352 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [octoper 
tion, where a review will be given of certain groups of trees and shrubs, It 
will then adjourn to the Arboretum for an informal outdoor study of the 
plants. The instruction given in these meetings is not to be technical, but 
the intention is to indicate by comparison the easiest means of distinguishing 
the common native trees and shrubs as they appear in eastern Massachusetts, 
and of recognizing the foreign species which have been introduced into our 
gardens. An hour and a half to two hours will be devoted to each meeting. 
During the season the class will meet once or twice outside of the Arboretum 
at some favorable place for the study of trees. 
THE FOLLOWING report was presented at Buffalo to the Botanical Club 
by the committee on nomenclature, and adopted: 
The committee on nomenclature, which was requested at the Springfield 
meeting to preparea report, would respectfully submit the following preamble 
_ and resolutions : 
HEREAS, A large number of requests for a list of all North American 
Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta has been received, and publication of such 
a list, when prepared, has been informally offered by the Assistant Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution, 
Resolved, That the committee be and hereby is authorized to prepare for 
publication a list of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta occurring in the Uning? 
States and the British Possessions of North America. 
Resolved, That the committee be and hereby is authorized to prepare and 
publish a supplement to the “List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta of 
northeastern North America,” such supplement to contain additions and pub- 
lished corrections to the list. Such publication has been promised Ke 
Editor of the Torrey Botanical Club. pore 
Resolved, That the committee be and hereby is authorized to prepare ‘ . 
fuller'statement of the rules adopted at the Rochester and Madison meetings : 
with examples illustrating their operation, and submit it to the club at ag : 
sequent meeting, for publication in the proposed List of North Amer! 
Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta. 
