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Bourn, New York City; Kenneth R. Boynton, New York City; 

 James Alfred Crawford, New York City; Mrs. John Ross Dela- 

 field, Riverdale, New York City; Prof. E. J. Durand, University 

 of Minnesota, Minneapohs, Minn. ; Miss Bessie Goldstein, New 

 York City; Prof. Arthur de Jaczenski, Perspective Anglaise 29, 

 Petrograd, Russia; Mrs. A. C. Langmuir, Hastings-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y. ; Miss Ruth Langmuir, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. ; Miss 

 Dorothy O. Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Since the date of the last meeting the Club has lost by death 

 Mr. H. A. Cassebeer, Jr., of Steinway, Long Island, and Mr. 

 George V. Nash, Head Gardener of the New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



The scientific program of the evening consisted of informal 

 reports on the summer's botanical work and observations. 



Dr. Roland M. Harper told of observations in Florida, Alabama, 

 Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. 

 In Florida he determined the proportion of ash in Tillandsia 

 usncoides, which, being an epiphyte on trees, might be supposed 

 to be unfavorably situated for taking up mineral substances. The 

 ash. however, was found to constitute from 3 to 5 per cent of the 

 dry weight, which is about the same percentage as in many other 

 plants. In the central part of Alabama he noted Sarraccnia rubra 

 and other bog plants previously known only near the coast. In a 

 canoe trip down the Warrior River, HymcnocaUis coronaria. not 

 included in Small's Flora of the Southeastern United States, was 

 observed. On Lookout Alountain a variety of Sarracenia flara 

 was found growing in wet crevices of rocks, an unusual habitat. 



Mr. A. T. Beals spoke of experiences on Long Trail, which runs 

 north and south in Vermont along the main crest of the Green 

 ]Mountains. On Camel's Hump he collected Blindia acuta. He 

 found Dryoptcris fragrans on the " Nose " of Mt. Mansfield and 

 was impressed by the alpine gardens of Sphagnum and Poly- 

 trichum at that point. Later, about the base of Mt. Royal, in 

 Montreal, he noted Epipaciis viridiflora, and near the Lake of the 

 Trembling Alountain, about a hundred miles northwest of Mon- 

 treal, he found beautifully fruiting si)ecimens of Lcucohryum 



