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meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioiciim and T. polygamiim) , American 

 may-apple {Podophyllum peltatmn), moonseed (Menispermuin 

 canadense), Canada wild-ginger (Asarum canadense), sickle-pod 

 (Arabis canadensis) , field cress {Lepidinm campestre) , Virginia 

 peppergrass (Lepidium virginicwin) , violet wood-sorrel (lonoxalis 

 violacea), dwarf hawthorn {Crataegus uni flora), rough hackberry 

 {Celtis crassifoUa), Canada wood-nettle {Laportea canadensis), 

 bastard toadflax {Comandra unibellata) , honewort {Crypt otaenia 

 canadensis) , woolly sweet-cicely {Osfnorhiza claytoni), maleberry 

 {Arsenococcus ligustrinus) , scarlet horse-gentian {Triosteum au- 

 rantiacum) , northern Venus' looking-glass {Specularia perfoliata), 

 Virginia waterleaf {Hydrophylluni virginianum) , hairy beard- 

 tongue {Penstenion hirsutus), one-flowered cancer-root {Thalesia 

 uni flora), crisped bunchflower {Melanthium latif olium) , common 

 yam-root {Dioscorea paniculata) , and eastern box-elder {Negundo 



aceroides). ^^ ^r ^^ 



Harold N. Moldenke 



Week-end Trip of June 21 to 23 at the Allegany School of 

 Natural History, Quaker Bridge, N. Y. 



A total of eighty naturalists participated in the botanical foray 

 held at the Allegany School of Natural History over the week- 

 end of June 21-23. The following societies were represented: 

 Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxono- 

 mists, Burroughs- Audubon Club of Rochester, Nature Sanctuary 

 Society of Western New York, Southern Appalachian Botanical 

 Club, Torrey Botanical Club, Sullivant Moss Society, Western 

 Pennsylvania Botanical Club. 



Those who arrived Friday afternoon enjoyed an excellent sup- 

 per in the spacious dining room of the Allegany School. The first 

 number on the program was a lecture illustrated with lantern slides 

 by Dr. Wm. N. Fenton of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C, on "The Ethnobotanical 

 Remains Among the Seneca Nation." This was followed by an 

 illustrated lecture by Mr. A. F. Hough of the Allegheny Forest 

 Experiment Station, Philadelphia, Pa., on "Research Projects 

 in the Allegheny National Forest." 



Saturday morning, after an early breakfast the party set ofif 

 for Jones Hill, under the leadership of Dr. R. B. Gordon, Direc- 

 tor of the .School. A beautiful drive through the picturesque Alle- 



