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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



October ii, 1910 



The first fall meeting of the Club was held at the Museum of 

 Natural History. Vice-president Barnhart occupied the chair. 

 Eight persons were present. Mrs. M. E. Soth, of Manitou, 

 Colorado, was elected to membership. 



The scientific program consisted of an illustrated lecture on 

 "European Influences in the History of American Botany" by 

 Dr. John Hendley Barnhart. 



Jean Broadhurst, 



Secretary pro tern. 



October 26, 1910 



The meeting of October 26 was held in the museum building 

 of the New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 p.m. Eleven persons 

 were present. Vice-president Barnhart occcupied the chair. 



The minutes of the meeting of October ii were read and 

 approved. It was then voted to accept the resignation of 

 Frederick S. Beattie, of Tilton, N. H. 



The scientific program consisted of informal reports on the 

 summer's work. Mr. Norman Taylor, chairman of the field 

 committee, gave an account of the Decoration Day excursion by 

 members of the Club to Saugerties, Ulster Co., N. Y., of a personal 

 collecting expedition to Bean Run, Luzerne Co., Pa., and of 

 the "Symposium" in cooperation with the Philadelphia Botanical 

 Club, which was held this year at Farmingdale, Monmouth 

 County, New Jersey, July 2 to July 9. Farmingdale is north 

 of the pine-barren region and its soils are largely Cretaceous 

 marls and clays, but it was of interest to find in this region, 

 especially on the low hills, northward extensions of the range 

 of certain characteristic pine-barren plants. 



Mrs. N. L. Britton gave a report of the summer meeting of 

 the Vermont Botanical Club, which was held at Woodstock, 

 Vermont, during the first week of July. 



Mr. F. J. Seaver remarked briefly concerning his visit to the 

 mountains of Colorado, where he made collections of fungi 

 during the month of September. 



