B( >0K REPORT 



In "Economic Plants" 1 Dr. Stanford lias presented a very 

 readable and informative account of plants in their economic 

 relation to man. Beginning with the major and minor forest 

 products of lumber, resins and rubber, he leads the reader 

 through all the great groups that furnish textiles, paper, cereals, 

 sugar, oils, proteins, fruits, spices, beverages, and finally medi- 

 cines. This account, well illustrated with 376 figures, is a delight- 

 ful source of information to the general reader. It is to the stu- 

 dent, however, that the book should have its greatest appeal 

 for in it are presented those aspects so frequently omitted in 

 most academic training, the correlations between the teachings 

 of plant physiology and anatomy, and the utilization of plants. 



E. H. Fulling 



FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



Trip of August 5 to Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. 



Proceeding westward along the railroad, we skirted a stand 

 of black oak woods, where the characteristic undergrowth has 

 completely covered the railroad cut: Vaccinium pennsylvanicum , 

 V. vacillans, Gaylussacia baccata with black berries or with 

 glaucous ones, various mosses, and the lichen, Baeomyces roseus. 

 A springy seep at the north base of the railroad bank yielded 

 Hypericum canadense, Rhexia virginica Rhynchospora glomerata, 

 Ly co podium inundatum, Apios tuber osa, and mosses, An- 

 thoceros laevis, Nardia crenulata, Aulacomnium palustre and 

 Poliliaproligera. In the sandy margin of an old field north of the 

 depot Polytrichum commune and P. piliferum were distinguished 

 along with Chrysopsis falcata, Gnaphalium polycephalum, Lac- 

 tucaspicata,Eupatorium hyssopifolium , Euphorbia ippecacuanhae, 

 Hypericum gentianoides, Asclepias amplexicaulis , Deschampsia 

 flexuosa, etc. On the side of a newly cut road bank was exposed 

 a layer of woodland soil covered more than fifty years ago in 

 grading for a projected railroad. There is an opportunity to 

 study the survival of seeds and spores in subterranean storage. 

 Along the sandy roadside there is abundance of Diodia teres, 



1 Stanford, E. E., Economic Plants. Pp. 571, figs. 376. D. Appleton-Cen- 

 tury Company Inc., New York, $5 00. 



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