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On the south side of Bull's Bridge and on the east bank the 

 party scrambled over the ruins of an old iron furnace which stood 

 right on the shore of the river gorge. It was completely over- 

 grown by grasses and a scramble of Vitis labrusca, the Northern 

 Fox Grape. From here downstream the potholes were fewer and 

 soon disappeared, but the intermittant pools looked inviting so 

 some of the part}- went swimming in fairly warm water. In a 

 crack on a ledge nearby a single specimen of Spiranthes liicida had 

 just opened its first blossom. One of the non-swimmers, rambhng 

 further downstream shouted "Dirca pahistris." Only a single speci- 

 men was located. Last year on the leader's trip to the Seven A\'ells 

 region three of these infrequent shrubs had been located. 



On the way home on Route 7 the party stopped a few miles 

 below the dam and cut nice clean swathes through a huge patch 

 of Radicida Xastitrtiniu-aqiiaticitui. Cautious individuals who had 

 saved lunch bags felt very happy at this opportunity. 



A list of plants in bloom besides those mentioned follows : 

 Zicia aurea, Erigeron pulchelliis, Senecio aureus. Iris versicolor, 

 Iris pscudacorus, Galium veruin. Ranunculus hidhosa, Lychnis 

 alba, l'lbur}utui prunifolinm. Viburnum acerifolium, Aguilegia 

 canadensis, Geum rivale, Aralia nudicaulis. Geranium maculatum, 

 Asclepias quadrifolia, Hieracium venosum, H. aurantiacum, and 

 H. pratcnse, Diervilla lonicera, Rubus villosus, Smilacina racc- 

 uiosa, Smilacina stellata, Celastrus scandens, Helianthemum cana- 

 dense, Robinia pseudo-acacia. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, 

 Solanum dulcamara, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Hypoxis hirsuta, 

 and Chclidonium majus. 



Other plants of interest were Pellea atropurpurca, Equisetuni 

 hxcmalc, Asplenium platyneuron and A. irichomancs, Woodsia 

 ih'cnsis. Campanula rotundifolia. Adiantum pcdatum, and Betula 

 alba var. papyrifera. 



George F. Dillm.-vx 



Trip of Ju.xe 24—25 to Penxsylvani.a. Grand Canvox 



This was a joint trip with the Southern Appalachian Botanical 

 Club, the Muhlenberg Botanical Club, and the Western Pennsyl- 

 vania Botanical Club. Fifty-two members and friends of these 

 societies were present for the explorations of Leonard Harrison 

 State Park on Saturday. This park is in Tioga County which is 



