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If the Park Commission, the Forestry Association and the Historical 

 Society could preserve this lot in its early appearance, the old tree 

 might yet see many seasons of growth and beauty.* 



At the meeting of June 22, 1896, the committee on the publica- 

 tion of "A List of the Plants of Monroe County, New York, and 

 Adjacent Territory," consisting of Miss Florence Beckwith, Miss 

 Mary E.' Macauley, and Mr, Joseph B. Fuller, announced the com- 

 pletion of their work. Copies of the list were distributed among the 

 members of the Section, and much satisfaction was expressed with the 

 work and the admirable manner in which it had been accomplished. 

 A vote of thanks was given to the committee, and also to Professor 

 H. L. Fairchild for his invaluable assistance and encouragement, from 

 the first inception of the work to its completion. 



Mr. J. B. Fuller, Dr. C. M. Booth, and Mr. M. S. Baxter botan- 

 ized systematically and thoroughly in certain localities, particularly 

 along the railroads, and, as a result, a large number of plants new to 

 this vicinity were recorded between the time of the publication of the 

 List of Plants, in June, and the close of the year. Among the most 

 noted of these newly introduced plants is the Russian Thistle, Salsola 

 Kali L. van Tragus Moq. This plant, which has become so great a 

 nuisance in the West, had not been reported in this part of the State, 

 but it was thought it would probably appear during the summer, and 

 particularly thorough search was made for it, resulting in its first dis- 

 covery by Dr. C. M. Booth along the track of the New York Central 

 railroad. 



Other plants, never before reported in this vicinity, are as follows : 

 Kochia scoparia Schrad.; Oxybaphus hirsidiis Sweet; Cycloloma 

 platyphylhim Moquin. ; Hclianthus niaximiliana L. ; Helianthus 

 petiolaris Nutt ; Hclia?itfms rigidiis Desf. ; Solanmn Carolinense L. ; 

 Wolffia brasilensis ^ &A^^ ; Ononis repens L.; Plantago patagonica 

 Jacq. var. aristata Gray ; Verbena bracteosa Michx. ; MoUiigo verti- 

 cillata L. ; Ambrosia trifida L. var. integrifolia Torr. and Gray ; 

 Selaginella rupestris Spring ; Pella'a atroptirpurea Link. ; Leontodon 

 aidnmnalis L. ; Hosackia piirshiana Benth. (a single plant) ; Vicia 

 hirsiita Koch. ; CEnothera sinuata L. ; Diodia teres Walt, (one plant) ; 

 Atnbrosia psilostachya DC. ; Physalis philadelphica Lam. : Linaria 

 Cymbalaria Mill. ( a single plant ) ; Chenopodinni ambrosioides L. ; 



*This tree was cut down a few davs after this communication was read. 



