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entertained the group with a talk on Nature Poetry, quoting a 

 wide variety of poems, ancient and modern. Saturday morning 

 Mr. and Mrs. S. Harmsted Chubb led an early morning bird 

 trip. Another bird trip was taken later, after breakfast, and 

 still another on Sunday morning early. The birds seen were in 

 general the same ones observed at Branchville in other years. 

 The semi-palmated plovers by the pond below the Inn were 

 new to the region as far as observations by the party went. 

 Other trips were led by Dr. Benedict for ferns, with the dis- 

 covery of several hybrids of the crested shield fern; by Dr. 

 Svenson for the study of flowering plants; by Mr. Medsger for 

 nature study and by Professor Green for the study of trees. 

 Another program on Saturday evening featured a talk on ferns 

 by Dr. Benedict, illustrated with growing plants brought from 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and a talk on Wild i\nimals I 

 have Known by Prof. Green describing especially Radio Kelly, 

 the rattlesnake. Tiny and Punsxy the baby bears, and the 

 raven that became a college pest as well as a pet. 



Though the region has been visited so many times by the 

 club new things are noted every year. Many members were 

 thrilled by the considerable number of adder's tongue fern, 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum, found in the wet meadow below the 

 Inn. Smilax hispida with its bristly black stems and a meadow 

 rue, Thalictrum revolutum, different from the best-known ones, 

 were other plants new to many of the party. 



George T. Hastings 



