Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-23
BOTANY And BIRDS.
Two State Societies in Joint An.
nual Meeting
Many Interesting Papers on Plants and
Botanical Research--The Hauuts
and unbits Of birds Also Con-
sidercd.

The 18Th ann"al winter meeting ~ The
ermont Botanical club and the seventh
annual winter meeting OF the Vermont
BIRD club q Joint meeting Of tho two or
Ganizations. opened yesterday morning at
ten o'clock In Williams Science hail,
with large attendanc" 1ne business
meeting OF tho botanical club which was
scheduled for ten o'clock was not held,
and the election Of Office will take place
SOY, time to-day. The bu,iness meeting
~ Trio Bird club took place In the large
iectu-, room at ten o'-',,-'-. and The fol-
ing officers were elected, President,
Prof. G. II Perkins Burlington; vice
.sident, G. y Ross OF Rutland: secre-
tary and treasurer c-~''o, .. Howe -
Essex Junction; executive committee,
Carlton n. Howe OF Essex Junction. Mrs.
f. r Davenport of Brattleboro. Pros.
j. ". Notey Of Burlington and Miss i.
NJ Paddock Of st. Johnsbury. A sugges-
;ion was made to consolidate the Yer
mont Bird club ard the Vermont Audi
bon club, the matter beinc referred 20
committee to be reported at some time
during the meeting. The election OF
publication committee will take place to-
day.
At 1890 o'clock a Joint meeting with
Prof G.. ". Perkins in the chair was
held FOR the purpose Of hearing the pa
pers The papers delivered by members
OF the botanical club in the morning
were a follows:
BOTANICAL CLUB PAPERS.
The first paper delive cd was PRO
gress in the Forestry Movement" by Or.
L. r. Jones OF the University OF Yer
mont. Or. Jones spoke of the work 81
last year and said that nearly all Of the
5000 pines set out during the last year
had grown and that the demands upon
the State nursery were destined to ne
greater this year than last. The demand
will be much greater than the local sup
ply, but prospective planters will be put
IN touch with nurserymen and 30 will
get their pines, not from, but through
the agency OF the State nursery. An ex
pert from Washington 4. expected to
come here TO study local conditions. The
suggestion was made that the State OF
Vermont ought to control large forest
areas In the higher attitudes OF the
Green mountains. He said that asplan
had been advocated whereof" large forest
areas might coma under State control
provided an act could be passed by the
State Legislature giving some State off,
GER the right 10 hold State forest lands
trust. on condition that State pro-
vide for the appoin.::;. mt OF an expert
forester
BLOsSOMING OF NOISES.
Miss Towle OF the Burlington high
school. reported records of the time OF
hlossomlng and fruiting of various
species of moss These vary with locality
and season, as shown by comparison of
records in Sweden, New York and Bur-
lingtou. In most cases reported it takes
about twelve months from blooming TO
maturing Of fruit. II is interesting to note
that along the lake shore the season is
some ten days later than in the warm
woods a little distance removed
GIANT PUFFBALLs.
An Interesting paper on Seven Giant
Puffballs" was contributed by Mrs Sarah
*. Lord OF Burlington. Mrs. Lord has
been for some years a searcher FOR the
mushrooms Of this vicinity, and she re-
ported the discovery last summer near
Ceda- Reach Of seven giant puffballs
within an area Of square rod These
giant balls measured IS l-2 by % 1-2, q
by u IA. "a by 81, and "a by 10 inches
Mrs Lord has formerly found puffballs
AZ IL by 30 and weighing SIX pounds.
DISTRIBUTION OF WEEDS.
J.. c. Cook OF the University Of Yer
mont, who is making n special study OF
he distribution OF weeds in Vermont and
VINO is trying TO discover the main causes
~ this distribution presented are inter
esting paper In which he set forth the
conditions under which certain of the
more common weeds thrive best. He
showed that the orange hawk weed was
especially a weed of the northern sec
tons and higher attitudes, This Is natural
for the hawkweed was originally an
alpine plant. He spoke also OF the corn
spurry, which Is generally found in cool
moist highlands. and raised the ques-
ton as to whether It had ever been found
upon sandy soils. He also showed that
the western tumblcweed" had been
brought into The western part OF the
State ny tAANsilroads, and was con-
tinually spreading eastward.
SHRUB FRUITS.
+. V. Rand. also Of the university
reported the results of certain studies OF
the fruit OF certain shrubs. A bulletin
is soon TO be issued embodying these by