Proceedings of the Club 



Wednesday Evening, November 28, 1900 



« 



President Brown in the chair. Eleven persons present. 

 The following active members were elected : 

 iker, Williamsport, Pa.; Dr. Wm. Lamson, 50 ] 



Mr. Howard J 



New York City; Mr. Roland K. Brown, 320 Broadway, New 

 York City; Mr. R. S. Williams, New York Botanical Garden, 



New York City. 



M 



H 



Blodgett, on " The Seed and Seedling of Lilium tenuifoliwn 

 Fisch." in which the seed characters were presented in detail and 

 with comparison with those of Erythronium. Interesting differ- 

 ences were found in the size of the Lilium seeds, about 93 % of 

 which germinated, the small seeds as quickly as the larger though 

 with less vigorous subsequent growth. 



Tuesday Evening, December ii, 1900 



This meeting was held at 4 P. M. at the Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, and was preceded by a visit to the conservatories and 

 grounds under the guidance of Dr. Britton. Dr. Rusby was in 

 the chair and 39 persons were present; Prof. F. E. Lloyd acted 

 as Secretary pro tern. 



The committee on program was authorized to announce one 

 meeting of the Club monthly, to be held at the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden each month at 4 P. M. 



The committee appointed November 28th to consider a pro- 

 posed change in the Constitution relative to distribution of me- 

 moirs recommended the proposed change. 



The program included a brief address by Prof. Charles E. 

 Bessey, explanations by Dr. Britton of the plan of the Garden 



M. Vail 



Mr. J 



of the Cucurbitaceae." M 



Library 



a 



Embryology 



esting series of specimens and photographs of plants from Georgia 



132 



