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the island, both native and cultivated, or mention is often made 

 of the latter without description. Each of the native and 

 naturalized species among the flowering plants and ferns is 

 accompanied by an illustration, which, as in Illustrated Flora, 

 forms an invaluable aid to identification. In fact, not only is this 

 the best book on the flora of the island, it is practically the only 

 one, so far as the general public is concerned. 



Special groups such as Fungi, Algae, etc., have been con- 

 tributed by experts, mostly Dr. Britton's associates at the Xew 

 York Botanical Garden. The inclusion of these groups and also 

 864 cultivated plants makes the volume the "most complete 

 description of all the plants of a small area that has ever been 

 published." 



When normal travel is resumed, the book will have a large 

 field of usefulness to the host of people who annually visit the 

 Island, and it makes a notable addition to this author s previous 

 volumes. 



Norman Taylor. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



April 9, 1918 



The meeting was held at the American jMuseum of Natural 

 History at 8:15 P.M. President Richards occupied the chair. 

 There were thirty persons present. 



The following persons were nominated and elected to member- 

 ship: Miss Mabel L. Merriman, Hunter College, New York City; 

 Miss Grace E. Stone, Teachers College, New York City; and 

 Dr. Richard H. Boerker, 104 West 85th Street, New York City. 



No other business was transacted at this meeting. 



Dr. Edmund W. Sinnott delivered the lecture of the evening; 

 an abstract of his lecture on "Australian Plants" is appended. 

 The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides. 



The speaker was able to spend nearly a year in Australia and 

 New Zealand in 1910-11 in collecting embryological and ana- 

 tomical material of certain plant families. 



The humid subtropical region of southern Queensland, the 

 flora of which includes a large Malayan element, was visited; 



