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rich field for botanizing and bird-study and a brief account of some 

 of our plants and birds may be of interest. 



I find many plants not familiar to me in New England. I have 

 collected considerable for the state botanist of New York, but not for 

 myself. In June, 1920, I sent him Carex Mcolor, not previously re- 

 ported in this state. Mertensia is very common and is sold, by 

 bushels, on the streets of Buffalo, by squaws. Erythronium albidum 

 is common, though less so than E. americanum. Fentstemon pallidus 

 is fairly common, Hybanthus concolor local, Chamaelirium luteum not 

 common but I have one good station for it. Orchis spectaMlis is 

 common, and Ci/pripedium hirsutum I have seen most abundantly in 

 the swamps and sold by the Indians. It is no exaggeration to say 

 that I have seen a thousand blossoms at once in the train en route for 

 the city. Cypripedium pubescens and parviflorum are common, C. acaule 

 less so, other orchids I do not come upon as commonly as in New 

 England. Spiranthes lucida is plentiful, Microstylis unifolia not very 

 common, CorallorMza maculata not common; Habenaria dilatata 

 Hookeri, lacera and ps^codes occasional. Habenarias in general not 

 frequent. Lobelia syphilitica is extremely common, also Polemonium 

 reptans, Phlox divaricata, DisporuTn lanuginosum, Evonymus atropur- 

 pureus, obovatus, americanus. Less common are Cassia marilandica, 

 Stachys palustris, Houstonia ciliolata, Euphorbia corollata, Vaccinium 

 stamineum, Polanisia graveolens. Gaura biennis, both Polymnias, both 

 Agastaches, Parnassia Caroliniana, are common as are Alliaria alliaria, 

 Orobanche, Nicotiana rustica. Onobrychis stations, never reported 

 nearer than Wisconsin, have become established in two places in a field 

 in Gowanda (two miles from here), spreading through imported hides 

 in a field near a tannery. Sorghostrum nutans, Arrhenatherum, Andro- 

 pogon furcatus, Cynosurus cristatus are among the grasses found. 

 Once I found Geranium pratense, but the station has been destroyed, 

 the same being true of Cuphea petiolaris. Triosteum perfoliatum and 

 aurantiacum both occur. 



The tulip tree, cucumber tree, spice-bush, Xanthoxylum america- 

 num, tupelo, sassafras, Dirca palustris are all very common. 



The small white ladies' slipper has been reported, but I have not 

 seen it and suspect it to be a white form of acaule. There is an active 

 botanical section of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, known as 

 the Botanical Hobby Club, and various members are exploring the 

 swamps and creek-banks. Ai'alia spinosa has been found near. Too 



