Society News 
January meeting 
The January meeting was held at the Planting Fields 
Arboretum. It was a rather informal affair with tours of 
the greenhouses including the desert-cactus house, two 
orchid houses, palm house, and begonia house. Carol 
Johnston gave a slide show about Shu Swamp.' ’ 
February meeting 
Tropical Night was hosted by Margaret Conover. 
Speakers were Lois Lindberg and Skip Blanchard who 
each showed slides from the LIBS trip to Costa Rica in 
January, Charles Jansen who presented slides of his 
studies on Monkeys in Argentina and Steve Clemants 
who presented slides from several trips to South 
American and Mexico. Margaret purchased various 
tropical ftiits for all to partake. 
It was announced at this meeting that Steve Young 
at the New York Natural Heritage Program is no longer 
being funded by New York State. For the time being 
he is being funded by grants. 
The Nominating Committee is being chaired by 
Betty Lotowycz. If you want to nominate someone 
please contact Betty. 
L.I. Naturalists Meetihg \ - 
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Glenn Richard announced at the ' Feb. meeting that 
there will be amceting^oFthe L,I. Naturalists on 
Tuesday, March, .16, 9, arn^at The Environmental 
Centers (rfSetauket-Smithtown (ECSS). . ^ 
The L.I. Naturalists 'is a loosely organized group of 
people who are involved in natural science education. 
They meet twice a year at various locations and share 
information with each other. There is no official 
membership or leadership of the group. If you are 
interested contact Glenn Richard at 516-632-8230 (w). 
New Field Trip Charman 
Glenn Richard is the new LIBS field trip 
chairman. Glenn is Director of Education at the 
Museum of LX Natural Sciences, SUNY at Stony 
Brook Anyone interested in leading a field trip during 
the 1993 season, please call Glenn at 516-632-8230 (w). 
Spring Field Trip ' 
Tentative events include a joint photographic 
workshop with the Sierra Club in May, and trips to 
Caleb Smith State Park to inventory the flora together 
with the Flora Committee. 
Orchid Talk 
LIBS member and photographer Sherman Wolfson 
will present a program on "Local Wild Orchids" on 
Saturday, March 27, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, for the South 
Fork Natural History Society, at an East Hampton 
location. For more information call Carol Crasson at 
516-267-7944. 
Programs 
9 March 1993 - Moreno and Dorothy Tagliapietra- 
Cherbavaz will present a slide show titled "The orchids 
of LX and northeastern U.S.", at the Uplands Farm 
Nature Center, Cold Spring Harbor. The speakers have 
published their photos in a number of places, and the 
photos have won awards at orchid shows. They are 
active in the Greater New York Orchid Society, and are 
planning a book on the Orchids of New York State. 
13 April 1993 - Paul Teese will present a talk on the 
"Evolution of a Photosynthetic Pathway". This talk will 
be about his research on the evolution of a C3-C4 
intermediate photosynthetic pathway in a tropical 
Asteraceae. The talk will be at the Museum of LX. 
Natural Sciences, E.S.S. Bldg., SUNY at Stony Brook. 
11 May 1993 ■ Barbara Bentley will present a talk on 
the Ecology of Lupine. This will be held at the 
Museum of LX Natural Sciences. E.S.S. Bldg., SUNY 
at Stony Brook. 
June ■ Skip Blanchard has tentatively agreed to talk on 
Costa Rica. 
Treasurer's Report 
Carol Johnston has submitted a treasurer's report 
fonn 1992. An abbreviated version follows. Anyone 
interested in more info should contact Carol. 
Long Island Botanical Society, hie. 
Treasurer's Report 
December 31, 1992 
Opening balance $1,877.43 
Income total $1,980.00 
Expenses total $1,050.14 
Net gain 5 929.86 
Liabilities (outstanding bills) - 0 ■ 
Ending balance $2,807.29 
Long Island March - April 1993 Page 17 
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