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In the woods along the south side of Doodletown Valley, 

 several Cladonias were found, C. cristatella, formae Beauvoisii, 

 s quamo <sis sima and vestita ; C. coniocraea, C. chlorophaea, formae 

 simplex, pterygota, carpophora and homodactyla, and C. strep- 

 silis, forma coralloides . Peltigera canina was found in a large 

 colony near the foot of Dunderberg. On the summit Cladonia 

 alpestris and Parmelia conspersa were common. Returning to 

 Bear Mountain, in an old field on the northern edge of Doodle- 

 town valley, a rich collection of lichens was found, including 

 Baeomyces roseus, Cladonia verticillata, forma apoticta; C. sub- 

 cariosa, and unusually large cups of C. chlorophaea, formae sim- 

 plex and carpophora. 



On Feb. 29, the party led by Dr. Arthur H. Graves, of the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden, numbering 20, first visited the re- 

 markable colony of Southern Bald Cypress, Taxodium dis- 

 tichum, in the cattail meadow, at Manitou station. A closer 

 search revealed a larger number of specimens than have been 

 reported before, the total, large and small being sixteen, from 

 about ten to fifty years old. Their location seemed to make any 

 explanation as to artificial planting improbable, except possibly 

 the three oldest ones, and if they were planted, no one in the 

 village seems to know anything about it. The colony is obvi- 

 ously increasing naturally, and nearly every individual is 

 thrifty, although 200 miles north of the nearest large natural 

 occurrence, in the Chesapeake Bay region. 



Lichens found on this trip, which included the old iron pyrite 

 mine on the back of Anthony's Nose, and the valley of Broccy 

 Kill in the National Guard camp area, were Baeomyces roseus, 

 in very pretty densely fruited masses, several common Cla- 

 donias, and two rarer ones, which seemed to be Cladonia cocci- 

 fera, and the form asotea, with central, red-fruited prolifera- 

 tions. 



On March 7 the trip was led by Miss Margaret A. Griffin, 

 of the Eastside High School, Paterson, N. J. The fifteen mem- 

 bers started from the city in a light rain, which by the time they 

 reached the beginning of the walk, at Franklin Lake, had 

 turned to snow. Before they finished it was a northeast sleet 

 and rain storm. Before the snow covered everything, a few 

 lichens were found, including many fine large thalli of Lecidea 

 albo-caerulensis , with numerous apothecia, on the small columns 



