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giving the characters by which they may be recognized and their 



common habitats. He then described and illustrated various 



types of buds of trees and indicated how bud characters are 



sufficiently distinct to enable one to identify most species of 



trees by these characters alone. The pictures were projected 



on the screen and the audience was asked to name the tree 



shown. This proved to be a very interesting and instructive 



exercise. The speaker closed with a plea for a more extended 



study of our common trees during all seasons of the year. 



Meeting adjourned. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 

 April 25, 1917 



The meeting was held in the morphological laboratory of the 

 New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 P.M. On motion Dr. 

 Stout presided and Dr. F. J. Seaver acted as Secretary. Ten 

 persons were present. 



The minutes for March 28 and April 10 were read and approved 

 as amended. 



The following persons were nominated for membership and 

 the names referred to the nominating committee: Mrs. Alice R. 

 Northrop, 520 East 77th Street, Mrs. Jerome W. Coombs, 

 Scarsdale, N. Y., and Miss Helen E. Greenwood, 5 Benefit 

 Terrace, Worcester, Mass. 



The report of the committee appointed to consider some 

 suitable exercises to be held in connection with the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the founding of the Club was presented and on 

 motion was accepted. (See report below.) 



It was moved and carried that the matter of the Club co- 

 operating in the publication of card indexes of phytopathological 

 literature be referred to the editorial committee for consideration. 



It was moved and carried that Dr. C. S. Gager be asked to 

 serve with the committee appointed in connection with the 

 celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Club and that this 

 committee be given full power to act. On motion, the committee 

 was authorized to solicit funds for the publication of the Memoir 

 referred to in the report as well as for the permanent improvement 

 of the finances of the Club. 



