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other salt marsh species occur both on the coast and in the in- 

 terior ; due perhaps to different former geographical conditions 

 with presence of masses of salt water in the interior. Such are 

 Clicnopodiuni Icptophylluin and Glaux niaritbna. 



President Brown exhibited a recent collection of Prabavcvia in 

 blossom. 



Attention was called to the address by Professor Underwood, 

 on the Kew Gardens, at the Museum of Natural History on April 

 13th. 



Professor Britton announced the return of l\Ir. S. Hcnshaw 

 from Porto Rico, bringing a very interesting collection of woods 

 used by the people of that island, soon to be made tlie subject of 

 an illustrated lecture before the Club. 



On motion of Dr. Underwood, seconded b}' Dr. Britton, it was 

 declared that the Club nominates E. S. Burgess as candidate for 

 the Newberry grant for tliis j^ear, for the furtherance of botanical 

 research. 



Adjournment followed. 



Wednesday Evening^ Atril 26, 1899 



]\Ieeting held in the large hall of the College of Pharmacy. 



President Brown In the chair; 60 present. 



A letter was read from Mr. C. L. Pollard, Secretary of tlie 

 Washington Botanical Club, offering entertainment to any of the 

 Torrey Club who will join in the Decoration Day excursion from 

 Georgetown, and who will notify him by May 20th. 



Two new members were elected to the Club : Mr. ^^'m. S, 

 Opdykc, 20 Nassau street, proposed by Dr. Rusby ; and Mr. 

 Andre Mali, 93 Willow street, Brooklyn, proposed by the 

 Secretary. 



The evening was devoted to an illustrated lecture by Mr. Cor- 

 nelius Van Brunt, on '^The Glaciers and Flowers of the Selkirks 

 and Rockies/' with numerous colored lantern slides. ]\Ir. Van 

 Brunt took up his narrative at Lake Louise, which he had just 

 reached in the similar lecture given to the Club the previous win- 

 ten About 60 new views were shown, colored by Mrs. Van 

 Brunt, exhibiting the glacier and rock surfaces with remarkable 

 distinctness, and with beautiful mountain meadows of pink and 



