BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB. 



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Vol. VII.] New York, May, 1880. [No. 5. 



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37. Proceedings of the Torrey Club. — The regular monthly 



meeting of the Club was held at the School of Mines, Columbia 

 College, Tuesday eveing, May i ith, the President in the chair, There 

 were present 28 members and 9 visitors. 



Mr. S. Henshaw exhibited specimens of Nepenthes Ifookeri^ An- 

 thurium Scherzerianumy and a large number of tropical orchids and 

 ferns. 



Mr. Le Roy exhibited a photograph of Thomas Nuttall ; after 

 which the President remarked briefly on the life and scientific labors 

 of this naturalist. 



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The Herbarium Committee, through its chairman, Mr. Britton, 

 reported that 210 specimens of plants had been received from Mr. 

 Jos. Schrenck, and 75 specimens from Mr. F. Tweedy. 



Mr. N. L. Britton was appointed a committee on *' Field Days, 

 with power to choose such assistants as he might desire. 



Prof. Edward C. H. Day, of New York, was elected an active 

 member. 



According to previous announcement, Dr. J. S. Newberry deliv- 

 ered an interesting address on the *' Ancient History of the North 

 American Flora ", and illustrated his remarks with a large number 

 of fossil plants, which exhibited the successive changes undergone 

 by our flora from the remotest up to the most recent geological times. 

 Brief remarks on the subject oi the paper were made by Messrs. 

 Day and Leggett. On motion, the thanks of the Club were tendered 

 Dr.- Newberry for his interesting lecture, an abstract of which will 

 appear in our next number. 



38. The NorthJersey Botanical Club.— The first Field Meeting 



of the season was held at Little Falls, Passaic Co., N. J., on Saturday, '^ 

 May 8th. About forty members were present. 



Lunch was taken at the Falls, after which a short business meet- 

 ing was held, President Rusby in the chair. Arrangements were 

 made for field meetings during the next month. 



Among the *' finds " were Ranunculus repens, L. ; Viola rostrata, 

 Pursh. ; Arabis lyrata, L. ; Silene Pennsylvanica, Michx. ; Phlox 

 subulata, L. ; Houstoniacaerulea, L' ; Erigeron bellidifolium, Muhl.; 

 Viburnum Lentago, L. ; Staphylea trifolia, L. ; Aralia trifolia, Gray; 

 Hydrophyllum Virginicum, L. ; Polygonatum biflorum, Ell. ; Vacci- 

 hium corymbosum, L. ; Geranium maculatum, L. ; Uvularia perfo- 

 liata, L. ; U. sessilifolia, L. ; Obolaria Virginica, L, ; Orchis specta- 

 bilis, L.; and Cypripedium pubescens, Willd. 



While few of these plants are rare, yet all show that vegetation 

 this year is from ten to twenty day^ in advance of its average at this 



season, and in this locality. 



One of the members was fortunate enough to discover a last year's 



