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the Hudson River X'alley. In X'irginia, the special problem was 

 the determination of the extent of prevalence of a newly dis- 

 covered serious disease affecting wheat, causing galls of the 

 wheat grains. 



In Pennsyhania, the work was on another recently discovered 

 and very serious disease, the wart-disease of the potato. Al- 

 though these two diseases seem to be fairly well established in 

 restricted localities, \-igorous measures for control and eradica- 

 tion, including strict quarantine against the shipment of these 

 crops outside of the area in which they now prevail, have been 

 instituted by both federal and state agricultural authorities. 



Adjournment followed. B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 

 February 26, 191 9 



The meeting was held in the Morphological Laboratory of the 

 New York Botanical Garden. Dr. Barnhart called the meeting 

 to order at 3:30 P.M. There were 18 persons present. 



Mr. R. W. Woodward, 22 College St., New Haven, Conn., was 

 nominated for membership by Prof. Evans. The treasurer 

 reported upon the probable cost of insuring the stock of the 

 Club's publications. 



Prof. Harper called the attention of the club to a set of botani- 

 cal notes taken by Prof. Newberry while attending the university 

 at Paris a number of years ago. These notes were presented by 

 Prof. Kemp through Prof. Harper to Dr. Britton. Dr. Britton 

 responded briefly in accepting these valuable notes and promised 

 to report upon them further at a later date. 



The resignations of Dr. A. H. Chivers and Mrs. W. E. Damon ^y^ 

 were read and accepted. 



Mr. Woodward was then elected to membership. 



The scientific program was then in order. Dr. J. K. Small 

 and Dr. N. L. Britton presented a joint paper on "The Prickly 

 Pears of the southeastern United States." This paper was illus- 

 trated with photographs and living plants. 



After adjournment, Dr. Britton led a party through the 

 gardens, inspecting the Japanese witch-hazels which are in bloom. 



Meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M. B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary. 



