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Part III consists of a glossarial index, including English 

 names. Although the preface states that this edition has been 

 enlarged to bring in colonial and American names of plants, yet 

 the absence of such names as Dryopteris, Stenanthhan, Philotria, 

 Filix, and Gyrostachys, as well as scant mention of American 

 works in his bibliography, suggests that the author is not very 

 familiar with our manuals or journals. Nevertheless, this dic- 

 tionary, especially as regards plants growing outside of our 

 region, may be commended as a very convenient and valuable 

 reference hand-book for American teachers and students. 



Tracy E. Hazen 



Barnard College, 



Columbia University 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



January 27, 1909 



The meeting was held at the Museum of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden at 3:40 p. m.. President Rusby in the chair. There 

 were 17 persons present. 



After the reading of the minutes of the meeting of January 12, 

 Mr, Fred. J. Seaver was nominated for membership. 



The President appointed the following committees for the year 

 1909. 



Fi7iance Committee: Addison Brown and H. M. Richards. 



Program Committee : Fred. J. Seaver, Tracy E. Hazen, Miss 

 Jean Broadhurst, Charles L. Pollard, and Mrs. E. G. Britton. 



Field Committee : Norman Taylor, E. B. Southwick, and Wm. 

 Mansfield. 



Committee on Local Flora : N. L. Britton, Chairman ; Phanero- 

 gams, — N. L. Britton, C. C. Curtis, Eugene P. Bicknell, K. K. 

 Mackenzie, E. S. Burgess, and E. L. Morris. Cryptogams, — 

 Wm. A. Murrill, Mrs. E. G. Britton,. Tracy E. Hazen, M. A. 

 Howe, and Philip Dowell. 



The scientific program consisted of two papers of which the 

 following abstracts were prepared by the authors. 



" Studies in the Embryology of the Mistletoe, Dendropemon ", 

 by Miss Mary M. Brackett. 



