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the woods near the hotel is increasing. We counted eighteen flower- 

 ing plants. The area about The Pines is a fine example of what 

 protection can do for our wild flowers. I first went to this spot in 

 1921, later I had the pleasure of assisting Dr. Gleason with the first 

 Torrey Club trip on May 14-16, 1925. I have observed the gradual 

 increase of a number of wild species of which the yellow lady's 

 slipper is an example." 



Dr. John Thomson, who led trips chiefly for the study of 

 lichens, reports "On the two Hchen trips to Stokes State Forest on 

 Saturday a fine number of lichens was seen. A clay bank by the 

 roadside yielded Cladonia cristatella f. vestita, C. macilenta f. 

 styracella, C. subcariosa f. evolnta, C. squamosa, C. mitrula fifs. 

 imbricatula and pallida, C. chlorophaea fifs. simplex and carpophora, 

 C. furcata var. pinnata f. foliosa and C. verticillata f. evoluta. 

 Nearby trees bore a rich flora on their barks including : Parmelia 

 rudecta, P. olivacea, P. physodes, P. conspurcata, P. caperata, 

 Physcia endococcinea, P. tribacia, P. obscura, Lecanora subfusca, 

 Cetraria Oakesiana, Graphis scripta and an undertermined species 

 of Buellia. Further along the road Peltigera canina and an abund- 

 ance of the small lobes of P. spuria were discovered, the latter 

 growing in especially large quantities in old burned places. Many 

 of the boulders were covered with Parmelia conspersa and Lecidea 

 albocaerulescens, and pebbles were often covered with a Lecidea, 

 probably L. parasema. Cladonia cacspiticia and C. delicata f. 

 quercina were found on rotting logs. On the exposed rocks towards 

 the top of Sunrise Mt. (1,640 feet) the rock tripes, Gyrophora 

 Dillenii, G. Muhlenbergii and Umbillicaria pustulata were abund- 

 ant, together with Rinodina oreina and Biatorella claviis. Soil 

 pockets between the rocks and among huckleberry and blueberry 

 shrubs supported Cladonia sylvatica, C. caroliniana, C. papillaria 

 ffs. molariforniis and papulosa, and Baeomyces roseus. 



On the trip on Sunday to near Newton a few more species were 

 obtained. Dermatocarpon miniatum and Caloplaca cinnabarina grew 

 on limestone rocks. Anaptychia speciosa and A. aquila were col- 

 lected on mosses and earth over the rocks." 



Mr. William Hassler led trips to study amphibia and reptiles 

 aiid reports that the following were found on the trips : Sala- 

 manders — Newt and Eft (Triturus viridescens) , Spotted (Ainbly- 

 stonia macidatum), Jefifersons {A. jeffersoiiianitni), Marbled 



