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orange (Poncints trifoliafa), Wessel's cypress (Chamaecyparis 

 zuesseli ) , Japanese and winged elms ( Ulinus japonica and U. data), 

 leatherwood (Dirca palustris), golden larch (Pseudolarix ama- 

 bilis), nannyberry (Viburuuni lentago), Japanese oak {Quercus 

 dentata), Spanish oak (Q. digifata), Willow oak (Q. phellos), 

 persimmon {Diospyros virginiana), papaw {Asimina triloba), 

 Formosan sweet-gum (Liquidaiiibar fonnosana) . China-fir (Cun- 

 ninghamia lanccolata) , thornless honey-locust (Gleditsia triacan- 

 thos var. inermis), Japanese heartnut (Juglans sieboldiana var. 

 cordiformis), upright Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris var. xvatereri), 

 limber pine (P. flexilis), Jeffrey pine (-P. jeffreyi), Korean pine 

 (P. koraiensis), western yellow pine {P. ponderosa) , sugar pine 

 {P. lambertiana) , Yeddo spruce (Picea jezoensis), Serbian spruce 

 (P. omorika), Wilson spruce (P. wilsoni), and several firs, includ- 

 ing Abies balsamea, A. amabilis, A. firma, and A. holophylla. 

 Other interesting trees and shrubs included Crataegus lauta, 

 Elsholtsia staiintoni, Evodia ckinensis, Juniperiis horizontalis, 

 Maackia amurensis var. buergeri, Zelkova serrata, and several 

 maples {Acer cissifolium, A. diabolicum, A. ginnala, and A. sie- 

 boldianum var. microphyllum). Hybrids of the filbert (Coryhis 

 avellana) and the famous Bartlett chestnut (hybrid of Castanea 

 mollissifna) were studied, as well as the "hickan," a hybrid between 

 the pecan and hickory. In the beautiful rock garden and iris 

 garden hundreds of interesting herbaceous plants were seen, mostly 

 in full bloom. Some attention was also paid to the remarkable 

 glossy-leaved violet developed as a ground cover at the laboratories. 



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Trip of Sunday, June 4, to the Gorge of the 

 HousATONic River 



Plenty of drizzling rain sprinkled the members as they left 

 the Wingdale station and headed for Route 22. By eleven o'clock 

 the sun came out and chased all the gray mists away and left only 

 a blue sky and domes of woolly clouds. 



The party stopped at a wet field near Bull's Bridge and was 

 treated to a spectacle of hundreds of Castillcja coccinca, the Scarlet 

 Painted Cup, in full bloom. Surrounding several boulders the 

 drier turf disclosed small companies of Hcnchcra aincricaiia, the 

 Common Alum Root, in bloom. Accompanying these was the 



