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at evening meetings, held in a large room over the boat-house.- 

 All were heartily grateful to their hosts for the care taken for 

 their comfort and for the success of their work. Mrs. Smith 

 was indefatigable in arranging and providing for the party. 

 Interest centered chiefly, perhaps, in the violets, the ferns and 

 the edible fruits. The violets were here, as everywhere, very 

 puzzling, and proved that we have not even yet a basis for prop- 

 erly understanding the genus. Viola renifolia Gray was the pre- 

 dominant species, and was observed closely. It is quite evident 

 that it is the northern ally of V. alsopJdla Greene, the differences 

 between the two being slight, although genuinely specific. The 

 most conspicuous and constant is the hairy lower leaf-surfaces 

 and petioles of V. reiiifolia. The strawberries came in for special 

 attention, all the eastern species except the red form oi Fragaria 

 vesca and F. canadensis being collected. The white-fruited F. 

 vesca was very markedly later than any other. Fragaria Ter- 

 rae-novae Rydberg was collected on the summit of Burnt Moun- 

 tain on July 3 with ripe fruit. Dr. Rydberg was present and 

 identified the species. The plants grow in company with F. 

 virginiana Duch. Other plants growing with it were Riibiis amer- 

 icaniis (Pers.) Britt., with fine ripe fruit, R. hispidus L. in full 

 bloom, a species of Gyrostachys in a young state, perhaps G. 

 plantaginea (Raf.) Britton, all in damp pockets in crevices of the 

 rocky summit. In drier spots. Polygonum cilinode Michx. and 

 Achroa)itJiesvnifolia{^\c\\y..)'^-dS.\v&x^ collected. On the shores 

 of Little Moose Lake grow two very different forms of Vaccinimn 

 canadense Richards. One is the ordinary very pubescent form. 

 The other has much smaller, narrower and thinner leaves and is 

 much less hairy. The plant is very low, and its branches spread 

 almost perfectly horizontally. This form may well prove distinct. 

 The fruit in both was very young. Other interesting material 

 collected for the economic museum of the New York Botanical 

 Garden included Ribes prostratian L'Her., with ripe fruit, R. laciis- 

 tre (Pers.) Poir., with immature fruit, Amelanchier canadensis (L.) 

 Medic, and the rhizomes of Calla palustris L. The many forms 

 oi Amelanchier, growing together in masses on the lake shores 

 were almost discouraging to one who would find constant spe- 

 cific characters. 



