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in book form, (b) But this shall not debar local clubs from 

 furnishing the same matter to the press of their various com- 

 munities ; Provided, that it be not given the local press in ad- 

 vance of its forwarding to the association. 



"7. Local clubs will be expected to discharge all indebt- 

 edness promptly. Neglect to comply with these rules, will, 

 on complaint to the association, be visited by suspension un- 

 til the obligation is discharged. A club which after having 

 been suspended, shall be a second time guilty of this offense 

 will be dismissed from the association. 



^'8. Differences occurring among members of local clubs 

 should, so far as possible, be adjusted by the club itself. But 

 should points arise upon which a settlement cannot be had, 

 they may be referred to the association, whose decision in the 

 case will be regarded as final. 



"9. Every local club is at liberty to make any by-laws, 

 or formulate any regulations for its government that it may 

 see fit, provided that such local rules do not conflict with the 

 rules of the association. 



" 10. On and after June ist, 1890, no rule of the associa- 

 tion can be altered or revoked, except at the request of two- 

 thirds of the whole number of local clubs in full membership 

 at the time." 



''The primary aim of the A. W. F. C. is the preservation 

 and perpetuation of our best wild flowers. And in manifold 

 instances this can mean to only a very limited extent, either 

 the guarding of them in haunts where they still flourish, or 

 their replacement in localities from which they have already 

 vanished. No care, no watchfulness can meet the contingen- 

 cies whose effect is to change the face of the region and bring 

 about the disappearance of its indigenous fauna and flora. 

 Trees must be felled, land must be cleared for the plow, marsh- 

 es and bog meadows must be drained to dryness ; hillside 

 and prairie, to-day joyous with bloom, will to-morrow be staked 

 off into building lots. The guide to action here is unmistaka- 

 bly given in the dealings both of the national government 

 and of private agencies, with the surviving types of our abori- 

 ginal fauna. Under certain conditions, to be noted later on, 

 we may succeed in re-stocking localities at present denuded, 

 but to insure the perpetuation of our wild flowers, past the 

 hazard of those circumstances which have so widely wrought 



