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REVIEWS 



Report of the British Coiumbia Botanical Office* 



This pamphlet of 70 pages besides containing administrative 

 reports of the Provincial Botanist, has considerable material of 

 interest to phytogeographers and ecologists. The botanical ex- 

 ploration of the province is discussed under "Skagit River Basin," 

 "Bitter-root Grounds near Ashcroft," "Study of the Flora of 

 Dryas Island" and "Contribution to the Flora of Windemere, 

 B. C." Developmental phases of the vegation are treated at 

 some length, and there are many lists of plant societies arranged 

 in the order of frequency of occurrence of the species. Much 

 welcome information about a botanically little-known region is 

 presented in this report and the author promises further explora- 

 tion in the future. There are eighteen excellent illustrations of 



ecological value, and a map of the region explored. 



N. T. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 January 31, 191 7 



The meeting was held in the morphological laboratory of the- 

 New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 P.M. President Richards 

 presided. Twenty-five persons were present. The minutes of 

 January 9 were read and approved. 



Professor O. S. Morgan, Columbia University, New York 

 City, was nominated for membership. 



Dr. Marshall A. Howe presented the following report of the 

 budget committee, which was adopted by the Club: 



^'Report oj Budget Committee of the Torrey Botanical Club, January 



31, 1917 

 "Met at the Museum of the N. Y. Botanical Garden at 2:30 

 P.M. Present: Barnhart (chairman). Harper, Rusby, Evans, 

 Richards, Dodge and Howe. The following estimates of income 

 and outgo for 191 7 were made: 



* Davidson, J., Third Annual Report of the Botanical Oiifice of the Province of 

 British Columbia. Victoria, B. C, 1916. 



