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congratulations are to be extended to Dr. Britton, to whom the 

 chief labor has fallen, upon the accomplishment of a task fitting 

 in every way to be a permanent record of his life-long study of 

 our flora. 



Norman Taylor 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 April 30, 191 3 



The meeting of April 30, 1913, was held in the laboratory of 

 the New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 P.M. Vice-president 

 Barnhart occupied the chair. Eighteen persons were present. 



The minutes of March 26 and April 8 were read and approved. 



The Committee on Exchanges, consisting of Dr. W. D. John- 

 ston and Dr. J. H. Barnhart, submitted their annua) report, 

 which was adopted. The report showed that the following 

 exchanges had been arranged for 1912-1913: 



Bulletin 3 



TORREYA I 



Bulletin and Torreya i 



The resignations of Mrs. A. D. Russell and Mrs. Wm. Mit- 

 chell were read and accepted. 



Dr. Barnhart announced the death of Hon. Addison Brown 

 who was at one time President of the Club. On the motion of 

 Dr. Britton a committee consisting of Prof. E. S. Burgess, Dr. 

 H. H. Rusby, and Dr. J. K. Small was appointed with power to 

 prepare a suitable memorial of Judge Brown. 



The first number on the announced scientific program con- 

 sisted of a paper on "Local Flora Notes" by Mr. Norman Taylor. 

 Mr. Taylor gave a short account of his studies on the relationship 

 of the flora of Long Island, Staten Island, and the New Jersey 

 pine-barrens. Lists of species were given that are found only 

 on Long Island and the New Jersey Coastal plain but not on 

 Staten Island, and also lists of plants found on Staten Island 

 but not on Long Island. Mention was also made by the speaker 

 of the discovery by Miss Mulford at Arkville of the musk-root. 



