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erable study, belie\'es the Cuban A', conoccpliala Sauv. (proposed 

 as a substitute by Dr. Rendle) distinct from the North American 

 pine-barren species. 



College Point, Xe\\' York. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 

 Tuesday, May 9, 1905. 



This meeting was held in the afternoon at the N. Y. Botanical 

 Garden, President Rusby in the chair and 42 members and visi- 

 tors present. 



Miss Caroline R. Dana, of Newark, and Dr. Wilhelm K, 

 Kubin, of New York, were elected to membership. 



The meeting was devoted to the exhibition and discussion of 

 the various forms of American violets. 



The following persons exhibited living material : A. Cuthbert, 

 Augusta, Ga., Viola Caroli)ia ; C. D. Beadle, Biltmore, N. 

 C, V. villosa and V. tripartita ; Y. M. Rolfs, Lake City, Fla., 

 V. inn/ticaiilis diUd J\ Carolina; President Ezra Brainerd, Mid- 

 dlebury, Vt., V. scpteiitrionalis, V. Braincrdi, V. LeContcana, 

 ]\ rotiDidifolia, V. rostrata and V. arcnaria ; Geo. E. Osterhout, 

 New Windsor, Col., V. ncplirophylla, V. rctiisa and V. Nutallii ; 

 Miss F. A. Mulford, Hempstead, N. Y., V. pedata, V. Mul- 

 fordac, V. Brittoniana and V. sagittata ; Professor H. H. Rusby, 

 Forest Hill, N. J., V. vi/iosa, F. sagittata, V. palniata, V. pubcs- 

 ccns, V. scabriiiscula, V. cu cull at a and f. labradorica ; Miss 

 Lillie Angell, Orange, N. J., V. Angellae ; Miss Delia W. Mar- 

 ble, Bedford, N. Y., V. pubesceiis, V. papilionacca, V. paliiiata, 

 V. cuciillata and V. blanda ; Dr. J. Schneck, Mount Carmel, 

 Ills., V. striata, J^ /'<?////6';/c?r^vj: (three forms), and V. Rafinesijuci ; 

 R. C. Schneider, V. laiiccolata ; Percy Wilson, V. cucullata, V. 

 papdiofiacca, V. lanccolata, V. rotuudifolia, V. scabriuscula, V. pu- 

 bcsccns, V. labradorica, V. Jiinbriatida ^m\ W palniata ; Quercus 

 Shafer, V. palviata, V. cucullata, ] \ oblicjua d^nd V. blanda ; and 

 \\^ W. I^gglcston, V. obliqua, /' paluiata, V. sororia, V. cucul- 

 lata, V. Portcriana, /'. fuuhriatula and V. palniata. 



Extensive herbarinin material was also exhibited. 



