104 



Time required for Highest Lowest Average 



No. of blossoms change temperature temperature temperature 



4 48 hours 82 73 75 



8 66 " 82 71 75 



2 66 " 76 67 73 



28 72 " 76 67 73 



All temperature readings were made indoors. 



Observations were made at Cold Spring Harbor from July 25 



to 30, 1924- ^ ^ ^ 



Emma. L. Kemp 



Lincoln High School, 



Jersey City, N. J. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of May 28, 1924 



On this date a joint all-day meeting of the Club and several 

 other societies and individuals interested in the conservation of 

 our native wild plants was held at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



The following were elected to membership in the Club at this 

 meeting: 



Mr. Edward J. Alexander, 664 West 179th Street, N. Y. City. 



Mr. John E. F. Hellawell, 362 Dean Street, Brooklyn. 



Mr. Roland Jackson Hunter, 636 High St., Newark, N. J. 



Mr. William H. Zaun, Jersey City, N. J. 



In the morning Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw spoke on the work of 

 her department in the Children's Gardens. After her lecture 

 in the Laboratory Building, the visitors were conducted to the 

 Children's Gardens in the southern part of the Garden, where 

 Miss Shaw explained the methods of instruction. 



In the afternoon the report was received of the Committee on 

 Conservation of Native Plants appointed last May at a similar 

 meeting at the Garden. The committee appointed at that time 

 was as follows: Dr. R. C. Benedict, of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden, Chairman, representing the American Fern Society; 

 Dr. G. Clyde Fisher, of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, from the New York Bird and Tree Club; Dr. Homer 

 D. House, of the New York State Museum, from the Wild Flower 

 Preservation Society of America; and Dr. M. A. Howe, of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, from the Torrey Botanical Club, 

 and also Attorney Augustus O. Bourne, Jr. 



