280 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [6:9-Dec.. 1910 



NOTES FROM OUR SECTIONS 



St. Louis, Missouri. On October 8, the St. Louis Section 

 OF THE A. N.-S. S. made a field trip to Chain of Rocks. About 

 one hundred attended. The day was especially fitting for a 

 tramp. While splendid opportunity for botanizing was at hand, 

 the main feature was the physiography. A mile or so beyond 

 Chain of Rocks a creek offered a fine example of glacial out- 

 croppings and was full of geodes. All along the tramp the 

 country was studied. 



Our membership has been growing until we now number 

 one hundred sixty members. All of them seem enthusiastic, for 

 these field trips have been both valuable and enjoyable. Sys- 

 tematically planned as they are beforehand, there is a definite 

 study all along the route. 



On October 29, about fifty teachers made the Meramec 

 Highlands trip. The objects were a study of autumn colors, 

 work of frost, seed dispersal, and late blooming plants. Inci- 

 dentally we covered also the physiography of a portion of that 

 region. 



An extension course offered by Mr. Drushel gives three 

 hours in the field with the class every Saturday, the weather 

 permitting. The title of this course is ^'Physiography of the St. 

 Louis Area.'' 



Elyse C. Crecelius, Secretary. 



Chicago, Illinois. After a long and restful vacation and 

 after the work in our schools was well under way, activities in 

 the Chicago Nature-Study Club were resumed. 



On September 24, as noted in the November issue of The 

 Nature-Study Review, the club took its first field trip of the 

 season, visiting Vaughan's nurseries and greenhouses at Western 

 Springs. Since then the South Side Section has had three field 

 trips : October 8, Roby, Indiana ; October 22, Dune Park, Indi- 

 ana; October 29, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The West Side Sec- 

 tion reports two field trips: October 15, Des Plaines River; 

 November 12, Dune Park, Indiana. The North Side Section 

 spent October 29 in tramping through the ravines in the vicinity 

 of Glencoe, Illinois, and November 12, in walking through the 

 Des Plaines River valley from Park Ridge to Des Plaines. At 

 the latter place Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Earle entertained the sec- 

 tion, serving a luncheon. 



On both trips we have endeavored to recognize trees 



