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Botany in starting and heading the ladies’ movement for the es- 
tablishment of the New York Botanical Garden, which had 
resulted in the resuscitation of the enterprise when it was virtually 
dead for the time being, and in making in her will a very hand- 
some provision for its maintenance. It was unanimously resolved 
that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to draft 
suitable resolutions in memory of the deceased. Judge Brown, 
Miss Vail and Mrs. Cowdin were appointed. 
Mr. Van Sickle reported ‘finding in Green Pond, N. J., two 
large patches of Sparganium minimum Fries, the floating stems 
being about four feet in length. This is the first definite record of 
the occurrence of the plant in New Jersey. Dr. Britton remarked 
that it was probably the most southern locality known for the 
plant. Mr. Van Sickle hed also found in abundance a hybrid 
between Verbena urticefola and V. hastata. 
Mr. Small had spent. his time in Georgia and North Carolina 
in making field observations. He had endeavored to ascef-— 
tain how the flora of similar elevations in the centers of the two 
States compared, and had found them very similar. A number of 
species heretofore supposed to be endemic in central Georgia had 
been found in North Carolina. He had collected many rare and a 
several new species. Important facts concerning altitudinal dis- 
tribution had been collected. : | 
Interesting observations concerning the rapid spread of Helen- 
ium tenuifolium Nutt. were made, and also concerning the dist. 
bution of Rhododendron maximum; Miss Waterman reported ee 
having seen the latter at Sebago Lake, Maine, which is believed ae 
_ to be its most eastern locality. oe ee, 
Mr. Ogden reported having explored an uninhabitated regio? 
in Pike county, Pa., where the forest had been felled and had ap- : Be 
parently smothered out many species before abundant, notably oe 
Cypripedium pubescens. Gerardia flava was the pr edominant Ma 
plant in flower, covering acres with bloom. A specimen of hides : 
mium pubescens having fifty flowers in bloom at one time a 
been seen. Abundantly represented species were Habenaria te 
aris, Rhododendron maximum, Epigea repens and Azaleas: 
_ Sullivan county, Pa., he had observed an injured branch of 
_ maximum, which bloomed September 7th. ane 
