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Dr. A. H. Graves reported that Japanese chestnuts were 

 fruiting freely on Long Island and showed burs of these con- 

 taining chestnuts. 



Dr. F. T. McLean reported that Dr. Rusby found young 

 fruiting chestnut trees on his farm at Pequonnock. 



Dr. R. A. Harper told about the destruction of lawns and 

 of seedlings of Azaleas and Crepe Myrtles by growths of 

 Myxomycetes smothering the plants. 



Mr. Alfred T. Beals also reported on similar action of 

 Myxom^xetes in seed beds and lawns. 



Dr. C. S. Gager told about his visit to the Botanical Gardens 

 in Berne, Padua and Pisa and of the contrasts of the botanical 

 gardens of Italy with those of England. The Italian gardens 

 exist for the plants. In them there are a great many kinds of 

 plants very well grown but with very little thought to orna- 

 mental effects. The English Botanical Gardens, on the other 

 hand, emphasize the ornamental display of their plants and 

 they use fewer kinds. Thus the plants exist in the English 

 Botanical Garden for the gardens. 



Mr. G. T. Hastings reported on his observations of ferns 

 and wild life during his summer vacation in Pennsylvania. 



Dr. T. Hazen told about his visit to the Hopkins Marine 

 Laboratories of Leland Stanford University in California where 

 he collected Kelps 60 feet long. He also showed samples of 

 algae which grow in salt brine. Some of these cause the develop- 

 ment of red color in commercial salt, the red algae being able 

 to live even in the dry salt crystals. One of these organisms 

 causes a sweetish odor in the red colored salt. He also observed 

 the little red organisms causing the phenomenon of red snow. 

 In contrast with this he found other algae growing in Hot 

 Springs where the temperature was too high to bear the hand 

 comfortably. 



Mr. Beals gave a good detailed report of his finding the 

 interesting purple fringed orchis in Northern New Hampshire. 

 He also made mention of a trip to White Bog, New Jersey 

 where he saw some of the large varieties of blueberries developed 

 by Miss White and Mr. Coville. 



The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 for refreshments which 

 were served by Mrs. Hastings. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Form AN T. McLean 

 Secretary 



