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areolata. A quantity of Moccasin Flower, Cypripedium acaule was 

 much admired. 



After eating lunch on Mr. Harger's lawn the party was shown 

 Black Swallow Wort, Cynanchum nigrum by the roadside and 

 Painted Cup, Castilleja coccinea in a field nearby. Later a rich 

 rocky hillside was explored, the most notable species seen here 

 being the grass Melica striata, this being the most southerly of 

 the six reported stations in the state. Carex longirostris was grow- 

 ing here, but most of the more interesting plants of these woods 

 were either past bloom or not yet in flower. These included Red 

 Berried Elder, Samhucus racemosa; Alleghany Vine, Adlumia; 

 Red and White Baneberries, Actaea; Blue Cohosh, Caulophyllum; 

 Pale Jewel Weed, Impatiens pallida; Wall Wort, Parietaria; and 



Dogwood, Cornus circinata. _ ^ ^^ 



E. B. Harger 



Trip of July 20, 1940, to the Fern Garden of Mr. W. H. Dole, 

 West Orange, N. J. 



Fourteen members and guests of the Club visited the fern 

 garden on this trip. Seventy-six species and varieties of ferns were 

 seen, in most cases well established, and, as a result of the cool 

 spring and frequent rains, in the best of condition. 



All of the ferns seen last year came through the winter, though 

 some of the western and oriental species were slow to start new 

 growth. The specimen of Atherium alpestre var. americanum from 

 Mt. Rainier, set out in 1935 as a small plant has shown rapid 

 increase by subdivision and now two clumps, one in shade most of 

 the day and the other in the rock garden (limestone) in a sunny 

 location, appear happy in their new surroundings. 



Success in growing ferns appears to be largely a matter of light 

 and shade or of position and drainage. Most ferns except those of 

 the deep woods object to low shade and with a few notable excep- 

 tions appear rather indifferent as to soil — the upland lady fern, 

 listed as preferring acid soil, thrives anywhere and everywhere 

 in the garden and sporelings appear regardless of soil conditions, 

 in the rock garden (Hmestone) or at the edges of the tiny "bog 

 garden" where the soil is acid. 



A specimen of Woodsia ilvensis found in 1936 growing in a 

 vertical crevice in a moist location near the bottom of Haines Falls, 



