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terminations completely out of gear, so to speak. The lack of 

 any sort of descriptive matter makes it difficult for the amateur 

 to know whether he has "come out right" or not. 



For use in a college class or among those who have had con- 

 siderable training, the work will be a useful field book and it 

 was written partly with this aim in view. There is no book of 

 exactly this character, no one work that attempts to cover the 

 different seasonal aspects of our local wild and cultivated flora. 

 The author states that a subsequent work may be forthcoming 

 which will give descriptions of the plants keyed out in the present 

 volume. Such a companion volume would be a very welcome 

 addition to the present one and together they would be more 

 usable than the keys can possibly be by themselves. A system 

 of cross referencing from the present to the projected book would 

 immensely increase the usefulness of both. 



There is a very complete glossary of terms used in the keys 

 which will be found most useful by students. Unlike most 

 glossaries, the definitions are usually self-explanatory even to 

 the uninitiated. With the aid of this and the instructions at 

 the beginning of the book, a patient and careful student can find 

 all of our common plants arranged according to the season at 

 which they flower. In view of the restricted character of this 

 excellent little book its name would have carried greater sig- 

 nificance had it been "Keys to the Wild and Cultivated Flowering 

 Plants." N. T. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 October 30, 1912 



The meting of October 30, 19 12, was held in the laboratory 

 of the New York Botanical Garden at 3 130 P.M. Vice-President 

 Barnhart presided. Twenty-five'persons were present. 



After the approval of the minutes of October 8, the following 

 persons were elected to membership: Dr. A. M. Johnson, 1206 

 S. Butte Street, Spokane, Washington; Dr. E. W. Olive, Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York; Dr. J. A. Harris, Cold 

 Spring Harbor, New York; Mr. O. Kunkel, Columbia University, 

 New York City; and Dr. H. O. Severance, Columbia, Missouri, 



