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attributed to P. serotina being characteristic of the other tree; 
the leaf illustrating Crategus tomentosa is badly chosen and that 
taken for C. coccinea is hardly typical. — 
The book is written in a much more scientific vein than Mr. 
Newhall’s “ Trees of Northeastern North America,” and the cuts 
are superior to those in that work. The descriptive portion is 
prefaced by chapters on roots, stems and branches, leaves, flowers 
and fruit, the winter study of trees, the preparation of a collec- 
tion, figures used in description and a plan and models for tree 
description. 
The author has made a very serious mistake in using the 
nomenclature -of Gray’s Manual, rather than the principles 
adopted by Professor Sargent in his Silva and in Garden and 
Forest, and by the officials of the Forestry Division of the United 
States Department of Agriculture. There is no doubt that this 
will seriously limit the usefulness and circulation of his book. 
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Proceedings of the Club. 
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 26, 1892. 
Vice-President Allen in the chair and seventeen persons 
present. 
Mr. Wm. H. Smith, Miss Idalette Carpenter, Dr. Georgia 
A. Cassidy, Dr. Helen O’Connor and Mr. G. H. Van Wagenen 
were elected active members. ; 
The resignation of the Secretary, Mrs. M. O. Lebrun, was 
then read and accepted after some remarks by Dr. Morong, in 
which he expressed the appreciation of the entire club, of the long 
and efficient services rendered by Mrs. Lebrun as Secretary. 
Upon motion of Dr. Morong, a vote of thanks was unanimously 
extended to Mrs. Lebrun. Dr. Britton then moved that a com- 
mittee of two be appointed by the Chair to make arrangements 
for expressing in tangible form the feelings of the Club as ex- 
pressed in Dr. Morong’s motion. The motion was seconded and 
unanimously adopted, and Mrs. E. G. Britton and Dr. Emily L. 
Gregory were appointed such committee. 
Dr. Rusby was elected Secretary of the Club. : 
Dr. Morong, read the two announced papers of the evening 
