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200th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin at Philadel- 

 phia. 



Resignations from the Club were read and accepted from the 

 following persons : 



Mr. C. L. Allen, Floral Park, N. Y.; Miss Mary McOuat, 21 1 

 West io8th St., N. Y. City; Miss Madeline Pierce, New York 

 Tribune, N. Y. City; Mrs. G. H. Robinson, 339 West 57th St., 

 N. Y. City. 



A communication was read from Mr. Ellsworth Bethel, of 

 Denver, Colo., stating that he and Dr. Sturgis were at work on 

 the fungi of Colorado, and would soon publish their first number,, 

 listing the Myxomycetes of the state. 



President Rusby presented the matter of public recognition by 

 the Club of the coming loth anniversary of the establishment of 

 the New York Botanical Garden, and the appointment of Dr. 

 Britton as Director-in- Chief and of Professor Underwood as pro- 

 fessor of botany in Columbia University. 



Motion was made and seconded that a committee be appointed 

 by the chair to make arrangements for such an event. The 

 motion was carried, and the president appointed the following 

 committee : 



Miss Vail, Miss Marble, Dr. Murrill, Dr. Curtis, Professor 

 Richards, Dr. MacDougal and Dr. Barnhart. 



On motion the secretary cast the vote of the Club, electing to 

 membership the persons whose names were presented as above. 



The first paper on the scientific program was by Dr. P. A. 

 Rydberg, entitled " Botanizing in Utah." 



The substance of this paper appeared in the Journal of the 

 New York Botanical Garden 6 : 158. 1905. 



Many herbarium specimens were passed, illustrative of the 

 paper. 



The last paper was by Professor E. S. Burgess, on " Biotian 

 Asters." 



This was an informal discussion of the Biotian section of the 

 genus Aster, accompanying the publication at this time of the 

 author's monograph on the Biotian Asters (constituting Vol. 13 of 

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