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fungi and mushrooms. These identifications were asked for by 122 

 different persons. 



Damage to trees by ice. The damage done to trees by ice and 

 sleet is of rather frequent occurrence in this cHmate, and nearly every 

 year, in some localities, there is record of more or less serious injury, 

 especially to shade and park trees. Rarely, however, has there been 

 such severe injury caused by ice as occurred in the latter part of 

 November 1919. A cold rain which froze as it fell accumulated 

 upon the branches and twigs of the trees to a thickness of half an 

 inch in many places. The weather increased in coldness and the ice 

 remained upon the branches for 36 to 48 hours or longer. Absence 

 of heavy wind alone apparently saved many trees from almost com- 

 jlcte destruction, but even without any wind the trees suffered 

 greatly, as indicated by the accompanying illustration (figure i), 

 from a photograph taken in Washington Park, Albany, by William 

 C. Oke. Elm trees apparently suffered the greatest damage, but 

 even trees with such tough wood as hickory were not immune and 

 suffered the loss of large limbs. 



LOCAL FLORA NOTES VII 



Albany County 

 Calamagrostis inexpansa A. Gray 

 Marshy meadow near Karner, Albany county, H. D. House, No. 

 6417, July 7, 1919. A grass of the coastal plain region, not unex- 

 pected, however, at Karner, in a region where many other coastal 

 plain species have been found. 



Leptoloma cognatum ( Schultes) Chase 

 Sandy fields near Albany, H. D. House, No. 6^68, July 28, 1919. 

 This grass, a native of the middle west and southern states, has been 

 previously recorded from New Hampshire and from Long Island 

 CTaylor. Fl. Vic. N. Y. 99. 1915). Its appearance near Albany is 

 recent but it has already spread rapidly and is found commonly over 

 a large area of sandy country west of the city. 



Pea cuspidata Nutt 

 Along a shaded path, McKown's grove, near Albany. H. D. 

 House, No. 6052, May 30. 191 9. 



