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May 13, 1919 



The Club met at the American Museum of Natural History. 

 President Richards called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M. 

 There were twenty persons present. 



Dr. F. W. Pennell, chairman of the Field Committee, dis- 

 cussed the proposal to announce a joint field excursion with the 

 Philadelphia Botanical Club to Farmingdale, N. J., on May 

 30. He proposed to make the excursion a one-day trip with 

 the provision that anyone wishing to stay over could do so. 

 The motion to adopt this suggestion was carried. 



President Richards announced that the 90th birthday of 

 Capt. J. Donnell Smith would occur in the near future. Dr. 

 Pennell moved to appoint a committee to write a letter of felici- 

 tation to Capt. Smith, expressing the Club's appreciation of 

 the memorable work he has done in advancing the knowledge of 

 plantfe. The President appointed Dr. N. L. Britton, Dr. R. A. 

 Harper and Dr. M. A. Howe, members of the committee to draw 

 up this letter. 



No other business was transacted. 



Dr. Isaac Levin gave the lecture of the evening, "Neoplastic 

 Diseases (Cancer) in the Animal and vegetable Kingdoms." 

 The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides. 

 Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary. 

 NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. D. S. Johnson of Johns Hopkins University, accompanied 

 by three of his students, has just returned from Jamaica. Col- 

 lections for morphological work were made in the Blue Moun- 

 tain region and in Liguanea Plains. 



W. H. Blanchard wishes his botanical friends and correspond- 

 ents to know that, owing to the development of cataracts on 

 both eyes, his botanical work seemis at an end. Mr. Blanchard 

 was a frequent contributor to the American botanical press from 

 1902 to 191 1, most of his published work relating to the genus 

 Rubus as it occurs in eastern North America; his summary of 



