Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-01-19
BIRDS and FLOWERS
Two State Organizations in Ses-
sion Yesterday.
Annual Meetings Of Vermont Rird club
unt Vermont botanical club Held
mt buildings Of the University
Of Vermont.

Inc annual meeting OF tho Vermont
Bird club and the Vermont Botanical club
were opened ut the University of Yer
mont yesterday with single meetings and
u joint meeting in the afternoon and even
ing. Tho Bird club held II meeting in the
museum at ten o'clock Il. M, at which
the following officers were elected for the
year ensuing: President, Prof. George H.
Perkins of Burlington: vice president Z.
ID. Howe OF ESSEX functions secretary
and treasurer. q. II. Ross of Rutland. IN
executive and general commttc was also
elected, consisting of one member from
each county of the State. Tho club viii
hold two meetings to-day in the Williams
Science hall one at Il. IN. and one at
p m. The following programme will be
carried out:
The report of the summer meeting OF
the Bird club and additional notes from
Mount Mansfield. Mrs. Elizabeth =. pa
NEWPORT OF Bratllchoro.
Account of the recent a. o. l.. meeting
y Miss Paddock
"Lst of Birds Observed in Rutland
CouujN'--, II. Ross of Rutland.
Nesting of tho Duck Hawk at Wailing-
ford: "tirds breeding in Walingford
and Vicinity Wv. A. Kent of Walling-
ford.
"A Few Warbiers as I liavc Known
mem MISS susan H. ldrh Vi -
JoiiSourN
Nihe OWLS MIS- L. H. ior'N "i
Northampton Mass
! BOTANICAL CLUE MEETS
! tue h'S' SESSION "' 'h' l'''' '''""l WIZ
/ ter meeting "i III Vermont ''"'allcai Gu"
WIS ol""'" N'N''r""A "l''ri''"h az wv"
o clock III III" NlihanS Sclonce nan. MISS
Ih"h" NJ ROWE gay" Il paper loil'WlhS
OUT the development "i inc sh"iphi'" OF
the moss 'dtharlnd, showing thht IL TOOK
II months as compared with Il months
IN IN" case "l IN" common h'lr cap moss.
l." /. Sprdsu" gay" an interesting pa
| PER ON IN" methods developed ny the hui
ir'au OF pant industry at VI 'sh'httnh ia
lsoating ANA sending ont in pure cul-
lures the bacteria Whlch enable sue u
plants as the peas ana clov"rs 1" obtain
nee nitrogen from the air. bN TINS meth
cd farmers IN" enabled t" inoculatc their
seeds or son ana thuS grow 'ortlll l'Su-
minous plants wh"r" they have not ''h
able TO grow them before.
}. A. chaplin of MiddlcsoN in giving th"
story OF the mapl" tree '"ld ol maple
three feet III diameter which u" estimated
To he between 700 ana - years "Id Mr.
ChHpn in very interesting manner rs
sociatcd the growth ana appearances OF
the tree with historical events III Inc
past of our state. from IFS early DAYS.
He told of how the tree showed signs OF
having been tapped hrst with an Ak, later
with u one and IL quarter men auSur,
once with n Il tWo-lnch auSur thch Win
pod ausur and still later with the bit of
the present day.
Mrs. Sarah *. Lord of this city told OF
two giant puff balls. found in Middlebury
the past summer having circumi"rences
of 46 and 80 inches and weighing six and
six and half pounds, respectively.
Prof. q. II. Perkins gave an exceeding
~ interesting ana N'iu""''' '''N npo" Inc
cxplniucd how Ignite is a half way coal
land COMPARED it To- half dccavod wood.
some of it being so hard as to take II pol
ish with other portions quite sort. Tho
Brandon bed was first discovered in ISIS.
In 1>,9 Professor uitchcnck of Amherst
gave considerable attention To The fossil
ulnnts i'm This dcnosit and unfinished re-
norris ,,ron 90 kinds Int rave no suoci,ic
nn,n.s ia thnea TWO wears ago in tho
ool +an,ino mi. he'd v.as worked for f,nl
ord profnssor porhins made ar
r,rronoor,s hv which about 2oo
e,ooir,ors or tho fossil rr,,its ,.nr,
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=. , , 1o,o, ,.i,t tho biobo,t ,,,,,,,,or
; :, .,,,. ,,h., ,r,so,,n, ia tIo stated thar
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49,, ,,.,,,d and ,h,, tbo .nocin,ons four1
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