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Proceedings of the Club. 
Turespay Eveninc, APRIL 9TH, 1894. 
Vice President Lighthope presided and there were 27 persons 
present. 
The following persons were elected active members: Miss 
Alice M. Isaacs, Prof. E. S. Burgess, Miss Francis M. Chapin, Mr. 
John Dallas, Mr. Carl D. Schaeffer, Miss Adelaide Porter, Miss S. 
LeB. Drumm, Mr. Wm. C. Alpers, Miss Helen Parish, Miss Mabel 
Choate and Mrs. Hamilton Kean. 
Mr. Small, for the committee appointed to draft resolutions 
upon the death of Mr. Redfield, presented a report and submitted 
resolutions. The report was accepted and the resolutions adopted. 
[The resolutions were printed with Mr. Canby’s biographical 
sketch of Mr. Redfield in the April BuLLETIN. | 
The announced paper of the evening, entitled “ Vallsneria 
Spirals,” was then read by Miss Effie A. Southworth. The paper 
consisted of an exhaustive review of the literature of this subject, 
some contradictory statements by different authors being con- 
trasted, followed by an account of the work which had been done 
by Miss Southworth looking toward an explanation of such dis- 
crepancies, and the contribution of additional facts to our knowl- 
edge of this plant. 
WepbnesDAy Eveninc, Aprit 24TH, 1895. 
Vice-President Allen in the chair and 29 persons present. 
Mr. John G. Block and Mr. John H. Stottler were elected 
active members. 
Dr. Britton exhibited specimens of last year’s growth of Conopho- 
lis Americana, found by Mr. Stottler on Staten Island, where it was 
apparently parasitical on an oak. He stated that several hundred 
plants were growing in this locality, comprising a patch about 10 
feet square. Mr. Lighthipe reported two collections of this plant 
in the vicinity of Woodbridge, N. J., and was able to state that in 
one of the places there were only a few isolated plants. Dr. 
Rusby had collected the plant a number of times, but had always 
