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uctoDcr 7th tlie Club went to riainficld, N. J. The guide, Miss 

 Noll, of riainficld, invites the Club there in the coming sprin- and 



calls attention to the occurrence of Mcrtaisia at the Raritan'near 

 that place. 



Mrs. Britton reported on a trip June 2;, to Clostcr N J for 

 the purpose of photographing the house in which Austin lived 

 He IS buried at Orangeburg. N. Y., six miles north. 



Professor Underwood reported on the Decoration Day excur- 

 sion to Tullytown, Pa.; about 20 persons from Philadelphia and 12 

 from New York present. Jsoctcs > 

 along streams tributary to the Delaware. 



_ Dr. Britton reported further of this trip regarding a patch of 

 pmc-barren species explored there, among which grew a Snicao re- 

 sembling S. Oalrshvius of the Adirondack's but probably different. 



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Delaware River at Bull's Island, another Isocfcs, T. 



curing there. ' " ' 



Professor T..C. Porter reported at the latter place the occur- 

 rence oiEqmsctum /ittorale, Onosmodium Virginiauuw, etc. 



Both of these excursions were contributary to Dr Fretz' re 

 vision of Moyer's catalogue of the Bucks Co. flora soon to be is- 

 sued. It ,s now being worked out with attention to details of 

 distribution, ecology and modern taxonomic views. 



Discussion regarding various gentians followed. 

 . _ Mr Van Brunt reported seeing a single stem of Gentiana 

 cnmta bearing 59 flowers, all the upper, certainly 20, in full bloom 

 Placing the plants, after clipping, in the dark over night and leavinc. 



J beautifully on exposure to 



^ Rev. L. T. Chamberlain reported 96 buds and blossoms on a 

 single stem of Gentiana crinita m Mass.. at West Brookfield. 



ks after it, the stem having 



,, -^ ^ - ' '■ Chamberlain also reported 



that Dr. Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia, had told him of finding a stem 

 of Gentiana crinita with i 50 blossoms. 



.' Professor Porter called attention to white flowers of G An- 

 drewsii ; ,t is this he thinks which was described as G. alba. 



until 9 or 10 A. M 

 the light. 



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