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only Acer spicatiim occurs here, while on the summit of Black 

 Head nearby and 50 ft. lower, both A. spicatum and pennsyl- 

 vanicum occur. This corresponds to the general distribution of 

 these two maples, A. pennsylvanicum being a slightly more 

 southern form. The Secretary announced the presence of 

 Dasyscypha Willkommii, the cause of the canker of the European 

 Larch on European Larch at Hamilton, Mass. The fungus had 

 evidently been present in this plantation for many years. Mr. 

 Deals spoke of his visit to Dr. Gundersen's farm in the Catskills 

 and also of a trip to Green Pond near Belvidere, New Jersey, 

 to find the Showy Orchis. He was unsuccessful, but found 

 Arethusa hulhosa. Camptothecium nitens, which grows in cold 

 bogs, was found near Sparta, between Pine Hill and Lake 

 Hopatcong. He reported Tetraplodon bryoides and angustata on 

 animal dung in the region of Mt. Wittenberg in the Catskills. 

 He mentioned the great activity of the British Br>'ological 

 Society in the study of mosses and hepatics, and outlined its 

 excellent system of exchanges. 



Dr. Gager, alluding to his recent European trip, told of the 

 subtropical vegetation at Cornwall and Devon — large Dracaenas 

 and Fuchsias, and two or three species of palms out-of-doors, also 

 the Monkey Puzzle tree, which is not hardy here. The moss 

 house at Glasgow was a most interesting sight — also the fern 

 house, founded by Sir William Hooker. 



Arthur H. Graves, 



Secretary. 



Meeting of October 26, 1927 



This meeting was held at the Museum Building of the New 

 York Botanical Garden. The minutes of the meeting of October 

 II were read and approved. The following candidates were 

 unanimously elected to membership: 



Mrs. Lewis H. Mounts, Ballard Normal School, Macon, 

 Georgia. 



Dr. Harold St. John, State College of Washington, Pullman, 

 Washington. 



Dr. Albert R. Sweetser, Botanical Dept., University of 

 Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 



The amendment to Article XVHI of the Constitution, relating 

 to the time and place of club meetings, proposed by Dr. Britton 



