VERMONT BOTANICAL AND BIRD 



CLUB 



JOINT BULLETIN No. 1 APRIL, 1915 



PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE CLUB 



One copy of the bulletin is sent to each member. Extra copies of 

 bulletins 1 to 9 of the Vermont Bird club and bulletins 1 to 10 of the 

 Vermont Botanical club may be obtained of the librarian at Burlington 

 for 10 cents each to club members and 25 cents to outsiders. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial Announcement 4 



Winter Meeting of 1915 4 



Summer Meeting of 1914 7 



Officers' Reports 8 



Seven Year Bird Census at Woodstock 9 



Why Does Gilliflower Apple Fail to Perfect Its' Seed? 13 



Winter Birds Scarce in Vermont 15 



Plant Quarantine Laws 18 



Short-billed Marsh Wren and Henslow's Sparrow at Clarendon 19 



Bird Calendar from Waitsfield 21 



Forest Fungi of Bethel 24 



Birds Along Source of Black River 25 



Crossbills at St. Johnsbury 28 



Additions to Vermont Hepatic List 28 



New Vermont Hepaticae in 1913 29 



Notes on Vermont Nature Clubs 30 



A Bird Calendar 31 



Nature Work in Bennington Library 32 



A Filix-mas Hybrid 32 



New Botanical Finds for St. Johnsbury 33 



Notes 34 



