﻿166 Proceedings of the Club 



Annual Meeting, January i'o, 1898. 



President Rusby presided, and there were 22 persons present. 



The favorable report of the committee to consider an amend- 

 ment to the Constitution followed. The Secretary announced the 

 change proposed, viz. to substitute " seven " for " five " in line 4 of 

 Article 3 of the Constitution ; thus increasing the number of asso- 

 ciate editors from five to seven. 



The annual reports of the officers and of the standing com- 

 mittees were tendered as follows : 



The Treasurer, Mr. Ogden, reported a cash balance on hand 

 of $1 16.93 in the general fund and $532.28 in the Buchanan fund. 



The Recording Secretary, Prof. Burgess, reported an average 

 attendance of 35 at the 15 meetings held during the year, one 

 death, a present active membership of 213, corresponding mem- 

 bership 153, honorary membership 4, total 370. The 30 scienti- 

 fic papers presented have included many taxonomic subjects, and 



topics. 



The Editor, Dr. Britton, reported the regular monthly publica- 

 tion of the Bulletin, including 592 pages, 33 plates and one por- 

 trait; and the publication of Vol. 6, No. 2 of the Memoirs, con- 

 taining 80 pages ; issued July 30, 1897. The Editor also reported 

 a cash balance remaining to the credit of the Bulletin. 



The Curator, Miss Ingersoll, reported valuable additions to the 

 herbarium from Ulster county, and exhibited a completed list of 



desiderata prepared in accordance with the resolution of the Club 

 - r T anuary 12, 1897. 



Dr. Small reported for the field Committee, that field meetings 



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and also on election day ; 29 excursions in all. These were 

 usually half-day excursions, with four for the whole day, and four 

 of two days each. They have extended into the neighboring main- 



Jersey 



land of New York, into Long Island, Staten ««_, ww ,_ 

 and Pennsylvania. The average attendance upon the excursions 

 was about 16, and the average number of plants specially recorded 



Dr. Rusby. in behalf of the Committee on Program, announced 



