
  scattered 
  in 
  

   open 
  fields. 
  A 
  fertile 
  soil 
  and 
  a 
  constant 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   moisture 
  are 
  doubtless 
  contributing 
  conditions. 
  This 
  plant 
  evidently 
  

   delights 
  in 
  the 
  shade 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  therefore 
  in 
  a 
  constantly 
  though 
  

   perhaps 
  a 
  moderately 
  moist 
  soil, 
  for 
  it 
  quickly 
  disappears 
  when 
  the 
  

   trees 
  are 
  cut 
  away 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  rays 
  of 
  the 
  sun. 
  

  

  Symphoricarpos 
  vulgaris 
  Mx. 
  

   The 
  Indian 
  currant 
  or 
  coral 
  berry 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  in 
  our 
  State.„ 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  station 
  for 
  it 
  near 
  Newtonville, 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  

   in 
  Albany 
  county. 
  Possibly 
  the 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  there- 
  

   from 
  some 
  western 
  locality. 
  

  

  Aster 
  sagittifolius 
  Willd. 
  

   The 
  arrow-leaved 
  aster 
  is 
  credited 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Flora 
  to 
  Yates 
  

   county. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  quite 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  valley. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  about 
  Mechanicville 
  and 
  extends 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  Bemus 
  Heights. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Burnham 
  

   near 
  Sandy 
  Hill, 
  Washington 
  county, 
  and 
  probably 
  occurs 
  in 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  localities. 
  

  

  Solidago 
  puberula 
  Niitt. 
  

  

  ''Sandy 
  soil, 
  Maine 
  to 
  Virginia 
  and 
  southward, 
  mostly 
  near 
  the- 
  

   coast," 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Manual 
  as 
  the 
  habitat 
  and 
  range 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

   In 
  our 
  State 
  it 
  frequently 
  occurs 
  in 
  gravelly 
  soil 
  and 
  in 
  rocky 
  places 
  

   in 
  the 
  mountains 
  remote 
  from 
  the 
  seacoast. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountains 
  in 
  Ulster 
  county, 
  among 
  the 
  Catskill 
  

   mountains 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  sent 
  from 
  

   rocky 
  places 
  in 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Anthony 
  and 
  from 
  

   rocky 
  hills 
  near 
  Fort 
  Ann, 
  Washington 
  county, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Burnham. 
  

   In 
  these 
  plants 
  the 
  hoary 
  puberulence 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  is 
  scarcely 
  

   noticeable 
  and 
  the 
  achenes 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part, 
  otherwise 
  I 
  see 
  no 
  distinct 
  variation 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  

  

  