Jossklyn Botanical Society 



Plant Lore— Mrs. M. P. Salsman, Mr. H. K. Morrell, 

 Mrs. H. K. Morrell. 



Bryophytes—Vroi. J. F. Collins, Mr. Edward B. Cham- 

 berlain. 



Alg<z—Mr. F. S. Collins. 



Fungi — Mr. P. L. Ricker. 



On motion, voted: That the report of the Nominating 

 Committee be accepted. 



On motion, voted: That Miss Mansfield be empowered to 

 cast the ballot of the Society for the officers as reported. 



On balloting, the officers as read were • declared to be 

 unanimously elected. 



Discussion followed as to the place of the next meeting. 

 Mr. Chamberlain spoke of the advantages to be had in the 

 holding of the next meeting either in or near Portland. Dr. 

 Fellows advised that the meeting be held at Peak's Island. 

 Mr. Chamberlain also spoke of the excursions possible in this 

 region, and offered to serve as a guide to the Society. Dr. 

 Fellows and Mr. Stubbs also spoke in favor of Portland, and 

 offered their services as guides or on the committee of arrange- 

 ments. There was much favorable comment on the selection 

 of Portland from the members present. 



A request for the expression of preference as to the time 

 of meeting resulted in a decided preference for the early part 

 of July. 



The President appointed the following Committee on 

 Resolutions: Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Knight, Miss Coburn. 



On motion, adjourned until 8.00 P. M., August 7th. 



Friday, August 7th, weather foggy and wet. At work 

 "around home" in the morning. At eleven o'clock the mem- 

 bers boarded the steamer for Seal Harbor, and from this place 

 they were conveyed by carriages to the Jordan Pond House, 

 where an excellent dinner was served, after which one party 

 ascended Sargent Mountain and another party climbed to the 

 top of Jordan Mountain in fog and raiu. On Sargent Moun- 

 tain were found Potentilla fruticosa, L,., Arenaria grcenlandua j 

 Spreng., etc. (See list.) On the rocky hills along Jordan 

 Brook Polypodium vulgare, L,., and Aspidium marginale (L.), 

 Sw., were abundant, and here, also, was the only plant 

 of Polystichum achrostichoides (Michx.), Schott., seen on the 



