BOTANICAL GARDEN 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Rochester Academy of Science 



Volume 3. 



October 8, 1894. 

 stated meeting. 



The President, Professor H. L. Fairchild, in the chair. 



Thirty-five persons present. 



The Council report recommended : 



(1.) The payment of bills for printing the Proceedings and for 

 miscellaneous expenses. 



(2.) The election of Mr. Adelbert Cronise as Councillor in 

 place of Mr. J. Eugene Whitney, who had been made Vice-President. 



The bills were ordered paid and Mr. Cronise duly elected 

 Councillor. 



The Corresponding Secretary made a verbal report upon the 

 distribution of the Proceedings, Brochure 3, Volume 2. 



An abstract of the following paper was read : 



PLANTS OF, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND ADJA- 

 CENT TERRITORY. 

 By Florence Beckwith and Mary E. Macaulev, 

 Assisted 1!y Joseph B. Fuller, 

 Under authority of the Section of Botany. 



CONTENTS: 



PAGE. 



Inception of the Work ; Authorship 2 



Scope of the List 3 



Territory included 3 



The Map 3 



Authorities and Collectors 3 



Early Botanists of the Region 3 



Recent Collectors 4 



Acknowledgements "^ 



Localities of Special Interest ; The Lesser Floras 6 



Shore of Lake Ontario '^ 



Irondequoit Bay 7 



Genesee River ^ 



Mendon Ponds ^ 



Swamp at Adams Basin 9 



Bergen Swamp '° 



Ravine at Holley ' ' 



I, Pkoc. Roch. Acau. of Sc. Vol. 3, May, 1896. 



