Proceedings of the Club 41 



The Secretary referred to the successful transplanting of 

 Schizaea into a locality near Lakewood, N. J., by Miss R. W. 

 Farrington. 



The Secretary made some remarks upon singularities in the 

 distribution of Aster Schreheri, a species described by Nees in 1 8 1 8 

 from a single plant, and afterward omitted by botanists, until the 

 publication of the Illustrated Flora. The abundance of this spe- 

 cies, which he finds characteristic of the Schoharie drainage-basin 

 of the Catskills, contrasts strangely with its absence from other 

 parts of that region. 



Judge Brown reported finding Solidago odora on high ground 

 near Sam's Point late in the season, many scattered plants appear- 

 ing in flower at about 2000 ft. altitude. 



Dr. Britton remarked that this forms an interesting addition to 

 the number of coast plants found in the Shawangunk range. It 

 has been claimed that the breaking up of sandstone rocks there 

 has produced a sandy soil sufficiently similar to that of the sea- 

 shore to permit the growth of certain arenophilous plants usually 

 found only on the coast. 



Mr. R. S. Williams, of Montana, recently returned from the 

 Klondike, spoke of the forests there, of the use of the paper birch 

 for fuel, and of the numerous shrubs, a small Anulaiichicr, etc. 

 Strawberry blossoms were abundant. A yellow-berried raspberry 

 occurs, from which the Indians prepare a drink. Mosses were 

 abundant, covering swamps, becoming dry in the latter part of the 

 season, and ready to burn. The more moist parts of the land 

 never thaw more than 1 5 inches below the surface. One party put 

 down a shaft 130 feet through frozen gravel, andthen reached un- 

 frozen gravel, through which the shaft was continued 60 feet 

 furth 



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Connecticut. It resembles our swamp sumach, Rhus venenata, in 

 appearance, and is becoming a handsome tree. Some of his family 

 who are sensitive to Rhus poisoning, find it necessary to avoid go- 

 ing near it. 



Discussion followed regarding localities for Rhus typhina near 

 New York. Dr. Britton mentioned its occurrence in several lo- 



