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A communication was received from the Secretary of the Coun- 
cil of the Scientific Alliance, announcing the opinion of the Coun- 
cil that it would be advantageous for the secretaries of the socie- 
ties forming the Alliance to transmit abstracts of the proceedings 
for publication in Science. Upon motion of Dr. Allen, it was 
unanimously resolved that the Club concur in the above opinion. 
Dr. ‘I’. F. Allen reported a visit to the islands lying near Lands 
End, and spoke of the peculiarly equable climate, and its effects 
upon the flora and productions. He had found Hooker's British 
Flora an unsatisfactory book for field work. 
Mr. Lighthipe spoke of his observations in the pine barrens, 
especially with reference to Schizaea and Chrysopsts. 
Dr. Small exhibited a map upon the blackboard, indicating his 
travels in Georgia in securing a forestry exhibit for the Atlanta 
€xposition. He also briefly described the form of the exhibit, 
which was in duplicate. He promised a farther report at a subse- 
quent meeting. 
Dr. Britton announced collecting Panicum colonum L., a tropi- 
cal species related to P. Crus-galli, in Virginia, and the discovery of 
a large patch of P. verrucosum on Staten Island by Mr. Tyler. He 
also announced that the organization and actual commencement 
of work on the New York Botanical Garden had taken piace. 
Brief remarks were also made by Miss Ingersoll and Messrs. 
Tyler, Van Brunt and Van Sickle. Mr. Van Sickle referred par- 
ticularly to the occurrence of the Russian Thistle in northern 
Jersey and of Azolla Caroliniana at Passaic. 
The President reported upon his observations upon the western 
slope of the Catskills, a few miles from the locality of the old 
Mountain House, speaking particularly of a white flowered form 
of Impatiens aurea. He brought a number of sets of some of his 
More interesting collections which were distributed among the 
members. 
