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thing by American botanists well underway until about five years 

 later. 



From this time up to the establishment of the New York 

 Botanical Garden the history of our Club is practically that of 

 botany in this city, for very little was done that was not directly 

 or indirectly connected with us or, one might say, actually cen- 

 tered about us. This fact is of the utmost importance in our 

 study, since upon it depends the essential character of most of 

 what has since occurred. 



The Club's history is so voluminous that it requires separate 

 and extended treatment, and I can here do little but refer to its 

 influence. Its first officers were George Thurber, president; 

 Timothy F. Allen, vice-president ; A. A. Crooke, treasurer ; 

 James Hogg, corresponding secretary ; P. V. LeRoy, recording 

 secretary ; William H. Leggett, editor ; P. V. LeRoy, curator. 



Some of the more influential of the early members call for 

 attention at this point. 



(To be continued in the July number ) 



SOME MORE COASTAL PLAIN PLANTS IN THE 

 PALAEOZOIC REGION OF ALABAMA 



By Roland M. Harper 



The unusual occurrence in the Cumberland plateau region of 

 Alabama of quite a number of species of plants rarely met with out- 

 side of the coastal plain has been mentioned in the last few years 

 by Kearney,* Mohrf and Harbison, X but the subject is by no 

 means yet exhausted, as recent investigations have shown. 



In November last it was my privilege to spend two days in 

 DeKalb County, one of the northeasternmost counties of Ala- 

 bama, and even at that late season I was fortunate enough to find 

 most of the coastal plain plants already reported from that region, 

 as well as some interesting additions to the list. On the 24th I 

 spent a few hours on Sand Mountain, near its southeastern edge, 



■^Science II. 12 : 830-8-42. 1900. 



t Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 6 : 77-79. 1901. 



"f Biltmore Bot. Stud, i : 154. 1902. 



