FIELD DAY OF SECTION A. 



On the afternoon of Saturda}-, the 6th of May, a number 

 of those interested in out-door science spent a profitable 

 time in the Middletown Barrens. Under the auspices of Sec- 

 tion A some two dozen persons trolleyed to the vicinitj^ of 

 Honeycomb Church, whence the route skirted the banks of 

 Dismal Run past Pink Hill (now much denuded of its treas- 

 ured Phlox snbttlafa), to Trout Run. After a short rest the 

 Barren woods were explored and the banks of Crum Creek 

 followed to Red Bridge, ending in a detour over the hills to 

 Media. The geology of the serpentine district was a fruitful 

 source of investigation, while an attempt to make a partial 

 list of plants in flower yielded the following result : — 



Taraxacum Taraxacum. Couiuion Dandelion. Blowball 



Saxifraga Virginiensis. Early Saxifrage 



Houstonia ccenilea. Bluets. Innocence 



Viola rotundifolia. Round I^eaved Violet 



Cornus florida. Flowering Dogwood 



Fragaria Virginiana. Wild Strawberry 



Comptonia peregrina. Sweet Fern 



Potentilla Canadensis. Common Cinquefoil. Five Finger 



Vacciniuni stamineuTU. Squaw Huckleberry. Deerberry. Buckberry 



Cerastrium arvense. Field Cliickweed 



Phlox subulata. Ground or Moss Pink 



Viola sagittata. Arrow Leaved Violet 



Alsine media. Common Cliickweed 



Claytonia Virginica. Spring Beauty 



Viola Labradorica. American Dog Violet 



Viola Canadensis. Canada Violet 



Prunus Americana. Wild Plum 



Aristema triphyllum. Jack in the Pulpit. Indian Turnip 



Chelidonium majus. Celandine 



Dentaria laciniata. Toothwort 



Anemone quinquefolia. Windflower 



Sanguinaria Canadensis. Bloodroot 



Asarum Canadense. Wild Ginger 



Trientalis Americana. Star Flower 



Cardamine bulbosa. Bulbous Cress 



