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Biological Section at Toronto ; Professor Bessey was elected 



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President /r^' tern, and Professor Arthur, Secretary. 



Tuesday, September 3d. 



The Club met in the room of the Section of Biology, the 

 President in the chair, Professor Arthur, Secretary. 



The Secretary stated that on account of necessary expendi- 

 tures for postage and stationery, a debt of about four dollars had 

 been incurred; this was at once liquidated by voluntary sub- 

 scriptions and the announcement made of a gratifying surplus. 



Remarks were made by several members as to the desirabil- 

 ity of a permanent record of the minutes of the Club, and the 

 Secretary was requested to cause such record to be made in the 

 book already provided for the purpose. 



The Committee on nomination of officers for the next meet- 

 ing, consisting of Hon. David F. Day, Prof C. E. Bessey and 

 Mr. F. V. Coville, reported as follows : President, Dr. N. L. 

 Britton, of New York ; Vice President, Prof F. L. Scribner, of 



Madison 



The nominees were unanimously elected. 



The committee appointed to consider Mr. Coville's report on 

 the condition of botanical work at Washington, reported as 

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ws : 



Having been informed of the action and encouraging work of the Botanical 

 Division of the United States Department of Agriculture, we take great pleasure 

 in expressing our high appreciation of the important work already accomplished 

 and in the extensive undertakings in progress. The recognition by Congress of 

 the importance of this botanical work, manifested by liberal appropriations of 

 money, make possible, for the first time in America, adequate scientific and prac- 



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which the wealth of the country so largely depends, and in which is centered the 

 highest educational and aesthetic interests. 



We heartily commend the management of the Botanical Division and the Sec- 

 tion of Vegetable Pathology, by those now in charge, and cheerfully express our 

 readiness to aid them in any and every possible way. 



T. J. BURRILL, 



David F. Day, 



Coininittce, 



The report was unanimously accepted, and adopted as the 

 expression of the Club. 



The committee appointed to draft resolutions expressing the 

 appreciation by the Club of the botanical explorations now being 



