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Bartlett an interesting collection of living plants from Green- 
land, collected during the Norcross-Bartlett Expedition last 
summer. 
Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 for refreshments in the Bird 
Hall by the Refreshment Committee and there Mr. Elwert had 
a most instructive exhibit from the Pine Barrens which he 
collected this summer at Toms River. 
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AN T. McLEAN 
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NEWS NOTES 
AN AMENDMENT to the constitution of New York, passed 
this November, has for its purpose the reforesting of much of 
this abandoned land, both in the state parks and outside them. 
Much is being done at present in this regard, approximately 
38,000,000 trees having been planted in 1931. Of these about 
half were planted on state land, 7,000,000 were planted by 
counties, 8,000,000 by individual land owners and the remainder 
by various clubs and organizations. 
Tuer SAVE-THE-REDWoops LEAGUE reports that the purchase 
of the Del Norte Coast State Park has been completed. About 
2,500 acres has been secured at a cost of over $400,000. More 
than 1,000 acres of redwoods have been secured in other tracts 
through the activities of the league and work is being continued 
to secure other stands along the Redwood Highway. All these 
forests will be maintained in their natural state. 
AT THE END of December a party sailed from Boston under 
the leadership of Dr. Ralph W. Chaney to search in the jungles 
of South and Central America for plants similar to those known 
in fossil form from the Eocene deposits in California and Ore- 
gon. A reconnaissance trip to Central America by Dr. Chaney 
last year made it seem probable that such plants will be found 
in considerable numbers. 
GRowunp was broken on November 9 for the Division of Plant 
Pathology at the Princeton branch of the Rockefeller Institute 
for Medical Research. The new buildings will consist of a labo- 
ratory, eight green house units and a potting shed. Dr. Louis O. 
