Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs ]1 



Thirty-four members were present at the 1920 summer meeting, 

 for longer or shorter periods, and the usual fun and jollity prevailed, 

 with great interest in bird and botanical findings. 



The birds seen were: Field sparrow, Nashville warbler, hairy wood- 

 pecker, black throated blue warbler, veery, goldfinch, robin, swift, 

 ovenbird, redstart, yellow warbler, wood pewee, kingbird red-eyed 

 vireo, yellow-throated vireo, warbling vireo, song sparrow, chipping 

 sparrow, catbird, cedarbird, red-winged blackbird, Canadian warbler, 

 humming bird, purple finch, bobolink, whippoorwill, Maryland yellow 

 throat, crow, blackduck, olive-sided flycatcher, alder flycatcher, swamp 

 sparrow, bank swallow, vesper sparrow, olive-backed thrush, partridge, 

 blue-headed vireo, great-crested flycatcher, winter wren, bluejay, night- 

 hawk, kingfisher — 42 in all. Nests of chebec, ovenbird, barn swallow, 

 phoebe, and kingbird were seen. 



MY BOTANICAL WORK IN 1920 



Inez Ad die Howe 



During the season of 1920, the usual plan of work was carried on 

 by the Botanical department of the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johns- 

 bury. Within a radius of five miles of the Museum, general botanizing 

 is done in familiar localities, and intensive work over small additional 

 areas each year, with the hope that eventually we may have the com- 

 plete Flora of St. Johnsbury and vicinity. 



As a result of last season's work 20 species were added to our 

 local list. They are as follows: Aster lateriflorus var. hirsuticaulis, 

 Hieracium floribundum, Centaurea americana. Vaccinium pennsylvani- 

 cum. Pyrola asarifolia var. incarnata, Microstylis monophyllos. Galium 



of this list, two species, Solatium nigrum var. villosum, and Gen- 

 hirsuta. Arenaria serpyllifolia. Stellaria borealis. Polemonium Van- 

 Bruntiae. Arrhenatherum elatius. Panicum miliaceum, Poa triflora. 

 Garex pennsylvanicitm, Garex pauciflora. Garex paupercula var. pallens. 

 and Garex paupercula var. irrigua. 



Of this list, two species, Solanum nigrum var. villosum. and Gen- 

 taurea americana are new to Vermont. 



A small station for Microstylis monophyllos in the same swamp 

 where I have previously located 13 other species of Orchidaceae. was, 

 perhaps, my best new find for the local Flora. In August, I located a 



