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pubera. Spiraea virgiuiana. Ilex monticola and Din a palustris. 

 I lerbaceous plants of interest were Arisaona Stewardsonii, Ci?ni- 

 cifiiga ainericana, Aconitum iincinatum, Trautvetteria carolinensis, 

 Ranunculus allcglianicnsis, Adluuiia fungosa, Htuclicra Curtisii, 

 Saxifraga niicranthidifolia, Dalibarda repcfis, Scutellaria saxatilis, 

 Iloustonia serpyllifolia, II. purpurea and Marshallia grandijlora ; 

 among tlie pteridophytes, Caniptosorus rhizophyllus, Aspleniuvt 

 piniiAtifidiitn, A. montanum and Lycopodiuni tristacliyuui. The 

 violaists found much of interest, but the crataegists saw very httle 

 in their hne except a type bush of one of Mr. Ashe's species. The 

 bryologists were overwhelmed with the abundance and variety of 

 their favorites. The mycologists were simply deluged with species 

 and individuals, but lichens were very scarce and algae almost 

 entirely absent. A full list of the plants noted is to be published 

 by Recorder Crawford at a later date. 



The headquarters, the Rainier Hotel, an ancient summer resort 

 with an air of abandonment quite suitable to the occasion, was all 

 that could be wished for, especially as we were in advance of the 

 season and had the place practically all to ourselves. The large 

 pavilion in the grove was provided with a musical instrument and 

 an abundance of tables and chairs — this was taken advantage of 

 by the mycologists, who installed a " mushroom exhibit " in 

 which about seventy-five species were shown under proper labels. 

 Here, too, in the open, in fact right in the forest, our evening 

 meetings were held ; these should be attended to be appreciated, — 

 their instructiveness, informality and mirth are beyond my poor 

 descriptive power. Refreshments, from a mysterious source, 

 such as candy, lemonade and ice-water were frequently passed 

 around, while the absence of the mosquito was remarked by our 

 friends from New Jersey. Our disappointment, however, was the 

 failure of the mycological contingent to " make good " their 

 " mushroom feast." 



The peculiar success of these meetings is to be attributed, be- 

 yond a doubt, to their total lack of formality — the only vestige 

 of which was due to a conspiracy of the " inner man " and the 

 hotel management, which required that each one should report at 

 the dining hall, in person and at stated intervals, but we know of 



