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Dr. Britton submitted the following propositions which were 

 adopted : 



1 . Each member to be invited to nominate at least one person 

 for membership. 



2. The list of sustaining members to be increased by invitation. 

 The finance committee to determine the necessary steps to be 

 taken in this regard. 



3. To inform the board of editors that the Club cannot pay, 

 under the present conditions, for the publication for the Bulletin 

 of more than 575 pages and 25 plates per volume and 250 pages 

 with a corresponding reduction for illustrations for Torreya. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: 

 President — Herbert M. Richards. 

 Vice-Presidents — John H. Barnhart, 



C. Stuart Gager. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — Bernard O. Dodge. 

 Editor- — ^Alexander W. Evans. 

 Associate Editors — Jean Broadhurst, 

 J. Arthur Harris, 

 Marshall A. Howe, 

 Michael Levine, 

 Arlow B. Stout, 

 William G. Marquecte, 

 Norman Taylor. 

 Delegate to the Council of the New York Academy of 

 "" Sciences — Marshall A. Howe. 



Meeting adjourned. 



B, O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



November 28, 1917 



The meeting was held in the morphological laboratory of the 

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

 Barnhart presided. There were 12 persons present. The 

 minutes of the meeting held November 13 were read and ap- 

 proved. 



Mrs. Britton reported that the program committee had ar- 



