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N.V. City.; Prof. Dr. A. A. Pulle, Javalaan 5, Baarn, Nether- 

 lands; Dr. Hugh M. Raup, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass.; Prof. Ferdinand© Vignolo-Lutati, R. Institute Mercio- 

 logico dell Universita di Torino, Corso \'ittorio Emanuele II. 

 103 Torino, Italy; Miss Rosalie W'eikert, 3050 Perry Ave., 

 Bronx, N.Y. City; Mr. Alain White, Litchfield, Conn.; Miss 

 Pauline Young, 3609 Thomas Boulevard, Port Arthur, Texas. 



The following were unanimously elected as associates: Miss 

 Dorothy Barta, 208 Macon Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mr. Mil- 

 ton Lesser, 816 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Miss May C. 

 Smith, Canaan, Conn.; Dr. Lyman B. Smith, 228 Highland 

 Ave., Winchester, Mass.; Mr. Charles Staloff, 75 Fort Washing- 

 ton Ave., N.Y. City. 



Miss Amy E. Davis, 87 Hamilton Place, N.Y. City, and 

 Mr. George M. Krall, West Trenton, New Jersey, having sent 

 in their resignations from annual membership and their applica- 

 tions to be made associates were, on the recommendation of the 

 Council, unanimously elected associates of the Club. The Coun- 

 cil having approved the resignation of Miss Clara Raska, 21-14 

 149th Street, \\'hitestone, Long Island, as an associate and her 

 application for annual membership, she was unanimously 

 elected an annual member. 



The resignations of Miss Marjorie R. Swabey, Los Gatos, 

 California, and Dr. J. J. Taubenhaus, Chief of Division of 

 Plant Pathology and Physiology, Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, College Station, Texas, were accepted with regret. 



For the scientific part of the program, D. H. K. Svenson of 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden gave an account of his recent 

 visit to Botanical Gardens of Northern Europe. The talk included 

 lantern slides showing the birthplace of Linnaeus, the Linnaean 

 garden at L'ppsala and other places of interest in connection 

 with Linnaeus. He also showed views of the botanical gardens 

 at Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Berlin. These w^ere followed 

 by pictures of the coast of southwestern England, and of the 

 flora of the china clay region of Cornwall, showing especially 

 the growth of Erica cinerea and Ulex in the white silica. The 

 botanic gardens at Glasnevin, Dublin, were of principal interest, 

 the illustrations showing large specimens of Araucaria imbricata 

 and Sequoia gigantea, and general views of the gourd and suc- 

 culent collections in the green houses. Finally, there were views 



