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I did not expect to disc-over plants new to the State, but to become 

 acquainted with many already known to those whose pleasure it had 

 been to botanize in this section. One of the first flowers to greet me 

 was the large, white trillium. T. granriiflorum. which bloomed in 

 abundance in many a rich woodland. This trillium I had once col- 

 lected in Indiana, but the western specimens were never as large as 

 the giant blooms found at Bennington. 



The painted trillium, T. undulation, was entirely absent, and the 

 purple species. T. erect inn. was found only infrequently. Other early 

 springtime flowers were the same as those collected elsewhere. 



The latter part of May the purple clematis, C. vertieillaris. flaunted 

 its showy purple flowers in a few rocky, wooded places. The wild 

 geranium, G. maculatum. grew abundantly, and in varied habitats, 

 from open mountain slopes to lowland roadsides. 



Creeping buttercup, R. re pens var. glabratus. was discovered in a 

 muddy section of a field, where its mass of creeping plants with flowers 

 of a deep golden hue covered a small area. My next find was one of 

 the orpine family, Serium ternatum, which grew in scattered groups in 

 a thin, rocky woodland, of a low altitude. This, I believe, is the first 

 time this sedum has been reported from Vermont. 



Of the many galiums collected, the least common, and the prettiest 

 of the group, were: G. verum. with a mass of delicate yellow bloom: 

 and G. Mollugo. with its equally dainty white flowers. 



Another plant which, according to the Vermont Flora, was once 

 collected at Charlotte, by the late Dr. Cyrus G. Pringle, is a member of 

 the teasel family, Knautia anensis. This plant is well established in 

 fields at the Everett farm, and sparingly elsewhere. It is a thrifty 

 grower, and from an aesthetic standpoint, highly decorative, but it 

 fruits abundantly, and as its blooming period is from early June to 

 time of killing frosts, it bids fair to become a menace to agriculture. 



In two old fields, and along an adjacent roadside, the yellow 

 rattle, Rhinanthus CristagaUi. grew in abundance. In consulting the 

 Vermont Flora, I found that this interesting little plant had been 

 previously reported from Bennington by Mrs. Terry, so doubtless the 

 station is the same as she discovered. 



In thin fields and pasture lands the deptford pink, D. armeria. 

 frequently occurred. Of the orchis group none were often met with, 

 but Spiranthes lucida "cropped up" rather frequently, both in moist 

 fields and along gravelly banks. Members of the mint family were 

 abundant, and my list of those less common elsewhere in the State 



