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The minutes of the annual meeting held January 13 were read 

 and adopted. 



Dr. Howe reported that the Auditing Committee had examined 

 the books of Dr. B. O. Dodge, Treasurer, and found them to be 

 correct. 



Dr. B. O. Dodge, for the past nine years secretary and treas- 

 urer of the Club, because of his entrance upon scientific work in 

 Washington, D. C, tendered his resignation from both offices. 

 This was reluctantly accepted. The President appointed a 

 committee of five, Drs. Harper, Howe, Barnhart, Rusby, and 

 Richards, the last ex-officio, to consider the problem of the hand- 

 ling of the duties of these offices and to select a successor or 

 successors. Awaiting the result of their action. Dr. F. W. 

 Pennell was appointed temporary secretary and treasurer. 



Mr. William C. Ferguson, Hempstead, L. I., was nominated 

 and elected to membership. 



The resignation of Dr. T. W. J. Burgess was accepted. That 

 of Dr. O. E. White was referred to the Membership Committee. 



The scientific program consisted of a joint discussion by Drs. 

 Britton and Small on "Recent Explorations in Southern 

 Florida." / 



Dr. Small gave an outline of the expedition of Dr. and Mrs. 

 Britton and himself during late November and December of 

 1919 to southern Florida, telling of work around Miami and 

 in the Everglades, and showing an extensive collection of remark- 

 able plants seen. Among these were several species considered 

 new to science, a Monotropa with ochroleucous flowers, an Opimtia 

 and a Houstonia. 



Dr. Britton spoke of his interest in comparing the flora of 

 southern Florida with that familiar to him in the West Indies, 

 especially in the Bahamas. Interesting evidence in the dis- 

 covery of a considerable and deep limestone cave now sunk 

 below sea-level but yet containing large stalagmites and stalac- 

 tites, was discovered, showing the recent subsidence of the 

 Everglade district. 



Photographs were shown depicting a remarkably complete 

 natural graft of the pigeon-plum. 



