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the above trips and in each case will meet party at destination. 

 Other trips have been planned as follows : 



September 17. Arlington, N. J. Train leaves Hudson Termi- 

 nal Station (Erie R. R.) at 12 45 p. m. Return as desired. Cost 

 of trip about 30 cents. Guide, Mr. O. P. Medsger. 



September 24. Mt. Hope, N. Y. Train leaves 155th Street 

 and Eighth Ave. (Putnam Division, N. Y. Central) at 9:15 A. m. 

 Returning trains leave at 4.14 and 6.02 p. m. Cost of trip about 

 50 cents. Guide, Mr. Chas. VanLoan. 



October i. Special excursion for mosses to Alpine, N. J. 

 Party will take the one o'clock boat from Peene's wharf, Yonkers, 

 N. Y. Cost of trip about 30 cents. Guide, Mr. Williams. 



October 8. West Orange, N. J. via Orange. Train leaves 

 West 23rd St. (D. L. &W. R. R.) at 9:10 a.m. Thence as directed 

 by the guide, Mr. Wilson. 



October 15. Special excursion for asters to Wakefield, N. Y. 

 City. Party will meet at the terminal of the Third Avenue 

 elevated at i :oo p. m., where they will be met by the guide. Dr. 

 Rydberg. 



Members of the club are urged to verify the train times given 

 above. In case of change it is understood that the train leaving 

 nearest the advertised time will be the one used. 



The Field Committee, 



Norman Taylor, 



Chairman 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 May 10, 1910 



The meeting was called to order at the American Museum of 

 Natural History at 8:25 p. M. Mr. E. B. Southwick occupied 

 the chair. The attendance was twenty-four. After the reading 

 and approval of the minutes of the preceding meeting, Mr. Nor- 

 'man Taylor spoke on "Native Trees of the Hudson Valley." 

 The following abstract was prepared by the speaker. 



"There are about 125 different kinds of trees in the area. 

 Excluding highly technical and little known species, and those 



