FIELD TRIPS OF TUK CLUB 

 Trip of September 15 



The trip had as its announced purpose search for possible 

 fern hybrids in certain swamps north and south of Newton, 

 N. J. On this occasion the Torrey Botanical Club was joined by 

 the American Fern Society, and the joint attendance, number- 

 ing 29, came from four or five states. 



The Springdale region south of Newton was selected because 

 of the collections made there by Dr. Philip Dowell some thirty 

 years ago. Dr. Dowell had found two hybrids of Dryopteris 

 Goldiana at this place — D. GoldianaXmarginalis and D. Clin- 

 loniatiaXGoldiajia. These were referred to in his article in the 

 Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 35, 1908. 



More recently Dr. Svenson had found a plant of the as- 

 plenioid hybrid, Aspleniiim platyneuronXCamptosorus rhizo- 

 phylliis (Scott's Spleenwort). 



The September trip was successful in finding a considerable 

 number of the hybrid, Dryopteris GoldianaXmarginalis ; one 

 isolated plant; and another group of thirty or forty plants in 

 a few square yards. The Goldie hybrid with Clintoniana was 

 not found on this occasion, but the region is well worth another 

 visit. The swamp was located on the private property of Mr. 

 Augustus Whittingham, to whom we are greatly indebted for 

 permission to visit. 



In the afternoon, a large humus swamp north of Newton 

 was located — a place interesting for the way in which humus 

 deposits are being "mined." One or two plants of the hybrid, 

 Dryopteris Bootii, were added to the morning's find. The par- 

 ticular piece of sw^amp visited was very well guarded by a wide 

 moat with a precarious bridge, and barriers of blackberry and 

 catbriar. 



In the report which is being published in the American Fern 

 Journal, a complete list of those in attendance is included. 



R. C. Benedict 



Brooklyn Botanic Garden 



Trip Through Fort Tryon Park, March 28, 1936 



Twenty-one members and guests of the Torrey Club took 

 the trip through Fort Tryon Park, commencing at the south 



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