Ill 



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spect it is perhaps no worse than the recent edition of its^ rival 

 manual. Giving, as it does, so large a number of the cultivated 

 plants, with such simple and correct keys to all the species and 

 orders, and extending over the whole eastern United States, it 

 is to-day the most useful school book of its kind in the market. 



N. L. B. 



Urcdinc(E—On the Hypophyllous, Epiphyllous, or Amphigcnons 



Habits of. H. J. Webber. (Am. Nat. xxiii. 911-912). 

 UredinecE—Peadiar. H.J.Webber. (Am. Nat. xxiv. 178-180 



pi. vii). 



The author here describes and figures abnormalities in the 



spores of Piicciniafaccida, P. Prcnanthis, P. Sporoboli, P. Tana- 



Jonesii, P. nigresccns and Uropyx 



ostcnioms. 



Vibtirnmn piibcsccns. (Garden and Forest, iii. 124 f. 26). 



Zephyr Flotvers. (Garden, xxxvii. i 54-155- pl- 740 and fig). 

 A colored plate oi Zcphyranthcs Candida and figure ofZ. At 



amasco are given. 



Proceedings of the Club. 



The regular meeting was held at Columbia College, Tuesday 



S"'"' "'^•-'-"•t> 



evening, March 1 1, 1890, the President in the Chair and seventeen 

 persons present. Dr. Britton was elected Secretary pro tem- 

 pore. 



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to contribute towards the establishment of a botanical gar- 

 den in Bronx Park, and to further the project in other directions. 

 The subject was remarked upon at length by Dr. Newberry and 

 Judge Brown. 



Judge Brown announced the death of Professor Joseph 

 Schrenk, an active member of the Club, which occurred on the 

 morning of March 10, after an illness of several weeks. He re- 

 marked on Professor Schrenk's valuable and extended work in 

 Botany and Pharmacy, and his long-continued services to the 

 Club and other institutions. Remarks were also made by Dr. 

 Newberry and the following resolutions were unanimously 



adopted : . 



