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lution expressing their opinion that land should be set aside in 

 one of the new parks for the purposes of a Botanic Garden if at 

 any time within two years a sufficient sum could be raised as an 

 endowment fund. One million dollars had been considered the 

 minimum sum necessary for this purpose. The Committee had 

 decided to attempt to raise this money by a popular subscription. 

 Dr. Britton exhibited a new species of Sejiccio, collected by 

 Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Hall in the Yellowstone National Park, which 



he proposed to describe as vS. Hallii. 



A paper by Prof L. H. Bailey on ** Studies of Types of va- 

 rious Species of the Geniis Carex/' accepted for publication m 

 the Memoirs, was read by title. 



The adjourned meeting was held on Wednesday evening, 

 February 27, the President in the Chair and 11 persons present. 



Mr. HoUick read the announced paper of the evening on 

 ** Recent Additions to the Flora of Richmond County/' This 

 communication adds 36 to the published lists of Staten Island 

 plants, which now include 1,287 species and varieties. 



Mr. E. S. Miller exhibited several species of the smaller Cac- 

 taceai of Texas and Mexico, a large number of which he is now 

 successfully cultivating, together with a number of other green- 

 house plants from Floral Park, New York. He also stated that 

 he had been informed on good authority that Magnolia glauca, 

 grew not many years ago in the swamps near New Utrecht 

 Long Island, and suggested that members botanizing in that dis- 

 trict the coming spring should look closely for it. 



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Jersey, by Mr. J 



'nops sent from May 



also specimens from the same locality of w^hat appears to be a 

 two-leaved form of the Pitch Pine, Pinus rigida. He stated that 

 Dn Peters reports that this latter form is abundant in certain lo- 

 calities, and very distinct in general appearance from either P. 

 imps or the common P. rigida. The cone is, however, quite that 

 of certain forms of P. rigida. Further observations are necessary 

 to determine the real status of the trees in question. 



