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aides, and Miscanthus sinensis. (Sec ¥\^. 3J The growth of 



grass is gradually replaced by Casiiarina, provided the area is 



sufficiently free from fire. A stand of young Casiiarina is very 



dense and in appearance greatly resembles a stand of young 



white pine. 



Carthage College, 

 Carthage, III. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



January ii, 1916 



The annual meeting was held January 11, 1916, at the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History at 8:15 P.M., President Harper 

 presiding. Twenty-six persons were present. 



The minutes of meetings held November 24 and December 14, 

 1915, were read and approved. 



The following persons were nominated for membership: Mr. 

 C. M. Shipman, Rossville, N. Y.; Dr. A. F. Blakeslee, Cold 

 Spring Harbor, N. Y.; Dr. Walter Mendelson, 159 West 74th 

 St., New York; Miss Wanda M. Kirkbride, 1230 Amsterdam 

 Ave., New York; Miss Isabel C. Darrow, 503 W. 121st St., New 

 York; Mr. E. S. Schultz, Columbia University; Miss Edna 

 Adams, Hartsdale, N. Y.; Mr. Edwin L. Keeler, White Plains, 

 R. F. D. No. I, N. Y. 



Mr. Percy Wilson, chairman of the field committee, read the 

 following report : 



"Thirty-one field meetings were scheduled by the field com- 

 mittee between Saturday, April 3, and Sunday, October 17. 

 In all there were 488 persons present, an average attendance of 16. 



"As some members w^ere unable to attend the Saturday meet- 

 ings, the field committee was authorized by the club to arrange 

 an occasional field meeting on Sunday. At the eight Sunday 

 meetings held, 123 persons were present, an average attendance 

 of 15. 



"The largest attendance of any one of the field meetings, 

 excluding the special field meetings held during the Twentieth 

 Anniversary Celebration of the New York Botanical Garden, 



