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Greenland. He told of stalking like a giant through a forest of 

 dwarf willows in Northern Labrador. Of the large flowers of 

 the little artic poppies only a few inches high, of the saxifrage 

 whose leaves furnished a salad to the explorers, of the blue- 

 berries that often ripened under the snow. All the plants 

 blossom together about as soon as the short artic summer be- 

 gins. The color of the artic is not prevailingly white, the 

 captain said, but often brilliant red or purple due to the 

 lichens which cover the rocks. His description of the birds and 

 mammals was as interesting as that of the plants, especially of 

 the little auks or dovekies which were noisy all day long during 

 the nightless summer months so that sleeping was difficult and 

 of the burgomeister gull that frequently caught and devoured 

 the dovekies while in flight. The talk was the high spot of a 

 day perfect as to weather and full of botanical interest. The 

 rocky hills with the fine forest covering, the curious swamps in 

 the depressions on the hill tops, the patches of hemlock and 

 the varied undergrowth make the region one of unusual charm. 

 White Plains is to be complimented on keeping such a region 

 in a wild, unspoiled condition. 



George T. Hastings 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 Meeting of May 21, 1930 



The meeting was called to order at The New York Botanical 

 Garden at 3 :30 p.m. by President Sinnott. Minutes of the meet- 

 ings of April 16 and May 6 were read and approved. Twenty- 

 two members were present. As Dr. Harris of Cold Spring Harbor 

 has passed away a motion was made and seconded that reso- 

 lutions be prepared and recorded in the minutes of the Club. 

 The chairman appointed a committee of three consisting of 

 Dr. John Hendley Barnhart, Dr. A. F. Blakeslee and Dr. 

 Howard J. Banker to prepare such resolutions. 



A motion was made and seconded that we appoint an en- 

 dowment committee to take care of the Endowment Funds. 



The following were unanimously elected to membership in 

 the club: Miss Elizabeth Aldrich, 136 West 12th Street, New 

 York City; Dr. Paul W. Graff, Research Dept., Corn Products 

 Refining Company, Edgewater, New Jersey; Miss Frieda Licht- 

 man, 128 Fort Washington Avenue, New York City; and Miss 



