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Proceedings of the Club. 
At the meeting held December 14th, there were twenty-four 
persons present, and Vice-President Hogg presided. Miss E. 
Cannon and Mrs. J. Osborne Wright were elected active mem- 
bers, and Mrs. Catharine Starbuck and Mrs. Charlotte C. Pearson, 
corresponding members. 
_ An amendment to Article III. of the Constitution was made, 
substituting for ““An Associate Editor,” the words ‘ Associate 
“Editors, not to exceed five in number.” 
P. H. Dudley exhibited a fine specimen of Polyporus giganteus, 
which was obtained by Dr. Draper, November, 1886, from an 
apple tree at Hastings-on-the-Hudson. It was 14 inches long, 8 
inches wide, and weighed 5 pounds when collected. Dr. C. F. 
Millspaugh presented a fine plate and specimens of Euphorbia 
Nicensis, Allioni, collected at Vestal, Broome County, N. Y., 
on the Susquehanna, where it is abundant and attains a greater 
size than it does on the shores of the Mediterranean. It adds a 
_ new plant to the Flora of the United States. A note was 
received from Prof. T. C. Porter, accompanying specimens of 
Fussiea acuminata, Sw., and Sponia micrantha, DC., collected by 
Dr. Garber in Florida. 
Mr. Hollick read the paper announced on “ Cerastittm 
arvense, L., and its Varieties,” illustrated by specimens. 
Mr. Bisky reported and exhibited twenty-one plants new to 
the Flora of Long Island. Dr. Britton read a communication 
from C. E. Smith on a method of drying and poisoning plants in. 
order to preserve their color. Samples of the felt used and photo- 
graphs of the presses were shown, as well as mounted sheets of 
Baptisia tinctoria, Linaria vulgaris, and other black-drying 
plants with their colors preserved. He also remarked that on 
Pp. 416 of Vol. III. of Hemsley’s Botany of Central. America, it is 
stated that no definite station for Typha is known in Mexico; 
he exhibited specimens of 7; Ipha latifolia, L., No, 1,880 of 
‘Miller, from Orizava, collected in swamps along the Rio Blanco. 
