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opinion about the limits of the geographical divisions, as there 

 is in the case of species, genera, etc., but there should be none 

 about the relative abundance of the species after the regions are 

 once defined, and explored sufficiently. 



Roland M. Harper 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



February 28, 1917 



Th'e meeting of February 28, 1917, was held in the morpho- 

 logical laboratory of the New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 

 P.M. with Vice-President Barnhart in the chair. Twenty- two 

 persons were present. 



The minutes of the meetings of January 31 and February 13 

 were read and approved. Dr. Michael Levine reported that the 

 editorial board had cordially endorsed the proposition of Dr. 

 Jean Broadhurst in regard to publishing in Torreya a greater 

 number of abstracts and reviews of botanical literature. 



For the committee appointed to consider the application of 

 Mr. Norman Taylor for a grant of $200 from the Esther Herrman 

 Fund, Dr. Marshall A. Howe made a preliminary report to the 

 effect that the income of this fund had for the present been set 

 aside for the promoting of the natural history survey of Porto 

 Rico, 



A communication was read announcing the death of one of 

 the Club members, Mrs. Cynthia Wood, on February 7. There 

 was read also a letter announcing the death of Rev. E. J. Hill, 

 a well-known botanist of Chicago, who had been for many years 

 a subscriber to the Club's publications. 



The resignations of Dr. Chester A. Darling and Mr. Joseph E. 

 Brown were accepted. 



The following persons were elected to membership : Professor 

 O. S. Morgan, Columbia University, N. Y. City; Prof. H. C. 

 Beardslee, Asheville, N. C; Mr. Harry Braun, Columbia Univer- 

 sity, N. Y. City; Prof. J. Franklin Collins, 468 Hope St., Provi- 

 dence, R. I.; Mr. G. E. Meckstroth, University Club, State 

 College, Pa. 



