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Addenda to" Contributions to the Flora of Long Island" 

 by William C. Ferguson published in the Bulletin of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club, May, 1924. 



Isotria affinis (Austin) Rydbg. 



Isotria verticillata (Willd) Rap. 



In the article referred to above the writer stated that he had 

 found no Isotria verticillata in the woods where he found at 

 widely separated points two plants of /. affinis in 1923, This 

 season he has found two very large and scattered colonies of 

 I. verticillata, but not near where /. affinis was found in these 

 these same woods. 



Hempstead, N. Y., 

 July, 1924. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of May 13, 1924 



The meeting of this date was held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History. Mr. Beals read a communication from 

 Mr. Walter M. Weaver, Chairman of the Committee for Club 

 Cooperation at the National Outdoor Sports Exhibition at the 

 Grand Central Palace, N. Y., May 26-31, 1924. The letter 

 asked for the cooperation of the Torrey Botanical Club in the 

 way of exhibits and representatives — the main idea being to 

 spread propaganda for preserving the natural beauties of the 

 country. Dr. Hazen moved that the Club be represented and 

 that the expenditure be limited to $20. The motion, seconded 

 by Dr. Rydberg, was approved by the Club. The formal 

 program of the evening consisted of an illustrated lecture by 

 Dr. Ralph R. Stewart of Gordon College, Rawalpindi, India, on 

 "Plant Collecting in Western Tibet." Dr. Stewart has been a 

 professor in a missionary college in Northern India since 1911 

 and has at times visited the arid mountainous region behind 

 the Great Range of the Himalaya Mountains. 



Western or Little Tibet is a part politically of the Native State 

 of Kashmir, but the people and the country are Tibetan. The 

 whole country lies above 9,000 feet and is drained by the Indus 

 River and its tributaries. There is little cultivation because of 

 the lack of rain and the ruggedness of the country. There is no 



