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varieties included in the list, belonging to nearly as many 

 separate genera, all but eleven being described here for the first 

 time. Ample indexes and a map complete the volume, a well 

 bound, duodecimo of 194 pages. 



J. C. Arthur 



FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 

 Columbus Day Week-End in the Catskills 



Ten members of the Torrey Botanical Club enjoyed the 

 Columbus Day week end in the northeastern Catskills, with 

 headquarters at the Hotel Bellevue, at Haines Falls. Trans- 

 portation was wholly by automobile, in cars provided by Mr. 

 Anderson, Miss Griffin, Mr. Highton and the leader. This gave 

 the party great flexibility of range, and if motor travel could 

 more generally be organized through the cooperation of mem- 

 bers who could provide cars, it would give the club excursions 

 a much wider variety of regions for field study, and reduce 

 transportation costs materially. This idea has occurred to me 

 as a result of experience and reports on several excursions of the 

 1929 season, notably those at Branchville, N. J., at Spotswood, 

 led by Prof. Chrysler; and to Spruce Pond, where Mr. Anderson 

 transported most of the party in his car. 



Most of the party left New York City and Newark, N. J., 

 late Friday afternoon, and took the back route, via Suffern, 

 Central Valley, Newburgh (the west end of the city), Modena, 

 New Paltz, Kingston, Saugerties and the Rip Van Winkle 

 Trail, to Haines Falls, arriving about 10 P. M., in time for a good 

 night's sleep. This route from Newburgh to Kingston was cho- 

 sen because the main river route, 9-W, is badly obstructed by 

 new work. 



On Saturday morning, the cars took the party quickly 

 around into Plaat Clove where the Devil's Kitchen, the two 

 gorges through which Plattekill Creek drops off the mountain 

 front, was explored, and where Dr. A. J. Grout, our moss expert 

 found much to interest him. After luncheon, most of the party 

 climbed over High Peak, 3650 feet high, and descended past 

 Round Top and out over Clum Hill to Tannersville, thence 

 back to Haines Falls. The climb up the south side of High 

 Peak over a new trail recently marked by members of the 



