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May 27. Audubon Nature Center and Fairchild Connecticut Gar- 

 den, Greenwich, Conn. This trip was ideal for nature study purposes since 

 rhere is a great deal of accessible material concentrated in these areas. Lists of 

 41 birds and many attractive plants, native and introduced, were turned in to 

 the field committee. Leaders. Henrietta Dotson and associates from the pre- 

 serves. Attendance 13. 



May 30. Woodlands, Westchester County, X. Y. "A multitude of very 

 friendly inch worms came out to greet the Torrey group as it proceeded from 

 Woodlands, up Ferncliff Road to the Bridle Path along the Sprain Ridge 

 Brook, and across fields and woods to Ardsley. The group was composed of 

 fifteen old. new, and prospective members and their friends, all of whom evi- 

 denced commendable interest in nature study, and did not particularly mind 

 the somewhat inordinate interest in human nature displayed by the inch 

 worms — "those obnoxious little green crawlers, who wiggle their way into 

 everything but your affections." Some completely defoliated elms, oaks, linden, 

 hickory and apple trees testified as to the taste and gastronomic prowess of the 

 caterpillars, whose appetites now seemed to menace our clothing. Xot that the 

 natural food resources were altogether exhausted. The towering tulip trees, 

 the spreading beeches, the various birches, maples, honey locust, sassafra, wil- 

 lows, poplars and mulberries had somehow escaped the ravages of the insect 

 plague, and graced the landscape with the green splendor of their rich foliage. 

 Because of a late spring, Amorpha jruticosa — the chief attraction of the trip — ■ 

 was not yet in bloom, though covered with promising buds. After a short stop 

 at Ardsley for refreshments, some took the return train to Xew York, while 

 others pushed on to Dobbs Ferry to visit Mr. F. C. Shipley's garden, which 

 at this season generally looks like a huge bouquet of roses. Unfortunately these 

 were not yet in bloom. In lieu of the lacking radiance of the roses, a blazing 

 sunset on the Hudson provided a colorful ending to the ramblings across 

 beautiful and historic Westchester County.'' Leaders, Alexandra Kalmykow 

 and James Murphy. Attendance 15. 



June 3. Far Rockaway. Here we were guests of the Department of Natu- 

 ral History of the Brooklyn Institute. Animal and plant life in a variety of 

 habitats and showing a great degree of adaptation was pointed out. A thor- 

 oughly annotated list of a large number of species was prepared. Leader. Grace 

 Petersen. Attendance 51. 



June 4. Tohickon Creek, Bucks Co., Pa. The "highlights were Salix 

 longifolia, Primus dcpressa, Polygonum Muhlenbergii along the river shore; 

 an exceptionally robust specimen of Arisaema Dracoutium near the mouth of 

 the Tohickon ; 19 species of Car ex all except one or two checked by Bayard 

 Long and deposited in the herbarium of the Academy of Xatural Sciences of 



