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Proceedings of the Club, 



The regular meeting was held Tuesday, April 8th, at Columbia 

 College, the President in the chair and 23 persons present. 



Mr. R. W. Gardner was elected an active member. 



The death of Dr. Geo. Thurber, an ex-President of the Club, 

 was announced. 



Dr, Britton showed Ranunculus hederacciis collected by Rev. 



Arthur Waghorne in Newfoundland, this being a new station for 



the plant, hitherto known as North American only from Vir- 

 ginia. 



Dr. Rusby spoke of the desirability of the Club directing 

 some instructive work in Botany. The matter was referred to a 

 committee of five. ''The Charace?e/' by T. F. Allen, M.D., the 

 lecture announced for the evening, then followed. 



The second April meeting was held on Wednesday evening, 

 at Columbia College, the President in the chair and 32 persons 

 present. 



Mrs. Gen. Lewis Fitzgerald, Mr. Henry Kraemcr and Mrs. 

 J. L. Lewis were elected active members. 



The Chairman of the Committee on Instruction reported 

 favorably and recommended that a permanent Committee on 

 Instruction be appohited ; that the present season*s course consist 

 of ten afternoon Lectures given at the College of Pliarmacy, 

 alternating with ten Saturday excursions, the whole course to 

 terminate about July 1st, and that the fee for each member of 

 the class shall be five dollars. The President appointed on such 

 committee, H. H. Rusby, J. S. Newberry, Emily L. Gregory, 

 Wm. E. Wheelock, Elizabeth G. Britton, Henry Kracnicr and 

 Arthur Rollick, 



The Committee on Botanic Garden reported progress and on 

 motion was enlarged to eleven members. 



Prof. Porter delivered the lecture of the evening, entitled '*A 

 Memoir of Linnxus." 



Report of Field Committee for the Year 18S9. 



In presenting this report I am obliged to announce the great 

 difficulties which your committee has experienced on account of 

 the excessively stormy season. Many of our meetings have been 



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