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NOTES 



Aspidium Fragrans on Mount Horrid 



"Toward the latter part of the season of 1921," whites D. Lewis 

 Dutton, of Brandon, "I made a trip to Mount Horrid, in Rochester, 

 collecting lichens. I had a rather successful day, gathering some 26 or 

 28 different species, and, thinking it time to leave the ledges, started 

 over them directly toward the road, instead of taking the shorter cut 

 to the east, as I had usually done. Among the broken rocks, I dis- 

 covered what I at first took to be Woodsia ilvensis, growing on a per- 

 pendicular south-exposed rock. I took along a bit of it, wondering why 

 it had not lost its old fronds of the year before. When I compared it 

 with herbarium material, I discovered that what I had was not woodsia, 

 but a small form of Aspidium fragrans. The fronds were about three 

 inches long. As yet I have no idea about the quantity that may be 

 found on Mount Horrid. With the exception of the Hubbardton sta- 

 tion, it is the most southerly in the State." 



Hartland Nature Club Work 



The work of the Hartland Nature Club, which was largely sus- 

 pended during the World War, has been resumed, Miss Nancy Darling, 

 of Woodstock, reports, with Miss Elizabeth Billings, of Woodstock, as 

 president, and the special topic for study being mosses. An interesting 

 program has been prepared for 1921. 



Rumex Alpinus L. in This Country 



This European dock, which resembles in its leaves the familiar 

 rhubarb of the gardens, was found, for the first time in this country, 

 in the town of Plymouth, by Mrs. W. E. Mack, Mrs. H. E. Haselton, 

 and Miss E. M. Kittredge, during the annual summer meeting of the 

 Vermont Botanical Club, held at Tyson, July 1 to 3, 1920. The first 

 plants discovered were in the near vicinity of an old house, but later 

 the collectors found plants following a small brook through the field, 

 and at a still later visit discovered the plants in other fields, always near 

 the brook or in swampy situations. Several young plants were taken 

 and sent to various gardens, where their growth will be watched with 

 much interest. The plant is a native of the high mountains of Europe. 



