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What is the Biggest Tree on Long Island? 



A Competition open to all 



An effort is being made to find out what are the biggest trees 

 on Long Island by Norman Taylor of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden, who is writing a book on the "Vegetation of Long 

 Island." Residents of the Island, nature trampers and others 

 are invited to send in records of the biggest trees they can meas- 

 ure. The winner of the competition will receive fifteen dollars, 

 the second largest record ten dollars, and the third five dollars. 

 The competitors are urged to observe the following suggestions : 



1. The trees must be native and living. Foreign planted 

 trees such as Weeping Willow, and others not eligible. 



2. Circumference taken five feet from the ground, around 

 a single trunk, not around a collection of them from a single 

 root as sometimes happens. 



3. Name (if possible) and exact location of tree and date 

 of measurement. 



4. If two or more contestants report on identical trees the 

 first report received to be counted. 



5. Contest closes on August 31, 1922. 



Competitors may send in as many records of trees as they 

 please. The undersigned will verify the measurements of the 

 four biggest trees. Address all replies to Norman Taylor, 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York. Winner and 

 results of the competition will be announced in the newspapers. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of January 10, 1922 



The meeting was the annual business meeting, held at the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



The minutes of the meetings of November 30 and December 

 13 were read and approved. 



Professors C. R. Orton of State College, Pa., and Alfred H. 

 W. Povah of Auburn, Ala., were elected to membership. The 

 resignation of Mr. John W. Ritchie of Yonkers, N. Y., was 

 accepted. 



