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express supervision — constitute a complete hand-book of 

 American Wild-Flower Club work, the perusal of which will 

 enable sympathizers everywhere to bring themselves without 

 further question or instruction abreast of the earliest estab- 

 lished clubs." 



''The national association A. W. F. C. is a union com- 

 posed of the various local clubs formed up to date. Its pur- 

 pose is to facilitate communication between local clubs, to 

 transact business beyond the range of their power or authority, 

 and to further such details of the A. W. F. C. work as can be 

 best furthered through extended combination. 



''Local clubs are entitled to admission to the association 

 under the following rules : 



"I. No admittance fee shall be charged by the association, 

 nor shall it exact any dues from, nor lay any assessment upon 

 either local clubs or members of the club-at-large. 



''2. A local club upon its organization must report 

 through its secretary to the association, giving list of officers 

 and members of the club, upon receipt of which report the 

 secretary of the association will in return forward a certificate 

 of membership for the club as a body, together with cards 

 and badges for each ofHcer and member. 



"3. A local club must consist of at least three members, 

 (a) But an}^ person can become a member of the club-at-large 

 by sending name and address to the secretary of the asso- 

 ciation. 



"4. In towns of less than three thousand population, not 

 more than one club can be formed simultaneously, (a) Mem- 

 bers of any local club seceding therefrom and forming a rival 

 local club will not be recognized by the association. 



"5. Local clubs dissolving their organization must return 

 certificate of membership and members' cards to the associa- 

 tion ; also badges of all such members unless such as may 

 elect to join the club-at-large. 



"6. A local club will be regarded as in full membership 

 so long as a quarterly report is received from the secretary. 

 Failure so to report will be followed by a suspension from the 

 privileges of the association until such failure is made good, 

 (a) All matter embodied in local club reports will become 

 the property of the association, which reserves the right to 

 publish it or any portion of it, either in its official organ, or 



