Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-02
MONT BOTANlSTS.
FIELD NOTES OF THEIR WORK DUR
ING THE PAST YEAR.
Fourth Annual Meeting Begun T raday
several Rare round by the
Members-Flora of Burlington and
Vicinity Described.

OF the club consists of reports by the
different members bearing on various
botanical questions of interest and IL
yearly attracting more attention. Most
of the papers read are left with the Sec
rotary, Prof. Jones, who places them On
file for the consultation of those interest
ed. AS nearly all of the papers are tho
result OF personal observation and field
work a valuable library for reference is
gradually being accumulated by the So
ciety.
Miss Carrie E. Bigelow of Stowo
opened the programme for the
afternoon by describing a trip
to Mount Mansfield upon which she
found Il very rare flower on the Chin"
The name of the plant is Diapensia or
the little rattlesnake plaintain (Goodyera)
which the Harvard botanists have just
rechristened. 1t has proven to be a new
species for Vermont.
The next paper was entitled Notes on
the Brandon Fossil Fruits" In it Or. f.
y. Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, made the point that from his obser-
vations of the Brandon deposits he had
come to the conclusion that wood was
coniferous, although it has not been so
regarded hitherto. lie reported the dis
coVery of one fossil plant of "a variety
new to the scientific world.
In the absence of Cr. Knowlton his pa
per was read by frof. II. NJ. Seely of
-.
Mi%ddlebury College.
Mrs. Nellie +. Flynn followed with a
discussion of the Flora Of Burlington and
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lows:
The larger families of plants represent
ed are the crowfoot, % species; mustard,
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curator OIL tne hetpariuhn oi Coiuimoia
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no lstiVa VI VIC i''"' II" eN'''i'e
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iaSl "iiu III hi"nS ieepoNH' 'ho iio9t ~
poitanl papei ~ u an,tnc' .aNrns
as ms supJcct, IaiaSi''c ruhsl' 70,
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alVhs thls me u research liz the re-
SUITS ~ ms nNc'V'Sa.Ioh haNe d WY,
Spiea" interest," LOT Vermont FARMERS IA.
crieu "tten.toh - - ni!HeiIo aiiou
oi uarnaEe uohe ny the apparently ihsis'
hl'icaht iuhSi 10 nearly III "eiicui,ui"
pHouuo's' ~ iliiIo.S aiohe' ne sa4u, !
ras peeh esvlhnaten tndt one h,ho OF run
gus "oc7 @0'''V0o uo'I'io Win VI uaii
as 70 "nGa' eacn !s"i, oid . d aniu
eo9,n II "no!e cou"eiJ So'vVo,ovo "iiiuat1S
anu inc iuhsu co"ilohiS kno"h as rus
costs US as much more, 10 prtn6 Inv
matter nearer nome i nave estimate
rom OBSERVATIONS d inc EAperineiI
Farm wherc conuitions are pe',er .hai
.hose ,~hiVushout .ne S'a'e, 'in' vernon
iaIHnels lose ef",v"' d Sear rom poIat'
diseases alohe' lnese sure are prop
weld Of potatoes through the state is 7
bushels per acre Ihere Is every reason
10 oelcVe that each acre uhueI c"iliVa
ton may be made to yield 100 bushels
more py spraying when estimating po
tatoes at ~ cents a pushel, would IN
crease our annual proHt from this sourc'
ny *Sp,p"' In one large apple orchard IN
loss from luhsl "hlch coulu nave Deer
killed ny spraying amounted to Sl3 a rec
laklnS lhto cohslderatioh the thousahd'
OF trees IN ermon IL is easy 10 see INT
enormous yearly loss in apples. Crap
vines also sufter, but lot 10 so great al
extent. Nor are plants IRE
from destruction. The United state
agricultural department. places the annua
loss to this country from parasitic fung
Mt 5000 ,0o. 600. This amount is certain.
not too large
Mr. Orion presented n printed list o
the parasitic fungi of Vermont to eacl
of those present, In this are classifie-l "A
species of fungi which grew OF $50 kind
of plants. 1t is expected that two or thre-
times this number will be added when tn
classification Is complete. The figure
given serve to show the great economi
benefits which result from modern botani
cal research and they also demonstrate
the practical value of the botanical cluI