PROGRAM. 

 Friday, January 17. 

 Williams Science Hall. 



10:00 a.m. Business Meeting of the Botanical Club. Large lecture 



room, second floor. 

 10:15 Business Meeting of the Bird Club. Large lecture room, second 



floor. 



10:30 Joint meeting for the reading of papers. 



1. My Pet Robins, 



Miss Cora Tarbox, Essex Junction 



2. Progress in the Forestry Movement, 



Dr. L. R. Jones, University of Vermont 



3 Notes on Moss, 



Miss Towle, Edmunds High School 



4. Seven Giant Puffballs, 



Mrs. Lord, Burlington 



5. The Blue Jay and the Red Squirrel, 



W. C. Horton, Brattleboro 



6. An Experience with Purple Martins in Brattleboro, 



W. C. Horton, Brattleboro 



7. Questions concerning Weed Distribution, 



L. C. Cook, University of Vermont 



8. The Fruits of some Shrubs and Trees of Vermont, 



F. V. Rand, University of Vermont 



9. The Botrychiums of Dorset, 



Allan Bourn, Yonkers. N. Y. 



10. Oxalis Brittonae at Pownal, 



Dr. Tracy Hazen, New York 



11. Discovery of the Water Chickweed in Vermont, 



Richard W. Woodward, Yantic, Conn. 



Friday P. M. 



Joint Session commencing at 2 o^lock sharp. 



12. Meadow Larks in Winter, 



Geo. L. Kirk, Rutland 



13. The Golden Eagle in Rutland County, 



Geo. L. Kirk, Rutland 



14. Work of the National Audubon Association during 1907, 



Mrs. Davenport, Brattleboro 



15. Birds of Washington, 



Mrs. Woodworth, St. Albans 



16. The Results of an April Snowstorm, 



Mrs. Munson, Manchester 

 3:30 p. m. After the reading of the foregoing papers a short intermis- 

 sion will take place. 



17. A Botanical Club Library, 



Miss May O. Boynton, Burlington 



18. The late Alphonso Wood, 



Miss Alice E. Bacon, Bradford 



19. Report on the Meeting of Federation of New England Nat- 



ural History Societies, Miss Delia I. Griffin, St. Johnsbury 



20. The Fernery, 



Miss Elizabeth Billings, Woodstock 



21. Reproduction in Bread Mould, 



L. R. Whitcomb, Edmunds High School 



22. A New Station for the Green Dragon, 



Geo. L. Kirk, Rutland 

 83. Mount Washington. Illustrated with lantern, 



John W. Ritchie, Jr., Boston 



5:00 p. m. Adjournment. 



6:00 p. m. sharp. Supper, followed by roll call, at Y. M. C. A. building. 

 College and Church Streets, second floor. Supper compli- 

 mentary to visiting members. 

 8:00 p.m. Adjournment to Science Hall. A car will leave Y. M. C. A. 



building at just 8 o'clock to take members to University 

 Place in time for the evening session. 

 8:15. p. m. Public Lecture at Williams Science Hall. The Flora of the 

 Shickshock Mountains. Illustrated with lantern. 

 Dr. M. L. Fernald, Gray Herbarium, Harvard University 



Saturday, 9 A. M. 



24. The Summer Meeting at Pownal, 



Mrs. Flynn, Burlington 



25. March Flowers in Florida, 



Pres. Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury 



26. Soil Acidity in Relation to Flora, 



H. A. Edson, University of Vermont 



27. Thoreau in Vermont, 



Mrs. Davenport, Brattleboro 



28. Some Rare Plants on Mount Horrid, 



D. L. Dutton, Brandon 



29. A Bacterial Rot of the Muskmelon, 



N. J, Giddings, University of Vermont 



30. A Trip to Mount Mitchell, 



W. W. Egoleston, Rutland 



10:30 Intermission. 



31. Birds of the Mount Mansfield Region, 



Mrs. Davenport, Brattleboro 



32. Comparative Bird Study, 



Miss Evalyn Darling, Woodstock 



33. The Nesting of the Juncoes in Brattleboro, 



H. L. Piper, Brattleboro 



34. The White-eyed Vireo, 



Misses Emily and Susan Clark, St. Johnsbury 



35. The Great Crested Fly Catcher's Nest, 



Misses Emily and Susan Clark, St. Johnsbury 

 It is hoped that at some place in the program there may be opportun- 

 ity for biief memorial remarks, recalling the services of the members who 

 have died during the last year. 



