46 Joint Bulletin 8 



Mammoth Horsetail 



A specimen of Equisetum fluviatile L. collected by Leston A. 

 Wheeler, Townshend, near the "Salmon Hole" in Brookline has a 

 rootstock 50 inches long; 17 stems, the tallest of which measures 56M> 

 inches and with an average of 53 inches. In mounting the specimen 

 Mr, Wheeler used 16 sheets of paper. Mr. Wheeler reports the location 

 of several new stations for Selaginella apus in Townshend and Newfane 

 during the past season. In some of the stations the plant is very 

 abundant and beautiful. Mr. Wheeler has collected a considerable 

 number of specimens of Rudbeckia hirta which show all forms of grada- 

 tion in the flower from a bunch of irregularly shaped green leaves to 

 large and perfect flowers. "It will be interesting to watch them an- 

 other year in order to see if any of these forms again develop," he 

 writes. 



Program of the Hartland Nature Club 



Miss Nancy Darling 



The Hartland Nature Club, with Miss Elizabeth Billings of Wood- 

 stock, President, reports for 1922, a full program, diversified by field 

 meetings, colored slides and lectures. 



Among the last is one on "Geological Studies at the Gravel Pit," 

 by Dr. Williams; "Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms," by Miss Bur- 

 lingham; and "Another Year as an Egg Collector," by Mr. Karl Pember. 



The special subjects are "Mosses and Minerals of Windsor County." 



The Mother Nature Studies Class of Windsor High School, recently 

 identified with the H. N, C, is making a collection of weeds and 

 minerals. 



"I found Linaria canadensis in August, 1922, along the railroad 

 track at Starr Farm beach, five miles north of Burlington. This is 

 the most northerly station in the State as far as I know. Linaria 

 minor (L.) Desf., first reported for Vermont at West Rutland by George 

 L. Kirk in 1909, is getting very common along the railroad about 

 Burlington and elsewhere." — Nellie F. Flynn. 



Leston A. Wheeler of Townshend writes: "A flower of Cypripe- 

 dium acaule has just been handed me which was collected near Marl- 



