FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



The first field meeting of the 1933 season was scheduled to 

 be held on the grounds of The New York Botanical Garden on 

 Feb. 12. At the hour of starting with the thermometer at 15°, 

 the eighteen members and friends who had gathered for the 

 study of leaf scars, elected to spend part of the morning indoors. 



Here were examined comfortably many twigs of native trees 

 and shrubs that showed interesting or conspicuous leaf scars. In 

 addition to the well known species usually seen on a ramble in 

 New York City region were added rare or exotic examples such 

 as: — 



Cedrela sinensis, the False Cedar from the Orient, Asimina 

 triloba, the Papaw, Koelreuteria paniculata, the Varnish Tree; 

 Leitneria floridana, Cork-wood; Ginkgo biloba, the Ginkgo Tree; 

 Phellodendron amurense, Amur Cork-Tree; Magnolia species, 

 Zanthorhiza apiifolia, Yellow-root; Aralia elata, Japanese An- 

 gelica-Tree; Aesculus parviflora, the small-flowered buckeye; 

 and Rhus canadensis, the fragrant sumac. Rhus Toxicodendron, 

 Poison Ivy and Rhus vernix, Poison Sumac, were closely scanned, 

 but under glass! 



The short walk that followed the indoor period led the party 

 over freshly cleared pathways whereon it seemed best to remain 

 rather than to defile the 8.6 inches of snow lately fallen in a 

 crystal mantle over the Garden. A visit to the Barred Owl, the 

 sight of other winter birds and their unmarred tracks and the 

 winter blooming witch-hazels: — Hamamelis japonica, Japanese 

 Witch-Hazel; H. mollis, Chinese Witch-Hazel; H. Vernalis, 

 Vernal Witch-Hazel and the Japanese Pussy Willows concluded 

 a morning that developed into one of the few perfect winter days 

 of the year. 



Helene Lunt 



Lichen Excursion at Andover, New Jersey 



The field trip, for the study of lichens, in the limestone 

 region in southern Sussex County, New Jersey, on March 5, 

 led by Mrs. Gladys P. Anderson, was very instructive to mem- 

 bers of the club interested in this class of plants. Mrs. Anderson 

 had a revised field key to the foliose Physciaceae, and search 



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