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On the annual visit to Spruce Pond, on the western border 

 of the Harriman State Park, on July 27, under the leadership of 

 Archibald T. Shorey of the Brooklyn Boy Scouts, the interest- 

 ing flora of the place was enjoyed by a party of ten. New 

 visitors to the place were introduced to the species for which 

 it is notable, the large stand of Virginia Chain fern, the museum 

 piece of Drosera longifolia, in bloom on the half submerged log 

 at the south end, and the colony of Calla palustri on the west 

 side. The plants of Andromeda polifolia, an uncommon northern 

 shrub in this latitude, among the Chamaedaphne calycidata 

 beds along the south shore seem to be increasing. The red spruce 

 and American larch, which have one of their southernmost 

 stands at Spruce Pond, interested the field students. 



On the excursion of Sunday, August 3, to Bradley Mine, 

 in the Harriman Park, led by the chairman of the field commit- 

 tee, two plants which attracted interest among the usual late 

 summer composites, were Geranium pusillum, a pale small- 

 flowered species of this genus, along the road south of the 

 Harriman dairy, and Corydalis sempervirens, the latter not so 

 much because of any rarity, but for its adaptiveness to the 

 particular conditions. It was found along the new park entrance 

 road from Lower Cohasset Lake to Arden. Recent blasting 

 had destroyed some mature plants on the ledges, but their 

 seeds were ripened and as they were scattered over the dirt 

 fill of the road, hundreds of them had taken root and were 

 sending up their cotyledons. This plant, growing on arid ledges, 

 and of a rather delicate texture, seems able to stand a lot of 

 drought and even of burning of the older plants by spring forest 

 fires, for the seeds spring up in late summer and maintain it. 



Bradley Mine was of considerable geological interest, with 

 the great chamber from which the iron ore was taken and a 

 large dike of comptonite, a kind of basalt, seen in the walls of 

 the entrance; and a coating of the old Grenville limestone, 

 covered with spongy looking pyroxene deposits. We met in 

 the mine Mr. Labounsky, a field worker for Professor J J. 

 Colony of Columbia University. Prof. Colony is working on 

 a report of the New York State Museum on the geology of the 

 Schunemunk quadrangle which will be of great interest to 

 hikers who like to know the geology of the park. 



While working on the Kittatiny Mountain section of the 



