4 Joint Bulletin 1 



EDITORIAL. 



With this issue appears the first joint bulletin of the Vermont 

 Botanical club and the Vermont Bird club. It is believed that the con- 

 solidation of these two organizations will make a stronger club and, 

 as plant and bird study go hand in hand, the union should bring about 

 a deeper interest in the subject in the state with its consequent good 

 results. This larger bulletin will command more attention outside of 

 the immediate membership of the club than either of the two smaller 

 publications previously issued and it should result in larger enroll- 

 ment of members among persons who are summer visitors to the 

 Green Mountains. 



To get out a better bulletin means greater cooperation of members 

 in providing material, hustling to get more nature lovers interested in 

 the club and more prompt payment of dues. The treasurer's report 

 shows that there is reason for this last suggestion. 



The editor is pleased with the many short notes of interest sent in 

 for the 1915 bulletin. This is a feature worth expanding and it is 

 gratifying to see it grow. We welcome, too, the article on fungi. This 

 branch of botany has been neglected of late in the state and the publi- 

 cation of local lists is to be desired. The moss and lichen enthusiasts 

 should be heard from also. 



MEETINGS OF THE YEAR. 



The Winter Meeting of 1915. 

 C. D. Howe. 



The 14th annual winter meeting of the Vermont Bird club was held 

 in conjunction with the Vermont Botanical club at Williams Science 

 hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, on Friday and Saturday, 

 January 29 and 30, 1915. The first session began at 10.30 a. m., with 

 Pres. Ezra Brainerd of the Botanical club in the chair. Pres. G. H. 

 Perkins of the Bird club proposed that the two clubs consider the idea 

 of uniting. It was voted that the chair appoint a committee of five 

 members composed of the members of both clubs to consider this 

 matter. 



It was voted to accept and endorse the action of President Perkins 

 in making the club a member of the National Association of Audubon 

 societies and to reimburse him for the fee of $5 which he had paid. 



