A station (or Tux us canadensis \s\ocate(\ on Hook Mountain 

 opposite Ossining, where it was found this year. Although, 

 according to Taylor's FMora, it occurs in Bergen County, N. J., 

 it has apparently disappeared from this localit\-. it also ai)pears 

 at Bearfort Mountain, X. J. The Arbutus, Epigaea repens, 

 appearing on old wood roads is evidently increasing, perhaps due 

 to the assistance of the Conservation law. 



In the discussion which followed, Dr. Denslow remarked 

 that the gaps in the apparent distribution of some of these 

 species might i)e due in part to lack of information. Dr. .Stout 

 remarked upon the scarcity of fruit in Epigaea repens, a pod or 

 capsule similar to that of the Bearberry. Dr. Britton stated that 

 the Southern White Cedar evidently prefers sandy soils and 

 believed that the soil of the high swamps where it grows would 

 be found to be of such a nature. Dr. Gundersen remarked that 

 several plants which are rare in the Highlands of the Hudson 

 are common in the northern Catskills, e.g., Streptopus roseus, 

 Lycopodiiim lucidnlum, Viburnum alnifolium, Claytonia caro- 

 liniaiia, Coptis trifolia, Vaccinium canadense, Taxus canadensis, 

 Abies balsamea, and Corniis canadensis. Among plants in the 

 Catskills w^hich are not in the Highlands, may be mentioned 

 Bettda coerulea, Lycopodiiim annotinum, Amelanchier oligocarpa 

 and Dryopteris spinulosa var. latijolia. 



Arthur H. Graves, 



Secretary. 



Meetixg of May 8, 1928 



This meeting was held in the American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



By unanimous vote, Miss Jeanne E. Van Anstel, 339 East 

 25th Street, New York City, was elected to membership in the 

 Club. 



The Secretary read a communication from the Phi Sigma 

 Society announcing an ofYer by this society of a prize of at least 

 $50 for the most meritorious paper presented on the program 

 of the Phi Sigma Society by a non-meml)er at the New York 

 meeting of the A. A. A. S., beginning December 27, 1928. The 

 details of this offer were printed in the last number of Torreya. 



The Secretary remarked that according to the old schedule 



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