Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12
RARE PLANTS AND BIRDS.
Vermont botanical ma Dird Clubs
Find Them ON Mt. Mansfield and
In SmuHRlcr,A mitch.

IN smuNRlcTA NOtCns
Stowe. July e.--The Vermont botanical
and B.rd cubs he'd their annual iiale
meeting on Mount Mansfield on July 4 and
and was one Of the most successful In
tho history Of tho clubs there being an
attendance Of over 30. the largest ever re-
corded. A large number Of the members
came to Stowe Tuesday evening and took
carriages on Wednesday morning for the
mountain. AT Harlow's they were Joined
by Miss Paddock, Miss Fisher and Miss
Crowell. Notwithstanding the rain sew
eral of the members walked up the noun
tain, finding much Of interest on the way.
Clouds covered the mountain all day, and
no views of the valleys below were to be
had. but visits were made to the nose and
chin and other points of interest and
some Of the rare Alpine plants which grow
only on the mountain were obtained
Among them were the fragrant shield
fern, the Alpine woodsia, the Alpine will
| low, rare caesptose, BURBERRY and some
| rare s5dges, grasses and MOSES. Excel
| lent meals and accommodations were fur
lnlshed by the managers of the Summit
| House and the executive committee con-
sisting of Prof. i. r. Jones of Burling-
ton, Mrs. f. b. Davenport of Brattleboro
and Miss Paddock were most assduous
in their efforts to promote the success and
enjoyment of the occasion
| During the evening a joint business
Injecting of the two clubs was held pre-
sided over by President Ezra Brainerd of
Middlebury College, president of the Ro-
tanical club 1t was voted by both clubs
| to join the New England Federation of
Natural History societies.
! Dr. John Richie of Boston, president of
! the federation, was present as the guest
of the clubs and gave an interesting
sketch of the history and object of the
! federation Further arrangements were
made for the winter meeting to he held
| in st. Johnsnury on January IS and 49,
9o1, and some suggestions were made for
the 1907 field meeting. Mounts Washing
ton and Pownal each being presented as
adorable localities.
| During the night the weather clear
ed and on Thursday morning all had
| the pleasure of beholding one Of Mt
Manshelds glorious sunrises and the
day proved ideal one for the ex-
cursion to Smuggler's Notch. in which
nearly all participated. An automo-
bile party from Hyde Park, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Noyes, Mrs. Lucius Noyes
Miss Sawyer and Miss chaplin joined
pid and enthusiastic members enjoyed
| a climb to the cliffs, where some Of
the rarest plants in the United States
are to be found. Pringles Ravine was
visited by Messrs. Eggleston, Straw
and Burnham and Miss Fisher. Some
rare plants obtained We're astraealus
balke, the them rare saxifrages, pin
guicu la vulgaris. the smooth Woodsla
| yio ,.iu lIr,o apI ho
green spearwort, which was discover
ed here by C. G. Pringle and was an
addition to the fora OF the United
States.
The most of the visitors left the
Notch by carriage for Stowe. Several,
however remained for alonger stay
at Harlow's on Mt. Mansfield.
Some of the rare birds observed dur
| ing the two days We're the winter
wrens. the blackpoll warbler. Bick-
nelIs thrush, the myrtle warbler olive
backed thrush and the white-throated
sparrow. much appreciated attcn-
ton was the the providing of badges,
a beautiful specimen of the snowy la
dies slipper, for each member. by Prof.
Shaw.
Those present were President Brain
erd OF Middlebury. Secretary L. r.
| Jones Mrs l.. b. Lord, Mrs. Nellie F.
Flynn, Miss Mary +. Wells. Miss
Phoebe NJ Towle of Burlington; DR..
John Richie of Boston; Miss Isabel
Paddock. Miss Emily II. Clark, Miss
Susan +. Clark of St Johnsbury; S. II.
Burnham, Albany. n. Y; Prof. and Mrs,
McGilton OF Middlebury Miss Anna NJ.
Clark of Brookfeld: Miss Annah Ha-
zen, Miss Louise Hazen, Hartford: D. S.
Carpenter, Middleton Springs; Mrs. Z.
| II. Davenport, Miss Ether Crowell,
Bra ttleboro W. w. Eggleston. New
York Botanical Garden; Miss r. r.
Fisher, Vergennes; Miss A. f. Gilbert,
Dorset; DR.. A. j. Circuit Miss Kellogg,
Mrs. Bruck, Brooklyn; Miss Annie
Loveny, Hartford. Conn; Mr.. and Mrs,
II. A. Noyes. Mrs. Lucus Noyes, Miss
Sawyer, Miss Chaplin, Hyde Park r.
G. Rugg, Mrs. f. A. Shaw. Northield;
Miss Annie l.. Sherburne, Pomfret;
Miss Sunice y. Smith of Barre: Mr.. and
Mrs il. f. Straw, stowe; Miss Lucy
White, Williamstown; Mrs. Woodworth
St. Adams: w. c. Prcntiss. Newbury;
Mr.. and Mrs. a. II. Cotton, Post Mills
, Mrs f. y. Locke. st. Adams Miss
, Belle Stone Enosburgh; Miss Billings
, Miss owen, Woodstock; DR.. Lee, Co
! lumbia University.