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Meeting of November 9 



The meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



Dr. G. Clyde Fisher gave an account of " A Naturalist's Ram- 

 bles in Florida." He discussed central and northwestern Florida, 

 and his views of the peculiar vegetation of this portion of the 

 state were particularly appreciated. Many of these were of 

 plants too little known, as the various large species of Sarracenia 

 and other insect-catching plants. The vast forests of long-leaf 

 pine, the cypress ponds and swamps, the live-oaks and pendant 

 gray Spanish moss were well shown. 



Meeting of November 24 



The meeting was held at the New York Botanical Garden. 



The treasurer presented an outline of the present financial 

 status of the club. After considerable discussion this was referred 

 to the Finance Committee for further consideration. 



The following were elected members of the club : Dr. Louis J. 

 Hodes, Mrs. A. C. Sheahan-MacKenna, A. J. Sluyter. 



The scientific program consisted of two discussions. 



Dr. M. A. Howe described "A Fresh-Water Red Alga from 

 Trinidad." He exhibited and discussed specimens of a red alga 

 collected by the New York Botanical Garden expedition to Trini- 

 dad in Maracas Waterfall at an elevation of 1,500 feet above sea 

 level. The Trinidad plant was identified with a species first dis- 

 covered in Venezuela and more fully described at about the same 

 time, under three specific names, from mountain streams of 

 French Guiana. The speaker alluded to another red alga, Calo- 

 glossa Lcpriciiii, found in a mountain stream in Porto Rico and 

 also in the Hudson River at West Point. ' 



Dr. John K. Small told of his* search for the rare box huckle- 

 berry, Gaylussacia hrachyccra. He visited the three known sta- 

 tions for the plant, on the coastal plain of Delaware and in the 

 Blue Ridge ^fountains of Pennsylvania. He expressed the opin- 

 ion that each colony was really a single plant widely spread below 

 ground with hundreds of ascending stems, covering in one case 

 over a hundred acres. 



