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OFFICERS FOR 1896. 
President, Hon. Addison Brown; Vice-Presidents, T. F. Allen, 
M. D., L. H. Lighthipe ; Recording Secretary, Henry H. Rusby, 
M. D., College of Pharmacy, New York City; Corresponding . 
Secretary, John K. Small, Columbia College, New York City; 
Treasurer, Henry Ogden, 11 Pine street, New York City; Editor, 
N. L. Britton, Ph. D., Columbia College, New York City; Asso- 
ciate Editors, Emily L. Gregory, Ph. D., Arthur Hollick, Ph. B., 
Anna Murray Vail, Byron D. Halsted, Sc. D., A. A. Heller; 
Curator, Miss Helen Ingersoll; Librarian, Wm. E. Wheelock, 
M. D. 
The announced paper of the evening on “The Anatomy of 
the Leaf of Solidago pauciflosculosa,’ by Miss Alice M. Isaacs 
and Miss Marian Satterlee, was then read by Miss Isaacs. The 
paper was illustrated by colored charts and specimens, and was 
discussed by the President, Dr. Gregory, Dr. Britton, Prof. Bur- 
gess and others. It will be printed in a subsequent issue of the 
BULLETIN. 
Dr. Rusby remarked on cases of poisoning of horses, appa- 
rently by fungi growing upon golden rods. 
Among the visitors present were Dr. D. Morris, the assistant 
director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, and Mr. E. P. Sheldon, of 
the University of Minnesota, both of whom, in response to invi- 
tations, favored the Club with interesting remarks. 
Mrs. Britton exhibited a copy of the recent work by Prof. 
Douglas H. Campbell on Ferns and Mosses, and spoke in praise 
of the book. 
Index to recent Literature relating to American Botany. 
Ashe, W. W. Notes on the Sumacs. Bot. Gaz. 20: 548, 549 A/. : 
37- 16D. 1895. 
Rhus Caroliniana sp. nov. its 
Aubert, A.B. Diatomées du Mont Ktaadn. (Katahdin. Lee ie 
2: 211. S.—D. 1895. . 
Bailey, W..W. Compound leaves in Rubus odoratus. 
Bull. Torr. . 
Bot. Club, 22: 471. ae ead a 
