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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB* 

 May 12, 1908 



The Club met at the American Museum of Natural History 

 at 8:30 o'clock. In the absence of the President and both Vice- 

 Presidents, Dr, N. L. Britton was called to the chair. Sixty-five 

 persons were in attendance. 



After the reading and approval of the minutes for April 29, 

 1908, the Club listened to a very interesting lecture on "Wild 

 Flowers of Spring," by Dr. N. L. Britton. The lecture was 

 illustrated by lantern slides made by Mrs. Cornelius Van Brunt, 

 illustrating in natural colors the flowers of the local spring- 

 blooming plants. 



Adjournment was at 9:30 o'clock, 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Secretary. 



OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS 



The sixth question of the list given in the March Torreya 

 was discussed in the April issue ; below are other letters of in- 

 terest which bear upon the same question : Why does not the 

 study of high school botany more often create a lasting interest ? 

 Would this be secured by more emphasis on morphology, in- 

 cluding classification ? 



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The popularity of such books as How to Know the Wild 

 Flowers and the many guides to trees, ferns, etc., shows very 

 plainly the trend of common interest in the subject. I cannot at 

 this moment think of one popular guide to experiments with 

 plants such as we find for physics or chemistry. 



Plant study presents itself to me in three important phases ; in 

 the first the plant may be viewed as a living organism whose 

 structure and activities may be studied from about the same 

 standpoint as that of the animal ^^human) body. Beyond general 

 facts tliis study will be pursued by few other than specialists. 

 We shall take the facts as we find them (about as we do those of 



*Tlie proceedings for Ajjril 29 will be given in the July number. 



