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introduction through roadside fill. Along this ditch were found 

 three sundews, Drosera rotundifolia, D. longifolia, and D. fiU- 

 formis, in abundance. The greatest interest of the party seemed 

 to be in the great abundance of shadbush, Amelanchier oblongi- 

 folia, loaded down with juicy purple fruits which in their estima- 

 tion were better than the blueberries which were also abundant, 

 both the high-bush and low-bush. We do not hear very much about 

 the use of Amelanchier fruits ; they are used (especially A. oblongi- 

 folia) for pies on Cape Cod under the name "swamp cherry." On 

 the opposite side of the road (that is, toward the west) a path 

 led into a cranberry bog partially abandoned. Here there were 

 splendid examples of the giant club moss of the pine barrens, 

 Lycopodhim >alop.ecuroides, and good stands of chain ferns, 

 Anchistea virginica and Lorinseria areolata. 



Under the kind leadership of Dr. Small we proceeded south to 

 Prospertown, where we had lunch at the ruins of an old mill dam, 

 now overgrown with a fine display of fox grape, Vitis labrusca, 

 the leaves, entire to 3-parted, showing a gleaming white tomen- 

 tum. Nearby we were shown a fine stand of Opuntia, now in full 



flower along pathways in the sandy woods. t t ^ 



^ ^ j -' j. j. copeland 



Trip of June 25 to Quarry Lake 



Sixteen members and guests were present on this trip to the 

 Nathan Straus estate at Valhalla, N. Y. The Club and its Field 

 Committee are deeply grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Straus for their 

 great kindness and courtesy in making this trip to their beautiful 

 estate possible and for their wonderful hospitality to the group. 

 Our sincere thanks are due also to Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Hoelle, 

 who so generously guided us over the estate, provided delicious 

 refreshments, and did so much to make the day a perfect one. 



Most of the estate's 42 acres were explored, including the beauti- 

 ful rock garden, stately formal garden, arboretum, fruticetum, 

 pine plantation, orchards, decorative walks and borders, landscaped 

 spring- fed Quarry Lake (75 feet deep) and its sandy beach, the 

 extensive natural woods, and bridle paths. Mr. Hoelle imparted to 

 the group a vast amount of valuable information on the making of 

 the perfect lawns found on the estate, spraying against borers of 

 peaches and nectarines, transplanting, grafting, making successful 



