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includes: Monarda mollis, rather common here; Blephilia ciliata, fre- 

 quent; and wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare. very common. 



Along the banks of the Walloomsac River, in certain places, the 

 tall meadow rue, Thalictrum polygonum, grew to a rank size, and 

 several plants were found bearing purplish colored flowers. Along the 

 same river bank, the rather rare woodbine, Psedera quinquefolia var. 

 hirsuta, was found. 



A colony of the spiked loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, brightened 

 a small swamp with its tall stalks of purple bloom. Several specimens 

 of the forked catchfly, Silene dichotoma. were collected in a newly seed- 

 ed field near Bennington village. 



Of the composite group, very interesting were the little heath 

 asters, A. ericoides, and the almost rayless form of the daisy flebane, 

 known as E. ramosus var. discoideus. The latter was frequent, growing 

 with the type, but I find no previous mention of it in any Vermont list. 



A list of ferns collected include three which I will mention as 

 being rather uncommon: Goldie's shield, A. Goldianum ; narrow-leaved 

 spleenwort, A. angustifolium ; and the broad beech fern, P. hexagon- 

 opt era. 



The coming season, seeking with a renewed interest, I hope to add 

 to the list of plants found in Vermont. 



NEST OF MOURNING WARBLER 



George L. Kirk 



It had been the writer's desire, for many years, to see the nest 

 of a mourning warbler. Although I had heard the birds singing on the 

 breeding grounds in Vermont many times during a period of 20 years, 

 it had always been in a wide tract of maple sprouts in the mountains, 

 where hunting was an almost hopeless task. On July 29, 1919, while 

 berrying, I heard a mourning warbler sing near some blackberry 

 bushes in a small clearing, at the foot of East Mountain, which borders 

 Rutland Valley on the east. Not knowing whether it was an early 

 migrant or a bird that was singing late on the breeding grounds, I 

 determined to search the place the following season. 



June 6, 1920, found me on the spot. It was a cold, rainy day, very 

 unfavorable for bird song, but luck favored me, and I heard a mourning 

 warbler singing as I neared the place. Instead of being near the 



