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was 41, at the meeting of Sunday, May 9, at Eagle Rock, West 

 Orange, N. J. Forty persons were also present at the following 

 meeting, Saturday, May 15, at Fort Lee, N. J. The largest 

 attendance at the special field meetings held during September 

 was 64 at Great Kills, S. I., on September 8; the second largest 

 was on the excursion to the pine-barrens of New Jersey, Septem- 

 ber 10, when 50 persons were present. The smallest attendance 

 at any field meeting held during the year was 5. 



" The programs announced for July 10 and October 2 were not 

 carried out, one on account of unfavorable weather, the other 

 owing to insufficient attendance. 



"As far as practicable, the field committee designated special 

 topics for each field meeting, covering a wide range, as follows: 

 Salt-water algae, fresh-water algae, hepaticae, lichens, woody 

 fungi, fleshy fungi, ascomycetes, mosses, ferns, trees, wild flowers, 

 and fossil plants. 



"The chairman or some other member of the field committee 

 personally attended most of the field meetings. Over 1,350 

 specimens of local plants were collected by the chairman on these 

 excursions, more than half of which have been mounted and 

 added to the local herbarium." 



The report was accepted. 



Dr. M. Levine, in the absence of the chairman of the committee 

 on membership reported on the work of this committee. 



Dr. J. H. Barnhart, chairman of the finance committee, 

 rendered the report of this committee. 



Mr. Norman Taylor, Dr. T. E. Hazen and Dr. M. A. Howe 

 reported briefly on the activities of the committees on local flora, 

 with which they are connected. 



The committee consisting of Dr. M. Levine, Dr. M. A. Howe 

 and Mr. Norman Taylor, on associate membership, reported 

 through its chairman. 



The following amendments to the by-laws were proposed for 

 the committee by Dr. Levine: 



I. To substitute for the first two sentences of Article XH, 

 as published in May, 1889, the following: 



The Club shall consist of active, associate, corresponding, and 

 honorary members. 



