84 



Yar. pa>vifolii/m, (Sendt.) Warnst. In woods along the 



Mer Bleue. 



6. S. sqiiarmsnm, Pers. Var. speciosum, Warnst. Woods near McKay's 



Lake. 



Var. se^nisquarrosum, Russ. In woods along the Mer Bleue 



7. vS". Wulfiamtm Girg. Var. macrodanui^ Warnst. Woods near Beech- 



wood. 



Var. viride, Warnst. Race Course, Oct. nth. 



8. vS. cyinH/olium, Ehrh. Var. Iceve. Warnst. Abundant in Mer Bleue 



also at the Race Course. 



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EXCURSION No. i. 



" When is the first excursion to be ?" is the question asked, by many 

 anxious enquirers, every spring as soon as the leaves begin to unfold 

 and the genial smile of natiu-e once more greets the eager naturalist who 

 has been impatiently waiting for snow and wmler to pass away, that he 

 mi.uht lay aside his books and dried specimens and go to the woods to 

 worship his goddess and learn more of her creatures, and thus find the 

 only true rest from the cares and worries of the every day world. 



The first excursion is always one of the best attended of the whole 

 year, and that held this sprmg, at the end of M?y, was no exception to 

 the general rule. King's Mountain, in the Chelsea Mountains, has now 

 become recognized as "the best place " for the first outing. 



Tne weather, early in the morning of the day chosen, looked rather 

 doubtful, and this had the effect of keeping some who would have at- 

 tended from doing so. However, more than 100 ladies and gentlemen 

 turned up and left the rendezvous at 9. 15 in six large vans. The day 

 was decidedly hot, but the cool breeze which all day blew from the 

 mountains, rendered the trip to the woods most agreeable. Kingsmere 

 was reached by noon, and after lunch the president. Dr. R. W. Ells, 



