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last spring for the best set of plants collected within one hundred 
miles of New York during the summer, had been awarded to 
Miss Vail. = 
Dr. Britton remarked upon the Polemonium which Mr. Van 
Brunt and Dr. Rusby had found in the Catskills, and hithe 0 
supposed to be the Polemonium cwruleum of Europe. Aft et 
comparison of complete plants from both countries, he has de 
cided that the North American one must rank as a new species, and 
gives it thename of Polemonium Van Bruntiez, in honor of Mr 3 
Van Brunt. The East American plant differs from the European 
one, especially in having horizontal root stocks and exserted 
stamens. 4 
The species has been reported from Herkimer, Delaware, 
Scoharie, Ulster, Chenango and Tioga Counties, in New York 
State. 
MEETING OF DECEMBER 30TH, 1891. 
Mr. Hogg in the chair and twenty-three persons present. _ 
Miss Delia W. Marble and Mr. Robert Demcker were electe ; 
active members. : 
The paper of the evening, “Friendly Bacteria,” was thet 
given by Prof. Herbert W. Conn, of the Wesleyan University. 
ANNUAL MEETING, JAN. 12, 1892. 
The President in the Chair and twenty-three persons present 
Reports of officers for the past year were read and accepted. 
The following officers were elected for the year 1892: Pr i 
dent, Hon, Addison Brown; Treasurer, Henry Ogden ; Record 
ing Secretary, Maria O. Sinaia Corresponding Secretary, E. P 
Bicknell ; Librarian, Maturin L. Delafield, Jr.; Curator, Josephin 
E. Rasen. Editor, N.L. Britton; Associate Editors, Emily L 
Gregory, Anna M. Vail, C. eri Kain, Henry H. Rusby, 
thur Hollick. 
The election of Vice-President was deferred until the fi 
February meeting. 
The announced paper of the evening was read by Mr. Joh 
K. Small on “ The Flora of Western North Carolina and contig 
uous territory,” copiously illustrated by specimens. 
