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instructive talk about reptiles, illustrating it with living specimens. Attend- 

 ance was about 60. 



May 13. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. A walk to see species and varieties of 

 lilacs was led by Dr. Alfred Gundersen, who repored, "Weather and 

 lilacs perfect. Among those seen in fine condition were Vestale, Lucie Bal- 

 tet, Rochambeau, Mrs. W. E. Marshall, Waldeck-Rousseau, Paul Thirion, 

 Marshal Foch, and Syringa chinensis." Attendance 7. 



May 13-14. Camp Thendara. The joint outing with the New York Sec- 

 tion of the Green Mountain Club at their camp on Lake Tiorati in the 

 Harriman Section of Palisades Interstate Park was delightful, and the 

 weather perfect. An annual bird census, made under the guidance of 

 Professor Julius Johnson, listed 61 birds. Leader, Mrs. Laura Woodward 

 Abbott. Attendance 28. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Minutes of the Meeting of February 16, 1944 



The meeting was called to order at 3 :30 p.m. by Dr. F. J. Seaver, First 

 Vice-President, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Thirty-six members and 

 guests were present. The minutes of the preceding meeting were accepted as 

 read. Since there was no further business, the meeting was devoted to the 

 scientific program. 



Mr. Montague Free of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden spoke on plant propa- 

 gation. He discussed in detail such topics as seed germination, rooting from 

 cuttings, and grafting. Each of these subjects was illustrated with plants grow- 

 ing in the conservatories of the Brooklyn Garden. Using various shrubs and 

 trees, Mr. Free deftly demonstrated the common types of grafting. He displayed 

 several intergrafts that had previously been made, such as Christmas cactus on 

 the stock of Pereskiapsis. Mr. Free's talk was followed by considerable discus- 

 sion of the topics that he had interestingly presented. 



Dr. Henry K. Svenson of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden gave the next re- 

 port entitled "Through the Flowering Season at the Brooklyn Botanic Gar- 

 den." The speaker's abstract follows : 



A series of Kodachrome pictures showing progress of the seasons from winter time 

 to the displays of snowdrops, crocus, magnolia, and daffodils in the early spring. Next, 

 about the second week in May, comes the extensive display of flowering cherries and crab- 

 apples (the most popular of all), and in the Local Flora area, the trilliums, violets, and 

 other native plants. By June the rose garden and the irises are in full bloom. Later come 

 the various lilacs and the midsummer plants in the herbaceous beds in the Systematic Sec- 

 tion. In the fall the asters and goldenrods of the Local Flora area are especially noteworthy. 



