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state to the tops of the highest mountains, was reported as growing at 

 Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, and other places in Orange county, and stranger 

 still at Gary (near Raleigh), and even at Selma which is well within the 

 coastal plain. 



Venus' Fly Trap {^Dionaea muscipula Ellis.). Evidence as to distri- 

 bution of this remarkable plant was reviewed and it was concluded that 

 that species is distributed from Buckville, S. C, to New Bern, N. C, and 

 westward along the Cape Fear River to Fayetteville. 



The tuberous variety of Tall Meadow Oat grass (Arrhenatherum ela- 

 tius (L) Beauv., var. bulbosum) was exhibited from Chapel Hill. This 

 is a recent introduction from Europe where it is known as a trouble- 

 some weed. Within the last three years the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture has received it occasionally from Virginia to Georgia. 



Blessed Thistle (Ciiicus benedictus L.) was shown to be a troublesome 

 weed in Chapel Hill grain fields. 



Buonymus atropurpureus Jacq. This is found to be one of the rar- 

 est shrubs in North Carolina, and known with certainty only from 

 Chapel Hill. 



THE LAWN PROBLEM IN THE SOUTH. 

 W. C. CoKER AND E. O. Randolph. 



This paper attempts to find some way of solving the hard problem of 

 lawn making in the South. Observations were made on many lawns, 

 with various conditions of soil, exposure and care, to determine the 

 grasses and weeds actually present. About six of the most promising 

 grasses were carefully studied to determine their value and use as lawn 

 cover. 



Exhibits were made in trays of good sods formed by these six grasses, 

 and also of some of the worst lawn weeds. 



No abstracts have been received for the following papers : 



Movements of Plants — J. D. Ives. 



A Report on Local Protozoa — Z. P. Metcalf. 



By Raft and Portage — A Study in Early Transportation in North Caro- 

 lina — Collier Cobb. 



The Case of the Riparian Owner — R. N. Wilson. 



Some Philippine Sponges — H. V. Wilson. 



Economic Minerals in the Pegmatite Dikes of Western North Carolina 

 —J. H. Pratt. 



The Sclerotinia Disease of Clovers and Alfalfa — H. R. Fulton. 



The Use of Home-made Models as an Aid in Teaching Embryology — 

 W. C. George. 



