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entirely prevented, or the attendance reduced to its lowest terms. 

 Some of our most successful meetings have been held in the face 



of the storm. 



The first field meeting of the season was at South Amboy, 

 New Jersey. But few plants were collected, the important ones 

 being Epiga^a repens and PyxidantJiera. 



The next meeting of April 27th to Richmond Hill, Long Is- 

 land, was entirely prevented by the storm. 



On May 4th the Club met at Van Courtlandt, New York, 

 upon w^iich occasion 40 species were collected, the most interest- 

 ing being Ranunculus fascicularis, Silene Pennsylvanica, Trillium 



cernuum^ Diclytra CucuUaria, 



Upon the nth of May we met at Bronx Park, New York, 

 Miss E. Cannon appointed as guide. This meeting was of special 

 interest, as it enabled the members to survey the site which has 

 been deemed most appropriate for the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den. Miss Timmerman reports 65 plants as collected this day, 

 the most interesting being a Ranunculus doubtfully referred to 



R, Pennsylvanicus, R. septcntrionalis, Corydalis sempcrvircns, 

 Viola pedata, Staphylca trifolia^ Myrica ccrifera. 



On May 18th, under the guidance of Miss L. M. Stabler, we 

 visited Pelham Manor, New York, and collected 47 .species, among 

 them Arabis lyrata^ Saxifraga Pennsylvanica, Rhododendt'on 

 viscosuni, Aphyllon unijloruni and Trientalis Americana. 



On May 25th Mrs. Britton conducted the party to Prince's 

 Bay, Staten Island, the meeting being one of unusual interest, 

 49 plants being recorded. Among those more especially worthy 

 of mention were Viola priniula^foliay Oxalis violacca, Lcucothoe 

 racenwsa, Melanipyruni lincare^ Veronica Chania^drys, Ornitho- 



galuni umbcllatuni and Isoetes Engelmanni, 



On May 30th, Decoration Day, your speaker was appointed 

 to conduct the Club to Montclair Heiijhts, a most interesting lo- 



cality. The morning proved stormy, and on arriving at the rail- 

 way station I found but a single member, Mr. Martens, prepared 

 to accompany me. We attended the locality and my friend was 

 rewarded by finding a single specimen of the rare Obolaria Vir- 

 ginica and two or three pretty specimens of Liparis. 



The next meeting of June ist, to Soho, New Jersey, was en- 

 tirely prevented by the storm. 



