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the presence of Sphagnum , but is equally at home in a tuft of bog Dicranum. 
Among the sweet-gale bushes about the edge of the pond were much Scapania 
irrigua and Chiloscyphus fragilis , besides Drepanocladus sp. 
The soil of the region contains a little lime, as is indicated by the arbor- 
vitae and hare-bells, also Lophocolea minor along the lake shore. The lake is 
approached via the typical Maine buckboard road, and the writer made her 
first addition to the state list on the way in, Pellia Neesiana, the only station 
noted. For full report of additions collected on this trip see Rhodora for Novem- 
ber, 1912. 
[To be Concluded. ] 
THE WORCESTER MOSS CLUB 
A few years ago some of the nature students in Worcester, Massachusetts, 
evinced a decided interest in the study of mosses. They wished to be able to 
name the various species that they met in their walks; to have a speaking ac- 
quaintance with them at least. Out of that desire grew the present Moss Club 
of the Natural History Society of Worcester. 
It had its real beginning as far back as 1905, when Mrs. Horr, the Cus- 
todian, formed a class at the Museum, whose first purpose was to find out only 
as much as a hand-lens would show. But che members soon found that a hand- 
lens did not carry them far enough, so in 1907 and again in 1909, Miss Helen E. 
Greenwood showed the class slides of leaf-sections, peristomes, antheridia, and 
archegonia under the compound microscope. Still later, in the fall and winter of 
1910-11, Miss Alice C. Kendall, of Holden, gave a course of ten lessons, teaching 
the meaning of the terms used in the keys of the manuals, and making constant 
use of the compound microscope. At the end of her course she held an exhibit 
of freshly gathered specimens to which the public was invited. 
As a result of the influence of these two friends, the members of the club 
felt that they, too, ought to have compound microscopes. Three of these were 
bought and two were borrowed of sympathizing friends, in addition to the one 
already owned by the Museum. So much enjoyment and profit have been gained 
from the use of thfese microscopes that all are eager to form a class each fall. 
Unfortunately, so many other classes are formed by the Museum in the spring, 
that the moss study has to be fall and winter work. 
From the beginning the members have been taught to note the fruiting time 
of each moss, and to keep careful records. The object has come to be the work- 
ing out of the local flora. About 120 different kinds have been found to date, 
with much material yet to be worked over. The members are good collectors 
at all seasons of the year, and represent many different localities, as several 
live in different towns near Worcester. Good herbaria are being made, some of 
beauty and value. 
From the start The Bryologist and the help given by the various curators 
of the Sullivant Moss Society have been a source of inspiration and have kept 
the class in good working spirit. As one of the members said in speaking of the 
work, “The social side is worth mentioning, with its bond of good fellowship, 
