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Tuckcrman family. These include descriptions of many of the 

 plants of eastern [Massachusetts, written 1787-1804. 



Dn Britton made announcement of receiving at the N. Y. 

 Botanical Garden a remarkable small-flowered form apparently of 

 Syndcsmoii tlialictroidcs Avith the flowers pink within and without, 



which is now planted. 



The regular program of the evening consisted of an address 

 by Mr. Samuel Henshaw, ''Notes on the Flora of Porto Rico," 

 giving an account of the people, customs, climate, and present 



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conditions of that island. He exhibited numerous specimens of 

 Porto Rican utensils and articles of household use of vegetable 

 manufacture, including many applications of the calabash gourd, 

 from spoons to chopping-bowls, many ways of using palm leaves, 

 etc., etc. He referred to the immense growths of Bougainvillca, 

 of Crotons in the open sun, of Foiircroya^ Lanfana, etc. He 

 showed many photographs, portions of large tree-fern and bamboo 

 trunks, a tall wooden mortar and dumbbell-shaped wooden pestle, 

 musical instruments made from gourds and other sources. 

 Orchids were few, the reports of their occurrence proving to be 

 founded chiefly on Aroids and Tradescantias. By one coming 

 from the North the most singular sensation is experienced on find- 

 ing every common weed under foot to be what would have been a 



greenhouse plant at home. 



After examination of specimens, the Club was adjourned. 



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Wedxesdav Evening, May 31, 1899 



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Twenty-four present. Dr. Underwood presided in absence of 



officers. 



On the part of the committee on nature study, Miss Sanial de- 

 scribed briefly the use of plant material in the vacation schools of 

 New York City, and the need of donations of fresh flowers and 

 other natural objects. Many of the children have never seen any 

 wild flowers whatever. Any one who writes to the Board of Edu- 

 cation, labelling the communication ** For Vacation Schools," will 

 receive the necessary blanks for forwarding. 



Dr. Arthur HoUick's paper, *' A Comparison between Geolog- 

 ical Sequence and Biological Development in the Vegetable King- 

 dom/' was to have been illustrated by lantern-slides, but was de- 



