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hens, having at one time about two hundred, as I 

 learned in conversation with him. 



I did not visit the hill in 1899, but as the hens used 

 it as a foraging ground I found but very few plants 

 there in 1900. I found none at all in 1901. To make 

 matters worse, the timber on Horse Hill was felled in 

 the winter of 1902-03 thus laying the station open to 

 the sun. 



In June, 1899 Mr. Eaton came to my house, with 

 the information that he had discovered Botrychium 

 simplex growing on Newfound Hill, in Hampton 

 Falls, New Hampshire, but rather too late for collec- 

 tion. This was just one year from the June when as I 

 said previously, I visited the locality for B. ramosum 

 at Horse Hill and found that the plants presented a. 

 fine appearance. 



Newfound Hill is directly east from Horse Hill T 

 about a half mile distant. Between the two hills is a 

 nearly level strip of cultivated land, through which 

 runs the dividing line of Kensington and Hampton 

 Falls. The hill is bare of trees with the exception of a 

 few low and scattering red cedars, the vegetation con- 

 sisting mostly of mouseear, sorrel, and low grasses. 

 The hill covers an area of perhaps ten or fifteen acres, 

 and its summit is about two hundred feet above sea 

 level. 



June 1st, 1900, the next year after Mr. Eaton dis- 

 covered the plants of simplex at Newfound Hill, in 

 company with my nephew I visited the locality. On 

 my way I examined the station for ramosum at Horse 

 Hill, and as I have previously said found very few 

 plants there, as they had been eaten by the hens, but 

 I found simplex at Newfound Hill in profusion. 



The little Botrychiums were quite noticeable amidst 



