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New Stations for European Plant Immigrants. — In my 

 field work for the past few months in eastern West Virginia, 

 making extensive economic botanical collections, I repeatedly 

 inquired for any plants from which brooms were made, and was 

 shown a wild specimen of Cytisiis scoparms (L.) Link, by a native 

 who informed me that it was sometimes used to make "snow" 

 brooms. The plant was growing on an old deforested hillside, 

 one mile east of Pickens, Randolph County, and was 200 yards 

 or more from any path or cultivated field, with no evidence of 

 previous habitations. None of the natives had a common name 

 for this plant, and few had noticed it, except a German, who 

 was acquainted with the plant in Europe. He informed me that 

 it was called "Ginster" in the old country. The range of Cytisus 

 scoparms is given as Nova Scotia and the coast region of Massa- 

 chusetts, Delaware and Virginia, where it is often used as a sand- 

 binder. 



Close to the Cytisus, I found several specimens of Ulex europaeus 

 L. This was called " thistle " by the natives, doubtless on account 

 of its excessively prickly character. The range of Ulex is given 

 from southern New York to eastern Virginia near the coast, 

 where it is cultivated as noted under the above species. I have 

 not found these plants elsewhere in the state. 



Specimens of both species are preserved in the botanical de- 

 partment of the Field Museum of Natural History. 



Huron H. Smith^ 

 - Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago, Illinois 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



February 24, 1909 



The Club met at the Museum of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den at 3:30 p. M. In the absence of the President and both 

 Vice-Presidents, Mr, P>ed J. Seaver was called to the chair. 

 Eight persons were in attendance. 



After the reading and approval of the minutes of the meeting 

 for February 9, the following names were presented for member- 

 ship : Mrs. Pamela Eakin, 38 Oakwood Avenue, Arlington, N. J., 



