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bloom, along beaches, in dry fields, and along railroad tracks, 

 a dainty plant, the flowers very pretty under a hand lens. 



Raymond H. Torrey 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of April 15, 1936 



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

 Botanical Garden, by the president. Forty-eight members were 

 present. The minutes of the meetings of March 18 and April 7 

 were read and adopted. 



The secretary presented a letter from the Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, D. C, with regard to some of the 

 Club's publications which had been sent them for use in pre- 

 paring the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, and 

 it was moved by Dr. Barnhart and seconded by Professor 

 Hazen that the secretary request the return of such publications 

 so soon as possible. 



Another letter from the Ecological Society of America was 

 read by the secretary, calling the attention of the Club to a 

 rider on the Department of Interior bill calling for an irriga- 

 tion tunnel under Rocky Mountain National Park and the 

 consequences of such a tunnel on the water supply of that re- 

 gion. It was moved, seconded, and unanimously passed that the 

 secretary find out whether the bill had already been passed, and 

 if not to communicate to our congressman the Club's disap- 

 proval of such a project. 



The president brought up the question of disposing of our 

 surplus index cards at a reduced rate to various institutions 

 which had applied for them. The question was discussed pro 

 and con for some time and finally referred to a meeting of the 

 Council. 



The secretary, in relation to the letter from the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, raised the question as to a change in our 

 committee on exchanges and the appointment of an additional 

 member who is more active in the affairs of the Club. This 

 matter was also referred to the coming meeting of the Council. 



The scientific part of the meeting consisted of two addresses 

 — one by Professor E. W. Sinnott, of Barnard College, Co- 

 lumbia University, on "A Developmental Analysis of Four 



