LM Joint Bulletin 7 



COLLECTIONS IN WOODSTOCK IN 1920 



E. M. Kittredge 



Owing to my late arrival in Woodstock, much of the work planned 

 during 1919 for 1920 was necessarily postponed to 1921. However, the 

 few weeks of my stay were richly rewarded, especially in the discovery 

 of plants which had vainly been sought during the three previous years. 

 For instance, Dirca pahtstris had eluded all my efforts and I had given 

 up expecting to find it within the prescribed area, when late in August, 

 numbers of bushes were found on a wooded hillside, where grew also 

 other moisture loving plants, so I think there must be springs on the 

 upper reaches. Although five Viburnums grow so plentifully in my 

 area as to deserve the description "common," V. dent at um was not seen 

 until the last of my stay, when, hurrying down a pasture hillside to 

 escape a shower, I was attracted by the glow of color in a clump of 

 bushes near the fence, and investigation revealed a thorn-apple not in 

 the collection, and the long-sought Arrow-wood. 



Each season, of course, reveals plants new to Miss Billings' col- 

 lection, but not in proper condition at the time of discovery to make 

 good specimens, hence, merely a note can be made of their existence 

 and location, and the hope that the next year will afford opportunity to 

 collect at just the right time. This year I am looking forward to seeing 

 Arethusa at home in a tiny bog located back in the hills, but fortunately 

 well within my territory. Mrs. Mack told me of her station for Sedum 

 ternatum late in 1919 — too late for me to look for it. Last year we did 

 visit the station, but so late in the summer we found only empty pods 

 and old leaves, therefore, we still have a pleasant trip to make at 

 flowering time. That same day we visited her station for skunk cab- 

 bage, and collected leaves and fruit. 



There is much pleasure in the discovery of every plant, no matter 

 how common it may be considered, if it is not in the collection, but I 

 confess to an added satisfaction when the plant is considered rare in 

 the State, and only a few stations are given in the Flora. A full list of 

 the new and rare plants collected last season is appended, but a few 

 deserve special mention. The pale variety of the large coral-root was 

 brought to Miss Billings in June from a nearby swampy woods. The typi- 

 cal form is fairly common around Woodstock, but is not found until late 

 in July and well into August. Miss Billings collected the centaury on 

 the golf grounds the last week in July, when only three flowers were 

 expanded. A later visit to the station was not possible last summer, 



