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the horned poppy, discovered by Miss Roberts last year; also 
another locality for Crepis virens, more than a mile from where I 
discovered it last year. 
I am informed by Mr. Britcher that a new locality for Scolo- 
pendrium has been discovered; I am greatly pleased. as every 
new locality for that rare fern adds laurels to our county. We 
have noted the adroitness with which seeds are dispersed in differ- 
ent ways by birds. By watching, for several weeks, the bees 
extracting honey from the pure white and fragrant flowers of my 
garden, I have, in my own opinion, exploded the theories of 
Grant Allen, Sorley, and others, 7. ¢., that bright colors are essen- 
tial to attract bees and other insects, and that the lines in varie- 
gated and mottled flowers all point to the honey sac. We have 
been greatly interested in the study of fungi, as far as our oppor- 
tunities permitted, and hope to be more successful next year. 
Our greatest achievement is the glory of having discovered three 
new plants. Mrs. T. J. Leach found Hyssapus officinalis be- 
tween EImwood and Onondaga Hill. I found Polyganum lapa- 
thifolium, a saline plant, in the first ward salt marsh last October, 
and Chenopodium Antheminticum, about an old stoneyard near 
the canal. All have been verified by Professor Peck, who ex- 
presses much gratitude in getting the last named from a different 
location than as yet acknowledged by any botanist. 
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
The following officers were then elected: President, John 
Van Duyn; Vice-President, J. D. Wilson; Secretary, Ernest N. 
Pattee; Corresponding Secretary, H. W. Britcher; Treasurer, 
Miss L. W. Roberts; Librarian, Mrs. L. Leonora Goodrich; 
Councillors until 1903, Henry A. Peck, George A. Dakin; until 
tgor, W. M. Beauchamp. 
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS. 
Whereas, This organization has been called upon to mourn 
the untimely death of one of its most faithfyl and earnest mem- 
bers, therefore be it resolved 
