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devoted to examination of Dr. Evans' large and growing collec- 

 tion of Cladoniae, in the Osborn Botanical Laboratory, at 

 Prospect and Sachem Streets. It is now one of the largest and 

 most representati\'e herbaria of American species, with many 

 foreign ones as well. A considerable number of the packets bore 

 the names of members of the Torrey Botanical dub, who have 

 sent specimens of Cladoniae to Dr. Evans for determination, 

 including Mrs. (iladys P. Anderson, George F. Dillman, John 

 Thomson and others. 



In the afternoon, the party motored to Bethany, ten miles 

 north of New Haven, under the guidance of Dr. Evans and Dr. 

 Nichols. There a swamp, containing much Chamaecyparis 

 thyoides, with a quaking bog in the center which is one of Dr. 

 Evans' favorite collecting spots, was visited. A Cladonia new 

 to this writer, which is common here, around the roots of 

 Chamaedaphne calyculata, was C. glauca, not yet reported from 

 southern New York or New Jersey, but which should be looked 

 for in similar boggy situations, in our range. C. rangiferina, mitis 

 and tenuis were frequent in spots above the water level. Drosera 

 and Sarracenia occurred in the open bog, and Calla palustis in 

 the wet woods bordering it. 



Raymond H. Torrey 



Braxchville Nature Outing, May 22 to 24 



About seventy members and guests of the Torrey Club 

 gathered at The Pines, Branchville, N.J., for the eleventh an- 

 nual nature outing. On other years the members were greeted 

 on arrival by Mr. Stephen Smith, proprietor of the inn and a 

 member of the club. It was he who had kept the surroundings 

 in their natural beauty and encouraged the growth of native 

 wild flowers in the woods. His recent death cast a shadow over 

 the gathering, though Mrs. Smith carried on so well that nothing 

 was left undone for the comfort of those attending the outing. 

 On Friday evening Dr. Henry Kummel, Director of the New 

 Jersey State Department of Conservation, gave a talk on the 

 geology of Northern New Jersey, illustrating the talk by the 

 aid of a large geological map. Dr. Kummel also distributed 

 mimeographed sheets describing the geological formations to 

 be seen on the trips of the following days. Mr. Oliver P. Medsger 



