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and Murry Guggenheim, and suggested that the Club hold a 

 Field meeting at the time of the formal opening of this green 

 house, Saturday, November 8, and also at the lectures to be 

 held the three following Saturday afternoons at the green house. 

 On the motion of Dr. Britton, the chairman of the Field Com- 

 mittee was directed to make the announcements in the Bulletin 

 of the New York Academy of Sciences. 



Mrs. Britton mentioned communications which she and the 

 Secretary of the Club had received from a former Secretary, 

 Mrs. B. LeBrun, regarding the sale of certain water colors done 

 by Mrs. Ranseur. These illustrations were exhibited to the 

 Club. 



Prof. Harper spoke of the opportunity to hear a lecture on the 

 flora of New Zealand in view of the fact that the program com- 

 mittee had secured the consent of Professor A. H. Cockayne, of 

 the Agricultural Department of New Zealand, to lecture on the 

 Tuesday evening meeting, November 1 1 . 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. George L. Moxley, of 

 5417 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif., regarding 

 the exchange of the Club's publications for specimens which he 

 was now collecting and preparing. The letter was referred to 

 Dr. Britton with power. 



The election of Dr. Levin and Mr. Thomas followed. 



Dr. Britton exhibited an interesting specimen of a species of 

 Sedge, which consisted of a fruiting mass subtended by the 

 involucral bracts of a leaf. This sedge, a Scirpodendron, a 

 native of the Philippines and other Eastern Islands, is probably 

 the largest sedge in the world. 



Mrs. Britton spoke of the late blooming of Rhododendron 

 catawbiense in the New York Botanical Garden and stated that 

 the Japanese quince and lilacs were also in bloom. Dr. Harper 

 also noted that pears were in bloom at the Columbia campus. 



Dr. Marshall A. Howe, in directing attention to several bou- 

 quets of dahlias, remarked that the Botanical Garden's dahlia 

 border was enjoying an unusually successful season, due per- 

 haps to the fact that the rainfall during the summer and autumn 

 had been about five inches in excess of the normal. About 340 



