Ver:mont Botanical and Bird Clubs 47 



boro Four Corners by Miss Eleanor Willard. The flower appeared 

 somewhat larger than ordinary and upon investigation proved to have 

 one perfect 'shoe' nearly enclosed in another, which was a size larger. 

 Both 'shoes' were of good color and otherwise normal." 



D. Lewis Button of Brandon is endeavoring to compile a list of the 

 lichens of New England and would like to receive information as to 

 any local lists that may have been published. 



Mrs. W. E. Mack of South Woodstock has raised several plants 

 from seed of the hybrid Mallow (Malva alcea X moschata) found a few 

 years ago near Bridgewater. They are now beginning to bloom and are 

 very beautiful, showing clearly the characters of both supposed parents, 

 just as did the original plants. 



Vermont, like the rest of northern New England, was visited by an 

 unusual number of crossbills during the summer of 1922, both the 

 American and white-winged species being recorded, the former being 

 the more numerous. The birds arrived unusually early, being first 

 seen about Rutland, August 7. The majority soon passed southward, 

 but a few remained through August and September, only an occasional 

 one being seen after the latter month. Crossbills have not been so 

 numerous in the vicinity of Rutland in many years as they were during 

 the first few days of their incursion. — George L. Kirk. 



A third Vermont station for Juncus Torreyi Coville has been dis- 

 covered, the writer having found it growing in West Haven. This 

 station is several miles from any railroad, which the plant frequently 

 follows. — G. H. Ross. 



The Bulletins of the Vermont Bird Club, Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive, 

 can now be obtained of Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn, 251 S. Willard St., 

 Burlington, Vt. 



Mushrooms 



Each summer for the past three years Miss Nancy Darling of 

 Woodstock has found at or near her home morels, coral mushrooms, 

 and edible boleti which she has enjoyed as table delicacies. 



