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public and college libraries since the publication is undertaken as 

 a personal venture by Herr Christensen and up to date, only 

 sufficient subscriptions are received to pay for one half the actual 

 expense of printinf^ and its completion is dependent on doubling 

 the present list of subscribers. 



The nomenclature is mainly a rational one, foUouint; largely 

 Die iKU'i'irlichoi Pjlaiizcufaviilicn but giving attention to more 

 recent monographic work. It will probably shock some of our 

 more conservative (?) fern students that he takes up Dcmistacdtia, 

 CyclopJiorus (for Nif^Jiobolus), and (following Professor Urban's 

 example from Ik-rlin) Dryoptcris for Ncphrodhun. Some of the 

 larger genera may prove a surprise in the number of species 

 listed under them, as, for example, Acrostichuni 750,* Adicmtuin 

 520, AlsopJnla 380, Aspiduini 1,400, Asplcinum 1,600, Davallia 

 360, etc. This will also give some idea of the magnitude of the 

 accurate, painstaking and indispensable work for which the whole 

 fern world is under an eternal debt of gratitude to Herr Chris- 

 tensen. LuciEx M. Underwood. 



CuI.UMUIA Univkrsity, 

 Dec. 14, 1905. 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CLUB 



October 25, 1905 



The Club met at the New York Botanical Garden, with Pro- 

 fessor Underwood in the chair and 18 persons present. 



The following new members were elected : Dr. C. Stuart 

 Gager, Morris High School; Mrs. Robert T. Morris, 152 West 

 57th St.; Miss Pauline Kaufman, 173 East 124th St.; Miss 

 Daisy Levy, 329 West 83d St. ; Mrs. Henry Dinkelspiel, 254 

 West 88th St. ; Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, 340 State St., Bridge-, 

 port, Conn. 



The announced program consisted of " Eurthcr Remarks on the 

 Vegetation of the Bahamas," by Drs. N. L. Britton and C. E. 

 Millspaugh. 



* These are given in round numbers and of course include many species now re- 

 ferred to other genera and many more synonyms of other species in the list. Oi the 

 750 listed under Acrostichiim only three are printed in the bold-face type which indi- 

 cates species which still stand under the genus. 



