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the party botanized alon^' the foot of the slope leading to the 

 summit of Anthony's Nose. A fairly large colony of Xanthoxy- 

 Itim americayjum , the Toothache Tree, was found on the slope 

 between the highwa>- and the Hudson, and a little north of 

 the Bear Mountain Bridge, under conditions which indicated 

 that it had been originally introduced. Large bunches of Vitis 

 vulpina, the River-bank or Frost Grape, with their blue acid 

 berries, festooned the banks, and in the woods and along the 

 main highway several interesting plants were found, such as 

 Bidens bipinnata, Chenopodium hybridum, Trichostema dicho- 

 tomum, Acalypha virginica, Hedeoma pulegioides, Pilea pumila. 



Arthur H. Graves 



Trip of September 26 to Owen, 

 New Jersey 



Some 25 members of the Torrey Club and the American 

 Fern Society parked their cars along a road near the tiny ham- 

 let of Owen, Northern Sussex County. After passing several 

 barbed-wire fences we proceeded to a fern survey at the large 

 wooded swamp. The particular locality was not remarkable 

 for its fern hybrids, probably because it is too densely wooded, 

 and because of the extensive cattle grazing. However, two dis- 

 tinct Dryopteris hybrids of the Boottii type were found. 



The most abundant fern was probably the "fructuosa' 

 variety, usually described as Dryopteris spinulosa, and possibly 

 a cross between D. intermedia and D. spinulosa. Also of interest 

 was the presence of Dryopteris simulata, this being a new station 

 for this species, although Mr. Edwards has found it several 

 times in the country. 



In the afternoon, under the leadership of Mr. Edwards, the 

 party traveled across country to the region of Andover. There 

 in a very restricted swamp several interesting fern species were 

 found — Pellaea glabella together with P. atropurpurea; Athy- 

 rium pycnocarpon, the narrow-leaved spleenwort, which is 

 decidedly rare in this state; Dryopteris goldiana, with a single 

 plant of the goldiana x marginalis hybrid. 



Trip of October 22-24 to Mohonk Lake, N. Y. 



The fall outing of the Torrey Club to this beautiful Shawan- 

 gunk Mountain resort was enjoyed by 33 members and guests. 



