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October 31, 1906 



The second stated fall meeting of the club was held at the 

 museum building of the New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 

 p. m. In the absence of the President, Professor H. M. Rich- 

 ards presided. Twenty-three persons were in attendance. 



The reading and adoption of the minutes of the meeting for 

 May 23 and for October 9, 1906 was followed by the nomina- 

 tion of the following persons for membership : Mr. Charles M. 

 Bergstresser, 58 West 47th St., New 'York City ; Miss Edith 

 B. Brainerd, 55 Van Buren St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Douglas 

 Houghton Campbell, Stanford University, Calif. ; Mrs. H. A. 

 De Costa, 58 Diamond St., Little Falls, N. Y. ; F. W. Foxwor- 

 thy. Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I. ; Dr. Joseph V. Haberer, 

 1 1 Jewett Place, Utica, N. Y. ; Mrs. Erick E, Lehsten, Grand 

 Ave., Grantwood, N. J.; Mr. Bayard Long, Ashbourne, Pa. ; 

 Miss Annie Lorenz, 96 Garden St., Hartford, Conn. ; Miss 

 Rosalie Schumacher, Millington, N. J.; Mrs. Reuben H. Under- 

 hill, 19 S. Elliot Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Professor Ivan E. 

 WalHn, Kenilworth, N. J. 



The resignation of Miss Anna M. Clark was read and accepted. 



Dr. Britton presented the matter of the Club's action in con- 

 nection with the meeting of the A. A. A. S., to be held in New 

 York City, December 27-31. The program of meetings for the 

 Association week was read, and motion was made that a com- 

 mittee of five, including the chairman of the meeting, be ap- 

 pointed by the Chair, with power, to arrange for a reception to 

 visiting botanists in Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, on 

 the evening of December 26th. The motion was carried. The 

 personnel of the committee is as follows : Professor H. M. Rich- 

 ards, Professor L. M. Underwood, Dr. H. H. Rusby, Mrs. E. G. 

 Britton, Dr. C. Stuart Gager. 



Dr. Britton presented the following amendment to the consti- 

 tution of the Club : 



" To amend Article XIV. of the constitution relating to an- 

 nual dues, so that it shall read as follows : 



" Each active member, upon his election, and annually at the 

 beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, shall pay to the treasurer 



