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The tirst part of the scientific proi^rani was by Dr. John K. 

 Small, " Notes on a Recent Trip to Florida." The second item 

 of the program was a preliminary report of a trip to Trinidad by 

 Dr. N. L. Britton, illustrated by interesting specimens, including 

 ihe fruits of various tropical trees, shubs and vines and a series 

 of fossil leaves from a bed of plant remains sixty feet thick. Dr. 

 Liberty Hyde iUiiley then gave an entertaining and instructive 

 account of his recent experiences in travelling and botanizing in 

 China. 



Meetinc; of Octoker 12 



The meeting was held in the botanical laboratory of Schernier- 

 horn Hall, Colun^bia University. 



The following were elected to micmbershij) : Miss Eliza Frances 

 Andrews, Prof. Forman T. McLean. H. Nordheim, G. G. Or])hal. 

 H. E. Piaget, Dr. W. A. Setchell. Wilhelm Suksdorf, Raymond 

 If. Torrey, Mrs. Arthur E. Sproul. 



The evening's program consisted of short reports by members 

 of their botanical experiences during the summer. Prof. R. A. 

 Harper spoke of his experiments in growing variotis sorts of 

 maize. Dr. J. A. Harris told of his explorations in Utah and of 

 the study of the osmotic concentration of cell-sap of desert plants. 

 Dr. Michael Levine had continued his investigations of crow-n- 

 gall, this year obtaining interesting results with beets. Dr. B. O. 

 Dodge told of his culture of various parasitic fungi, and Mr. 

 .\lexander Ger.shoy of his studies of cleistogamy in violets. Dr. 

 Alfred Gundersen had been in the Catskills and noted the con- 

 trast in vegetation on different slopes. The president of the club 

 had been in Bermuda, and the secretary in Texas and the Pocono 

 region of Pennsylvania. The fullest report was by Dr. T. E. 

 Hazen. In the s])ring he was with Dr. Britton's party in Trini- 

 dad, but he told us chiefly of his visit during the summer to north- 

 ern Europe, especially to Norway. Two of his most unexpected 

 results were the obtaining of the organism causing " red Snow " 

 in Norway and the discovery of a new and interesting species of 

 the same family in the vicinity of London. 





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