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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



November 13, 1906 



The meeting of Club was called to order by President Rusby 

 at 8:15 o'clock, at the American Museum of Natural History. 

 Thirteen persons were present. 



After the minutes for October 3 i were read and approved, the 

 name of Dr. H. E. Hasse, of Santa Monica, California, was pro- 

 posed for membership. 



The resignation of Mrs. Ada Watterson Yerkes, Cambridge, 

 Mass., was read and accepted. On motion the secretary cast 

 the vote of the club electing Dr. H. E. Hasse to membership. 



The resignation of Dr. N. L. Britton, as chairman of the pro- 

 gram committee, was read and accepted, and the chairman ap- 

 pointed Dr. M. A. Howe as chairman of that committee. The 

 other members are Professor L. M. Underwood and Mrs. E. G. 

 Britton. 



The following scientific program was presented : 



"Account of a Collecting Trip in the Adirondacks and in the 

 Catskill Mountains," by Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Dr. Rydberg 

 gave an interesting account of botanical field studies and col- 

 lecting in the regions mentioned, giving special attention to the 

 blackberries. The talk was richly illustrated by herbarium speci- 

 mens collected on the trip. 



Dr. Augustine Henry, of London, who was visiting New 

 York, gave a very interesting account of some features of the 

 flora of China, pointing out its richness and great diversity, 

 which are correlated with diversity of topography and climate, 

 and emphasizing both the slight amount of collecting that has as 

 yet been done there and the important results to be obtained by 

 ecological and systematic studies in that region. As an illustra- 

 tion he called attention to the fact that several genera recorded 

 in existing manuals as monotypic are known to be represented 

 in China by several distinct species. 



Adjournment was at 10 o'clock. 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Secretary. 



