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Mr. Torrey's name. For several years he had wished to make it 

 having been attracted by the name "Dark Hole" (Huntington 

 Ravine) on maps of the region and by reports of rare plants with 

 northern affiliations. For some months before his death. Mr. 

 Torrey had been corresponding with the writer about details, 

 as he was counting on leading the trip botanically while I served 

 as guide. While resting on Gertrude's Nose surrounded by Cor- 

 ema our thoughts were of him and his interest in this plant. The 

 following is quoted from one of his letters: 



"The ticket on the specimen of Corema, in the Gray Her- 

 barium, Cambridge, Mass., collected about 1880, by whom I 

 have forgotten, bears this inscription: "In rupibus siliceis, super 

 vallem Palmaghat, in montibus Shawangunk." 



Daniel Smiley, Jr. 



Trip of October 3 to Franklin Clove, N. J. 



Members of the New York Mycological Society and of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club joined in a mushroom foray on October 

 3rd, 1938, in the vicinity of Franklin Clove, New Jersey. This 

 geological freak forms a transverse ravine bisecting the first 

 Watchung Mountain about three miles west of Paterson, so 

 that one can walk from one side of the trap rock ridge to the 

 other on an almost level trail. In this cleft are to be found many 

 varieties of ferns and unusual wild plants, among them Atragene 

 americana {Clematis verticillaris) . More than fifty species of 

 mushroom were collected. The Armillaria mellea and Mycena 

 galericulata were abundant. 



Near the south end of the Clove at the swamp's border were 

 seen five persimmon trees bearing fruit. 



Thirty-seven persons were present. Among them Dr. H. N. 

 Moldenke, Messrs. James Murphy, G. G. Nearing. The pres- 

 ence of these gentleman gave an opportunity for identification 

 of many plants other than mushrooms. 



W. S. Thomas 



Trip of October 28-30 to Mohonk Lake, N. Y. 



Fifty members and friends of the club joined in the various 

 walks. The program extended from Friday evening to Sunday 

 afternoon. Acommodations were at the Lake Mohonk Moun- 

 tain House. 



