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Proceedings of the Club. 



Tuesday Evening, October ii, 1896. 



There were thirty-one members present. President Brown in 



the chair. 



One nomination for corresponding membership was reported by 

 Dr. H. H. Rusby, of Dr. Manuel Gomez de la Mazo, University 



of Havana, Havana, Cuba. 



The evening was devoted to informal reports of summer obser- 

 vations and experiences. The Secretary spoke of collections in the 



Asfer phlogifoli 



White Mountains, and on the Massachusetts Co; 

 Erie. He reported the discovery of a locality for 

 in fine typical development at Pelham Manor, adjoining New York 



. City. 



Dr. Britton spoke of the progress made at the Botanical Gar- 

 den, especially in the advancement of the museum building, and 

 reported the prosperous condition of the herbaceous grounds, now 

 with over 2,700 species, a mass of bloom during the season. One 



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esting questions of specific identity are being confirmed by cultiva- 

 tion at the garden, as in case of Pote^itilla piimila. 



Dr. Britton also announced the forthcoming scientific expedi- 

 tion to Porto Rico, Mr. A. A. Heller going as botanist under the 

 auspices of the New York Botanical Garden through the liberality 

 of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt. 



Dr. Underwood reported collections in the forests of Thuringen 

 and examination of fern types at Berlin and Kew. He referred to the 

 excellent preservation of the plants of Willdenow at Berhn, and to 

 the strength of the Berlin herbarium, enriched among the ferns 

 by the annotations of Prantl, the collections of 

 milian Kuhn, and the Hawaiian herbarium of Hildebrand. Dr. 

 Underwood described the botanical garden laid out by Profes- 

 sor Engler in Berlin, exhibiting modern ideas of geographic dis- 

 tribution. He also spent some weeks at Kew. 



Dr. Rusby reported a summer spent largely in procuring ma- 

 terial for the study of drugs in powdered condition. Drugs now 



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