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fronds this spring, though one of last year's is still green." Attendance was 

 over 22. 



July 15. Southfields, N. Y. This season seems to have been particularly 

 unfortunate in its hiking weather. The report: "Last Sunday's trip to South- 

 fields was done in almost continuous rain, which started before I left home and 

 amounted at times to a downpour. All ten of us got wet but had a good time 

 and named many fungi which the moisture had brought out abundantly." 

 Leader, G. G. Nearing. 



July 21. Haskell, N. J. Though the attendance was too small (2) the trip 

 was pronounced most successful by the leader, Fred R. Lewis. The effects of 

 the rains were evident and a list of 79 species has been filed with the field com- 

 mittee. 



July 22. Sinac, N. J. The high water made botanical exploration diffi- 

 cult. Leader, Joseph Monachino. Attendance 8. 



August 5. Egg Harbor City, N. J. The station for Schizaea mentioned by 

 Witmer Stone (page 128 in "Plants of Southern New Jersey") is apparently 

 lost "and the search for Rhexia aristosa was also unsuccessful but a number of 

 interesting species were seen such as Eupatorium resinosum, E. leucolepis, 

 Solidago stricta, Polygonum Careyi, Smilax Walteri, Habenarian cristata, etc. 

 On the return a stop was made at Pleasant Mills, near Batsto, to visit the sta- 

 tion for Breweria Pickeringii which was in bloom and also growing nearby was 

 Crotonopsis linearis." Leaders, L. E. Hand and Hollis Koster. Attendance 5. 



August 5. Sloatsburg, N. Y. The walk extended to Ramapo Torne Mt. 

 Fungi were plentiful, 67 species recorded, but nothing unusual. Leader, F. R. 

 Lewis. Attendance 13. 



August 12. Surprise Lake, Passaic County, N. J. An abundance of 

 fungi and other interesting plants was reported from this walk. Blueberries 

 also were plentiful. Leader, G. G. Nearing. Attendance 11. 



August 19. Interstate Park, N. Y. "The Deep Hollow trip last Sunday- 

 was attended by 15. I proposed that instead of trying to cover a lot of country, 

 we should explore rather thoroughly the little valley of that name, so we did, 

 finding Serapias Helleborine, which none of us knew, Monotropa Hypopitys, 

 in unusual abundance, and the rare fungus, Tremellodon gelatinosum. Mush- 

 room pickers were able to fill their baskets. The season has been remarkable for 

 fungi, and many trips have turned into mushroom hunts." Leader, G. G. 

 Nearing. 



August 26. Schunemunk Mt., N. Y. No report received. Leader, Dr. 

 Alexander V. Tolstoouhov. 



