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The secretary's report stated that there had been an increase 

 of 243 persons in the attendance at the meetings held during the 

 3^ear and that 18 new members had been elected and 9 resigna- 

 tions accepted. The report of the treasurer was read and re- 

 ferred to the auditing committee. 



Dr. M. A. Howe, reporting for the editors, presented an in- 

 formal report. 



The election of ofhcers resulted as follows: President, R. A. 

 Harper; Vice-Presidents, J. H. Barnhart, H. M. Richards; Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer, B. O. Dodge; Editor, A. W. Evans; Associ-ate 

 Editors, Jean Broadhurst, J. A. Harris, ]M. A. Howe, H. ^I. 

 Richards, A. B. Stout, X. Taylor, W. Marquette; Delegate to the 

 Council of the Academy of Sciences, J. H. Barnhart. 



Adjournment followed. B. O. Dodge, Sec. 



January 27, 191 5 



The meeting of January 27, 1915, was held in the morphologi- 

 cal laboratory of the Xew York Botanical Garden at 3:30 P.]\I., 

 President Harper presiding. Twenty-three persons were present. 



The minutes of the annual meeting of January 12 were read 

 and approved. 



yir. William Clay Barbour, 149 Newark Avenue, Bloomfield, 

 N. J., was nominated for membership. 



Mrs. E. G. Britton, chairman of the special committee on 

 mosses reported that additional specimens of mosses from this 

 region were being arranged in the display cases at the Xew York 

 Botanical Garden. 



The application of ^Ir. Xorman Taylor for a grant of S200 

 from the Esther Herrman Fund of the X". Y. Academy of Sciences 

 to aid him in continuing a phytogeographical and ecological 

 survey of the flora of Long Island was endorsed by unanimous 

 vote of the Club. Mr. Taylor brought before the Club the ques- 

 tion of accepting a paper for publication in Torreya by Dr. 

 H. A. Gleason describing his trip around the world. The ques- 

 tion was referred to the board of editors for consideration. 



IMessrs. Jesse Pasternak, Theodore IMuller, W. E. Jenkins and 

 William Clay Barbour were then elected to membership. The 

 resignation of ]\Irs. ^M. ]\I. Le Brun was accepted. 



