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The minutes of November 25, December 8, and December 21, 

 1 9 14, were read and approved. 



Dr. M. Levine proposed the names of Mr. Theodore Muller, 

 N. Y. City, and Mr. Jesse Pasternak, Commerical High School, 

 Brooklyn, and the secretary proposed Mr. W. E. Jenkins, 

 librarian of the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind., for 

 membership. 



Dr. J. H. Barnhart reported on the work of the finance com- 

 mittee and Dr. M. A. Howe reported that the budget committee 

 had considered the special question of accepting for publication 

 as Part HI of Vol. 14, of the Memoirs, a paper submitted by 

 Dr. F. L. Pickett. It was the sense of the Committee that it 

 was desirable to complete Vol. 14 and that this paper should be 

 accepted for publication under the conditions which were being 

 arranged with Dr. Pickett. 



Reports of the chairman of the sub-committess on local flora 

 were then called for by the president. Dr. T. E. Hazen reported 

 on the work being done on the freshwater algae and referred 

 especially to a form of Stigeoclonium which had been found at 

 West Farms. This was followed by a report from Dr. M. A. 

 Howe on the marine algae, who spoke of a recent article pubhshed 

 in ToRREYA on the local marine algae. Professor R. A. Harper 

 presented a list of the species of Cortinarius found in this district 

 and exhibited numerous photographs of species representing 

 most of the forms mentioned. 



Dr. M. Levine spoke of the hvely interest being aroused in the 

 collection and identification of the species of the Polyporaceae 

 and Dr. B. O. Dodge remarked on the collection of certain species 

 of Discomycetes. 



The following resignations were accepted : - Miss Elizabeth 

 Schettler, H. R. Bishop, Luther Livingston, and Dr. Z. L, 

 Leonard. 



Reports of the officers for the year were next in order : 



President Harper spoke of various ways in which further in- 

 terest might be aroused in the Club through the work on the 

 local Cryptogamic flora and Vice-President Barnhart followed 

 with a report on the duties performed by the vice-president. 



