The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-19
Interesting Botanical Society Session
ut kingfield

The Josselyn Botanical Society oil
Maine arrived in Kingfield Monday
| night for weeks session, holding
| meetings each day and taking tramps
in fields, woods and various points
of interest especially to the RIDDEN
dunn patch at Stafford Pond. They
will remain until the 18th and were
here four years ago. There was a
large attendance and are as follows
President, Arthur H. Norton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph c. Bean, Miss Dora Houl-
ton, Miss Louise H. Coburn, Fanny j
Cabot, Miss Dorothy Elliot, H. Fl
Neal, Mrs. Fred Abbott of Saco, Miss
Bailey, Mrs. Hattie Fogler, Mrs. Star
bird, Miss Corning, Miss Wellington
Miss Sue Gordon, DR.. Susan b. Nj
chols of Berlin College, Miss Annie
Nichols. Miss Minott. Miss Ford, H
M W Havef''and wife, Miss Olive F.
Neal, Mrs. Ferd Abbott of Saco, Miss
Elsie Shaw of Lexington, Mass, Mrs.
George r. Sawyer, Miss Sawyer. They
found many rare flowers in this sec
ton that are of interest 70 the men,
bers. Wednesday they made an ex-
cursion to the birches to the foot of
Mt Abram which Is con sidered the
finest grove of birch trees in Maine.
At this point there is a very fine
view of Mt. Abram and this section
is also famous for hikes through a
country which was settled and used
for farm purposes one hundred years
ago and has been abandoned for
more than fifty years. 1t is now
growing up to stands of white birch,
fir and other varieties of trees. ,
The second session of the Josselyn
Botanical Society was held at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Tues
day evening and had an attendance
of about forty including a number
of guests. An interesting meeting
was held, President A. A. Norton pre-
siding. In opening Mr.. Norton re-
marked that the Society was organi-
zed in 1895 and this was the largest
meeting that they had had since he
had been connected with it. The
nominating committee reported and
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year which were the fol-
lowing: President. Mr.. Arthur A.
Norton of Portland; vice president,
Miss Sue Gordon of Livermore; treas
urer, Ralph C. Bean of Wakefield,
Mass; secretary. Miss Lena Willis,
Naples, Me-. executive committee, Mr.
A. A. Norton, Miss Annie Nichols and
Miss Amy Wiswell of Portland. Fol-
lowing the business session a very
fine paper was given by Miss Dora
Moulton of Portland on John JOS
selyn, the patron saint of the society
and The Flora of Old Falmouth" she
spoke of the published work on John
Josselyn as being a very rare book
only one copy she knew and that in
Portland and her article was largely
compilation of quotation. John
Josselyn, gentleman was an English
man who lived two hundred fifty years
ago and died in England He made
two visits here during his life. TWEEN
ty-five years apart. Wednesday. the
day was spent in field trip which
included a circuit toward Mt. Bigelow
and Flagstaff with the longest stops
at the Norway Pines and the Lime
stone Hill on the other side of Flag
STAFF Pond, Wednesday evening,
Ralph c. Bean of Wakefield. Mass,
gave talk on Plant Relations"
Thursday they plan on trip to the
foot OF Mt. Abram some of the party
making the assent and Friday the
main objective will be The Birches.