MEETING OF SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 9 
"Comparative cultures of seed-plants in desert valley, desert 
mountain, and coastal locations," by Dr. D. T. MacDougal. 
(Read by title in absence of the author.) 
“Life-history studies in Sclerotinia,” by De. Е. J. Seaver and Pro- 
fessor W. T. Horne. Illustrated by photographs and draw- 
ings. 
“Тһе vegetation of the Hempstead Plains, Long Island," by Dr. 
Roland M. Harper. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 
“The vegetation of Montauk, Long Island,” by Mr. Norman 
Taylor. Illustrated by lantern-slides. (To be published, in 
a more extended form, by the Boooklyn Botanic Garden.) 
* Weather conditions and crop diseases in Texas," by Dr. Е. Н. 
Blodgett. (Read by title in absence of the author.) 
“Inheritance of height in peas,” by Dr. O. E. White. (Read by 
title in absence of the author.) 
“Рагіһепосагру in cucumbers,” by Dr. A. Е. Blakeslee and Mr. 
P. A. Warren. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 
""Trimorphism and insect visitors of Pontederia,” by Dr. Tracy 
E. Hazen. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 
Dr. Marshall A. Howe, in behalf of Dr. N. L. Britton, chair- 
man of the Committee on the Fiftieth Anniversary, reported that 
subscriptions to the special Anniversary fund amounted, up to 
date, to $1,854, with about one third of the enrolled members 
subscribing. 
On motion of Professor Robert A. Harper, a vote of thanks was 
extended to the Director and other officers of the Brooklyn Bo- 
tanic Garden for their hospitality in connection with the Club's 
Anniversary. 
Professor Herbert M. Richards, in moving a special vote of 
thanks to the chairman of the Committee on the Fiftieth Anni- 
versary, made the following remarks: 
Mr. Chairman: 1 should like to offer another motion for a vote 
of thanks and at the same time to make a few remarks. If I may 
be permitted I will begin in a reminiscent vein. It has just oc- 
curred to me that I have now attained my majority as one of the 
botanical group in New York City. It was twenty-one years ago 
this month when I attended my first meeting of this Club. That 
same autumn a little dinner was given to some of the newcomers, of 
whom I was one. I remember that it struck me at the time and 
