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table drugs. Here, then, is a great field for research; and no 

 doubt future editions of this book by Professor Kraemer will 

 contain much which some may expect to find in the present 

 volume. 



Especial attention should be called to the chapters dealing with 

 the problems of pharmacognosy, animal drugs, and to the key 

 and systematic classification of powdered drugs. The volume is 

 ilkistrated with about i,ooo separate figures, the majority of 

 w^hich are original with the author, and supplement the text. 



E. L. Newcomb. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 January 26, 19 16 



The meeting of January 26, 1916, was held in the morphological 

 laboratory of the New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 P.M. 

 Vice-president Barnhart presided. Twenty-nine persons were 

 present. 



The minutes of the annual meeting held January ii were read 

 and approved. 



Dr. Levine, chairman of the committee on the amendment of 

 the constitution proposed at the last meeting, reported that the 

 committee was unable to report at this meeting. The subject, 

 however, was discussed informally. 



President Harper then took the chair. 



The application of Dr. E. W. Olive for a grant of two hundred 

 dollars ($200.00) from the Esther Herrman Fund to enable him 

 to collect aquatic fungi, insect-attacking fungi, short-cycled and 

 other rusts, as well as lower fungi of Porto Rico, was indorsed. 



The resignation of Dr. E. B. Southwick was read. No action 

 was taken at this meeting. 



The first number on the announced program was a paper by 

 Dr. N. L. Britton on "Recorded Flora of the Isle of Pines." 

 The speaker gave a brief description of the topography of this 

 island and reviewed the work of various collectors. Attention 

 was called to an apparent similarity between certain species 

 found on the Isle of Pines and on the South American coast. 



