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In the absence of Dr. W. A. Murrill, Dr. V. J. Seaver read by 

 title a paper "Preliminary Report of Upi)er St. Regis Fungi" 

 which is being published in Mycologia. The report comprised 

 a list of fungi collected in that region during the last week of 

 August by Dr. Murrill and his associates. Of the three hundred 

 species collected, only twelve were Ascomycetes. Photographs 

 of the region were shown. 



Dr. Seaver reported on "An Interesting Case of Girdling." 

 A tulip tree was observed in upper Van Cortlandt Park which 

 had been girdled, apparently by having had a cable passed around 

 its trunk about four feet from the ground. Although the part 

 of the tree below the point of girdling was dead and partially 

 decayed that portion of the tree above the point of girdling, 

 with the exception of the topmost branch, was alive and in 

 apparently good health. It was estimated that the tree had 

 been girdled from five to seven years, since the diameter above 

 the point of girdling was about eight inches greater than that 

 below this point. Photographs of the tree were shown. A more 

 complete account of this interesting case of girdling will be 

 published at some future time. 



Dr. N. L. Britton closed the program with a paper on "Porto 

 Rican Sedges." 



Meeting adjourned. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



November 9, 1915 



The meeting was held in the lecture room of the Department 

 of Botany, Columbia University, at 8:15 P.M. President 

 Harper presided. Nineteen persons were present. 



There being no business for consideration, the president 

 introduced Dr. P. A. Rydberg, who read a paper on "The Life 

 Zones in the Rocky Mountain Region." The lecture was 

 illustrated with many colored lantern slides. It will be pub- 

 lished in full in the Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 



Meeting adjourned. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



