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. FIELD MEETINGS OF THE CLUB 



The excursion of August 1 1 to. Great Island, New Jersey, with 

 Dr. Rusby as guide, was unfortunately interrupted by stormy 

 weather before the intended field for observation was reached. 



On August 1 8, Mr. Guy West Wilson, in place of Dr. Ryd- 

 berg, who was out of town, accompanied representatives of the 

 club to Alpine, New Jersey, by way of the Yonkers ferry. 



August 25, Mr. W. W. Eggleston, substituting for Mr. George 

 V. Nash, guided members of the Club to Moonachie, New Jer- 

 sey. An interesting afternoon was spent in studying the salt- 

 marsh plants. BlcpJiariglottis ciliaris was nearly past flowering, 

 but a lew good specimens were found. A small patch of Laci- 

 naria in brilliant flower, Helenunn mitmnnale , Hibiscus Moscheii- 

 tos, Bartonia tcnelLa and Polygomiui Jiydropipcroides were among 

 the other plants especially noted. 



The excursion of September i was to Hempstead, Long Island, 

 with Miss Fanny A. Mulford as guide. The storage reservoir 

 was first visited, the region of which combined the flora of the 

 dry sandy woods with that of the open swamp. The genus Les- 

 pedeza was much in evidence, six species being found. Eupa- 

 toidum verbenaefoliwn, E. aromatiaim, Gerardia temufolia, Scutel- 

 laria parvida, Silene stcllata, and Polygonella articiilata were also 

 observed. The most interesting plant of the Hempstead Plains 

 was perhaps Gerardia decernloba Greene, with which Lobelia Ntit- 

 tallii was growing. Eupatorium hyssopifoliuni, Viola notabilis, V. 

 Brittoniana and V. Midfordae with cleistogamous flowers were 

 other plants of special interest that were collected. 



The field meeting of September 8 was at Maplewood, New 

 Jersey. Mr. William H. Smith was the guide. Some interest- 

 ing botanical ground close to the railway station was first shown, 

 Mr. Smith calling attention to the giant hyssop and mentioning 

 the whorled pogonia {Isotria verticillatd) as abundant in one spot 

 which was pointed out. The party was next conducted over the 

 brow of the mountain just above the town into a woodland 

 swamp to look for swamp ferns. Besides the osmundas and 

 other commoner kinds, Boott's fern and the crested fern were 



