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Blunt Lobed W'oodsia, Woodsia obtusa, top of cliff overlooking Greenwood 



Lake road. 

 Rusty W'oodsia, Woodsia ilvensis, on cliffs back of pond. 

 Hay-scented or Boulder Fern, Dennstaedlia punctilobula, along trail from 



Southficlds. 

 Ebony Splecnwort, Asplenium platyncuron, on low ground north side of pond. 

 Rattlesnake Fern, Botrychium virginianum, low ground north side of pond. 

 New York Fern, Dryopteris noveboracensis, everywhere. 



Silvery Spleenwort, Athyrium thelypter aides, swampy sections around pond. 

 Marsh Fern, Dryopteris thclyptcris, edge oi pond and in swamp; fertile fronds 



abundant, which is unusual. 



Mr. Shorey expects that further search will reveal other 

 Grape Ferns, (Botrychium), and on some hidden cliff the Cliff 

 Brake also probably the Oak Fern and Maidenhair Spleenwort. 

 He reports a peculiar variety of Beech Fern, unlike anything 

 listed in the Fern books. He hopes to find Walking Fern (which 

 he might on a limestone glacial boulder, such as the one on 

 Cohasset Lake), and the Adder's Tongue, (Ophioglossum, 

 which would be likely, as it occurs at Twin Lakes, a few miles 

 east). He remarks, truly, that this an unusual list for such a 

 small area. 



Thirteen members and guests comprised the party that 

 visited Great Kills, Staten Island, Sunday, August 26. The 

 main objectives of the trip were the Swamp Rose Mallows, 

 Hibiscus Moscheiitos L. and H. ociiliroseus Britton, and on this 

 account the way led east from the railroad station to the 

 eastern shore of the island. There these two beautiful species 

 of Hibiscus were found in abundance and perfect blossom in 

 the salt marshes — also a form which is possibly a hybrid of the 

 two, pink with a crimson center. The typical H. ociiliroseus is 

 white with a crimson center, while H. Moscheutos is pink with- 

 out the crimson center. Other interesting plants seen were 

 Phragmites communis Trin., Cassia nictitans L., Lacluca scariola 

 L. and the variety integrata; and the tall L. spicata (Lam.) 

 Hitchc. with blue flowers, growing as high as 8 feet, Apocynum 

 cannabinum L., the Indian Hemp, and several Polygonums — 

 sagittatum L., Hydropiper L., as well as the common pennsyl- 

 vanicum L. A hard and prolonged thunder shower cut the 

 trip short in the afternoon, and materially dampened the 

 enthusiasm as well as the raiment of the party. 



On October si.xth the Torrey Botanical Club visited the new 

 arboretum and forest preserve of the Boyce Thompson Insti- 



