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the roadside grew Agropyron caninum and Andropogon fur- 

 catus. Nahumkeag Pond and its shores afforded a good 

 variety of plants, among which were Scirpus georgianus, 

 Lobelia Dortmanna, Nymphaea rubrodisca, Utricularia gibba, 

 Utricidaria puipzwea, and a hillside near was beautiful with 

 an abundance of Adiantitm pedatum ,Phegopteris hexagonoptera 

 and the green leaves of Cypripedium pubescens. Here, also, 

 was found Galium lanceolatiwi. In Chelsea bog, in the town 

 of Chelsea, which was visited by a small party, Ophioglossum 

 vulgatum was growing in great abundance and of enormous 

 size. 



Friday evening, August 9, at 8.00 P. M., a meeting was 

 held in the high school building, which the school authorities 

 of Gardiner generousl} T opened for the use of the Society. 



The following were proposed for membership, and all 

 were duly elected, viz.: 



Mrs. Edward P. Pennell, Brunswick ; Mrs. Herbert P. 

 Morrell, South Poland ; Mr. Herbert Nelson Morrell, South 

 Poland; Mr. J. M. L,. Bates, Gardiner; Mr. A. T. Rey- 

 nolds, Gardiner; Mr. L. W. Robbins, Mars Hill; Mrs. L. 

 W. Robbins, Mars Hill. 



It was voted that the field meeting of 1913 be on Penob- 

 scot Bay, at Rockland, Camden or Castine, and that the 

 place and the time of meeting be decided by the committee of 

 arrangements. 



Twenty-six members and guests were in attendance at 

 the meetings and field excursions. 



The following were elected as officers of the Society, 



viz.: 



President —Miss Louise H. Coburn, Skowhegan. 



Vice-Presidents — Prof. Manton Copeland, Brunswick ; 

 Mr. Albert R. Stubbs, Portland. 



Secretary — Dr. Dana W. Fellows, Portland. 



Treasurer— -Mr. Ralph C. Bean, Clinton. 



Com?nitlee of Arrangements— -Miss L. H. Coburn, ex- 

 officio, Dr. D. W. Fellows, Portland ; Mr. G. K. Merrill, 

 Rockland. 



Committee on Plant Distribution— Prof. M. L. Fernald, 



