JOSSELYN BOTANICAL SOCIETY 



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A committee was appointed to nominate officers for the 

 coming year, consisting of : 



Mr. C. H. Bissell, Mr. R. C. Bean, Mr. J. H. Emerton. 



The Secretary was authorized to send the following tel- 

 egram : 



"To Miss Kate Furbish, Brunswick, Me. 



"The Josselyns send greetings and best wishes from 

 Aroostook to the 'Flower Lady', and regret that conditions 

 do not permit her to be present." 



Adjourned. 



Three parties were in the field Wednesday. The first 

 visited two ponds in Caswell Plantation, some fifteen miles 

 below Van Buren, as well as collecting somewhat by the 

 roadside while on the way. The ponds were small, shallow, 

 with muddy bottoms, and surrounded by extensive bogs. Be- 

 sides the usual Chamaedaphnc-Ledum-Carex formation there 

 were large amounts of Andromeda glaucophylla, Carex limosa, 

 C. oligospermia, C. paupercula, var. irrigua, Kalmia polifolia, 

 Nymphaea microphylla, N. rubrodisca and Scirpus pauciflorus. 

 A second and larger party went by train to Grand Falls, N. B., 

 visiting the falls and gorge of the St. John River. Here on 

 limey slates grew Anemone multifida, Artemisia ea?iade?isis, 

 Carex capillaris, var. elongala, Cryptogramma Stelleri, Erige- 

 ro?i hyssopifolius , Primula mistassinica , Seneeio Balsamitac, and 

 Tofieldia ghdinosa. The third party ascended Hammond 

 Brook for a short distance, finding Asarum canadcnse, Botry- 

 chiicm lanceolatum , var. angustisegmentum , Carex retrorsa, var. 

 Robinsonii, Polystichum Braunii, Pyrola asarifolia , P. minor, 

 and Viburnum paueifiorum in the rich woods. 



Most of the party spent Thursday forenoon caring for 

 the material collected on the previous day. In the afternoon 

 there was a drive northward along the main road beyond 

 Keegan, with opportunity for visiting the cultivated grounds, 

 river banks and low woods. Characteristic of the roadsides 

 and fields were Campanula roiundi folia, Gnaplialium syli'aii- 

 cum, Hieracium prale?ise y Rhinanthus Kyrollae, and Silene lati- 

 folia; along the river bank, in addition to plants seen before, 

 there were Amelanchier Bartramiana, A. laevis, Carex Tuek- 

 e?-ma?ii, Equisetum palustre, E. praiense, Hierochloe cdorata, 



