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new plant appears. The colony of Marsilea quadrifolia which was 

 observed last year for the first time has greatly increased. The 

 lake has receded due to dry weather, now the plants cover the mud 

 and wet sand in that area. This year we noticed a colony of Cal- 

 litriche, apparently C. heterophylla, floating on the surface of a pool 

 by the front lake. A fine plant of Ginseng, Panax quinquejolium, 

 grew near the wood-road back of the hotel. It has disappeared. In 

 the last three or four years we have seen no Long-bracted Orchids, 

 Coeloglossum bracteatum. Formerly several grew near the hotel. 



Oliver Perry Medsger 



Trip of May 24 to Tricker's Greeenhouses, 

 Saddle River, N. J. 



Ten members and guests of the Club in addition to the leader 

 visited the Tricker gardens at Saddle River during the afternoon. 

 The group collected both in the numerous pools under glass and 

 those out of doors. Some forty-five genera of algae, some repre- 

 sented by several species, were observed macroscopically and micro- 

 scopically. Among the forms collected Volvox weismannia Powers 

 and Ploeodorina calijornica Shaw were present in great abundance 

 and in all phases of sexual and asexual reproduction. The most 

 thrilling find of the afternoon was an abundant growth of Sphaero- 

 plea annulina (Roth) Ag. The presence of Professor T. E. Hazen 

 contributed materially to the success of the collecting trip. 



Harold C. Bold 



Trip of June 7 to Local Flora Section, Brooklyn Botanic 



Garden 



Five members attended the trip to the "Local Flora Area" of 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to see native plants, found within a 

 hundred mile radius of New York City, growing in cultivation. In 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden the plants are arranged in ecological 

 groups. Thus in one afternoon we saw plants typical of the Pine 

 Barrens, Serpentine areas, Long Island ponds, northern woodlands, 

 meadows, and bogs. 



Especially noteworthy this afternoon were Xerophyllum aspho- 

 deloides with its showy racemes of cream colored flowers ; Cha- 

 maelirimn liitemn, Blazing Star ; and Tephrosia virginiana, Goat's 



