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April 12, 1910 

 The Club met at the American Museum of Natural History 

 and was called to order by Mr. E. B. Southwick, who presided 

 in the absence of the President and both Vice-presidents, The 

 attendance during the evening was one hundred and one. 



Mr. Ralph C. Benedict was nominated a member of the Club. 

 The resignation of ]\Irs. Carolyn W. Harris was read and 

 accepted. 



The announced paper of the evening on " A Visit to the 

 Hawaiian Islands" was then presented by Miss Winifred J. Robin- 

 son. The lecture was illustrated by over one hundred lantern 

 slides. 



Adjourned, 



Percy Wilson, 



Secretary 

 April 27, 1910 



The meeting was held at the museum of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden and was called to order at 3 : 30 p. m. by Vice-presi- 

 dent Barnhart. Nineteen persons were present. After the reading 

 and approval of the minutes of the meeting for April 12, the 

 following persons were elected members of the Club : Mr. Ralph 

 C. Benedict, Dr. Z. L. Leonard, and Dr. Gertrude S. Burling- 

 ham. The program of the afternoon consisted of a talk by Dr, 

 N. L. Britton on " Recent Botanical Exploration in Cuba." The 

 island of Cuba is about 670 miles long from Cape San Antonio 

 to Cape Maisi and 100 miles at its greatest width. In area, Cuba 

 is about as large as the state of Pennsylvania ; it has a flora con- 

 sisting of over 4,000 flowering plants, nearly double that of 

 Pennsylvania. 



The topography of the island is exceedingly varied ; the greater 

 portion is a plain lying a little above sea-level. This plain is 

 broken at numerous points by isolated peaks, hills, and moun- 

 tain ranges. 



The collections made by the early botanists found their way to 

 large herbaria of the Old World and contained a number of 

 species which have not as yet been rediscovered. Following 

 brief remarks on the collectors who have visited Cuba since 



