PROCEEDINGS OP^ THE CLUB 

 Meeting of March 18, 1936 



The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. at the New 

 York Botanical Garden with Vice-President H. A. Gleason 

 presiding. Forty-si.\ members were present. The minutes of the 

 meetings of February 19 and March 3 were read and adopted. 

 The resignation of Mr. George Buckland was accepted with 

 regret. The following members were unanimously elected: Prof. 

 Carl D. La Rue, Department of Botany, llniversity of Michi- 

 gan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mr. C. E. Foweraker, Canterbury Col- 

 lege, University of New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand 

 Mr. Arthur Dauman, 96-27 136th Ave., Ozone Park, N.Y. 

 Miss Rhona E. Lawrence, 511 Juniper St., Quakertown, Pa. 

 Mr. Frederick Adams, 165 Harrison Place, West Brighton, 

 Staten Island, N.Y. 



In reply to the invitation of the Botanical Society of Edin- 

 burgh to send a representative of the Club to its centennary 

 celebration on July 1, 1936, Professor T. E. Hazen, of Barnard 

 College, Columbia University, was elected as the delegate. 



The secretary was requested to express the views of the Club 

 in opposition to a bill now pending before the House of Repre- 

 sentatives in Washington which would permit entry upon, use, 

 and appropriation for mining purposes of the lands in the 

 Glacier Bay National Monument in Alaska. 



A motion was presented and passed instructing the treasurer 

 and editor to prepare for insertion a notice in the publications 

 of the Club that missing numbers lost in the mail will be sup- 

 plied if the Club is notified within a reasonable period of time 

 after date of issue. Thereafter numbers will be furnished at the 

 rate of single numbers as long as they are available. 



The scientific part of the program consisted of an illustrated 

 lecture by Mr. C. E. Foweraker of Canterbury College, Christ- 

 church, New Zealand, on "Plant Associations in New Zealand." 

 This address was beautifully illustrated and presented very 

 interesting and stimulating descriptions of the various types of 

 plants to be found in the diverse environmental conditions of 

 that island. 



The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m. 



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