Proceedings of the Club SSO' 



Reports of the Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding 

 Secretary, Editor, Curator and Librarian. 



Reports of the Committees on Admissions, on Finance, on 

 Herbarium, on Phanerogamic Local Flora, on Cryptogamic Local 

 Flora, on Field Excursions, on Program and on ^^Icmbcrship. 



The Treasurer, Mr. Delafield, reported the Buchanan fund un- 

 changed, and a balance of $44- 4*"^ on hand in the general fund. 



The Recording Secretary, Professor Burgess, reported an aver- 

 age attendance of 39 at the 15 meetings held during the year, 

 one death, a present active membership of 193, corresponding 

 membership 140, honorary membership 3, total 336. The 27 

 scientific papers presented include 20 authors, among those non- 

 resident being Dr. Radlkofcr, of Munich, and Casimir De Candollc. 

 About 30 new species have been described. Among the papers 

 six related to cryptogams, two were on the nucleus, two were 

 accompanied by lantern views and two by exhibitions of photo- 

 graphs ; six were followed by symposia for which general discus- 

 sions had been prepared. Special reports of collections and of 

 botanical progress numbered 42. Two collations had marked 

 the year's history, one tendered to the Club on March 8th, by the 

 Teachers College, and one tendered by the Club to visiting 

 botanists, especially to members of the Society of Plant Morphol- 

 ogy, at Columbia University, December 29th. 



The editor. Prof. Underwood, reported the regular monthly 

 issue of the Bulletin, including 640 pages and 29 plates, with a 

 balance to the credit of the Bulletin. Slight changes in the 

 Bulletin include the introduction of author and subject head- 

 lines, the arrangement of matter to begin each new article with a 

 new page, and the use of improved plates. By discontinuing book 

 reviews and miscellaneous notes, more space has been gained for 

 articles. The number of pages is itself fifty in excess of those of 

 the preceding year. New numbers of the 

 tion. An endowment fund is greatly desired, by which secure 

 provision may be made for prompt publication and superior illus- 

 tration of American botanical researches. 



The report of the Field Committee, through its Chairman, Mr. 

 W. A. Bastedo, enumerated thirty-six field meetings, all held in 

 cooperation with the Brooklyn Institute ; three of these were 



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