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in hiking and his knowledge of places of interest about the city 

 he was made a member of the Field Committee, of which he was 

 chairman from 1928 until his death. He probably led twice as 

 many trips of the club during these years as any other leader. 

 It was he who planned the longer trips taken during recent 

 years, culminating in the two weeks trip to Gaspe and the 

 Shickshock Mountains of Quebec, which is partly described in 

 his article on Collecting Cladoniae in Gaspe of this issue of 

 Torreya. He was largely responsible for the publishing of re- 

 ports of field trips in Torreya. His own reports always con- 

 tained interesting notes on the plants found, often correlated 

 with the geology of the region. 



Some years ago he became interested in lichens, especially 

 the genus Cladonia and soon became an authority on this genus 

 in the club area. He made an extensive collection of Cladoniae, 

 exchanging specimens with others and corresponding with 

 authorities on the genus throughout the world. He had been 

 looking forward to the time when his other activities would 

 cease sufficiently to permit him to arrange the large amount of 

 material collected and distribute it among those institutions 

 which were interested in it. 



He spent much of his earlier life traveling through the wood- 

 lands and climbing most of the important peaks in New Eng- 

 land. In co-operation with others he laid out and maintained an 

 excellent system of trails, and particularly did he labor in bring- 

 ing to realization the Appalachian trail from Mt. Katahdin in 

 Maine to Mt. Oglethorpe in Georgia. 



Later he was interested in laying out and maintaining trails 

 about New York City. Those who accompanied him over the 

 trails know of his fondness for wide views and of how he led to 

 high points where the most beautiful outlooks were obtained. 

 Companions of the trail frequently addressed him as "Baron," 

 because of his interest in locating points of historical interest, 

 especially those connected with Baron Hasenclever, the famous 

 pre-Revolutionary iron-monger who established many of the 

 mines, now abandoned, in the Ramapo highlands. While he 

 frequently walked at a rate that taxed the powers of many 

 hikers, he always observed the plants along the trail and was 

 keen in noting any that were unusual. 



In conjunction with Mr. Frank Place, Jr. and Dr. Robt. L. 



