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Dr. Britton exhibited a specimen of the base of a Horse Chest- 
nut tree, sculus Hippocastanum, obtained by Mr. Walter C. Kerr 
at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, and first described at a recent 
meeting of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island. 
The specimen showed a remarkable development of adventitious 
buds arising from the cambium, the wood having almost entirely 
decayed away. There are more than 100 of these buds on the 
specimen which is about one foot high and ten inches wide. 
The length of some of the shoots indicates that these buds have 
been forming for at least two years. 
Dr. Britton announced the death in Geneva, Switzerland, of M. 
Alphonse DeCandolle, an Honorary Member of the Club, and one 
of the most eminent botanists of the century. He alluded to M. 
DeCandolle’s invaluable scientific work and moved the appoint- 
ment of a committee to draw up a suitable minute for record in 
the proceedings of the Club and for transmission to his son, M. 
Casimir DeCandolle. The motion was seconded and carried. 
The Chairman appointed Dr. Britton and Dr. Rusby as such Com- 
mittee. 
Dr. Morong distributed copies of the circular of the Instruction 
Committee, giving the programme for the summer course in Bot- 
any carried on by the Committee in codperation with the College 
of Pharmacy of the City of New York. 
Turspay Eveninc, APRIL 25TH, 1893. 
Vice-President Morong in the chair and 43 persons present. 
The meeting was held on this evening instead of the following 
in order to give members of the Club opportunity to participate 
in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the monument to 
John James Audubon, at the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, which were conducted on Wednesday evening, April 26. 
Dr. Morong presented a report for the committee appointed to 
prepare a statement regarding the death of Mr. Thos. Hogg. This 
statement will be found upon another page of the BULLETIN. 
Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt presented the announced paper of 
the evening on “ Botany and Photography.” The paper reported 
the result of an extended series of experiments in photographing 
plants in flower, and was illustrated by a large number of lantern © : 
