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inoscliata L. was noted as an escape. Dr. Philip Dowell pre- 

 sided at the evening meeting, which was devoted largely to the 

 reading of the report of the previous year's Symposium, at Moun- 

 tain Lodge in the Adirondacks, and to various business items. 

 At the request of the permanent recorder, Mr. Joseph Crawford, 

 the report was read by Mr. Lee Sowden. A program commit- 

 tee, consisting of Messrs. Stewardson Brown and B. W. Griffiths, 

 was appointed to plan the excursions and to make the necessary 

 arrangements for each day's trip, Messrs. Lee Sowden and S. 

 Van Pelt were appointed official recorders of the finds reported 

 by members of the Symposium from the vicinity of Newton. 

 Mrs. H. A. DeCoster and Mr. Bayard Long were appointed offi- 

 cial photographers. 



Tuesday, July 2. — Some of the hill country east and the 

 chain of lakes northeast of Andover Junction were visited. Mr. 

 Brown presided in the evening. The following are some of the 

 plants noted : Anchistea virginica (L.) Presl, Botrychiuin simplex 

 E. Hitchcock, Woodsia Ilvensis (L.) R. Br., Aclu'oantlies mono- 

 pliylla (L.) Greene, Galcorcliis spectabilis (L.) Rydb., LeptorcJiis 

 liliifolia (L.) Kuntze, L. Loeselii (L.) MacM., Capnoides seinper- 

 vireiis (L.) Borck., Pyrola seciinda L., Ramincidus delpldnifolhis 

 Torn, from the hill country east ; and from the lake region, Ad- 

 luniia fungosa (Ait.) Greene, Astragalus carolinianus L., Carex 

 Buxbaiivdi Wahl., C. conoidea Schk., C. flava L., C. gramdaris 

 Muhl., C. lanuginosa Michx., C. leptalea Wahl., C. longirostris 

 Torr., C. riparia Curtis, C. tetanica Schk., Cornus circinata 

 L'Her., C. stolonifera Michx., Geum rivale L., G. strictuni Ait., 

 Naiunburgia thyrsiflora (L.) Duby, Parnassia caroliuiana Michx., 

 Polygonum aniphibiuin L. 



Wednesday, July 3. — The excursion was to Culver's Lake 

 and Culver's Gap, about twelve or thirteen miles north and west 

 of Newton. Especially interesting was the flora of the mountain 

 at the Gap. Dr. N. L. Britton was chairman at the evening 

 meeting. The following are some of the interesting plants re- 

 ported from the mountain : Amelanchier spicata (Lam.) Dec, 

 Apocynum Milleri Britton, Aralia hispida Yent., Azalea canescens 

 Michx., Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng., Polygala polygama Walt., 



