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American Pitcher Plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, 

 and brought up the question why more of these things are not 

 found in American botanical gardens. Professor Blakeslee said 

 that uncommon things are found in American gardens and local 

 things are neglected. 



Mrs. Goode mentioned that the clubs in South Carolina were 

 very successful in preventing people from dumping rubbish on 

 waste lots and woodlands by simply publishing in the local 

 papers instances of such violations. 



Dr. Sinnott emphasized the severity of the drouth through 

 Western Connecticut during July. He said that in his home in 

 Woodbury during August and September many of the spring 

 flowers blossomed a second time due to the check of their 

 growth during the drouth. He also mentioned the abundance of 

 the very tall fringed gentian during this season around his 

 place. Sometimes it disappears from a locality for a number of 

 years and then comes back. He also mentioned that the shag- 

 bark hickory has very little fruit this year. 



Dr. Blakeslee brought up the question of periodic fruiting 

 of white pine, whether this was due to climatic or other in- 

 fluences. 



Dr. Gunderson spoke of his stay in the Catskills and spe- 

 cially mentioned the six species of club mosses found around his 

 camp there. He brought out the fact that these are often found 

 growing together there whereas in most places in Europe there 

 is frequently only one species in a locality, the distribution being 

 local. 



Mrs. Anderson told about the Torrey Club trip to the White 

 Mountains which she led in September for lichens and empha- 

 sized particularly the distribution on the Summit of Mt. Kata- 

 din where she found more species of Cetraria than Cladonia. 

 The Cetrarias are better adapted to dry and exposed places. 

 The Cladonias being more common in sheltered and places near 

 trees and edges of rocks. 



Forman T. McLean 

 Secretary 



