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Pollard, who presided in the absence of the president and both 

 vice-presidents. The attendance was twenty-five. 



Mr. Norman Taylor, chairman of the field committee, asked 

 that authority be given him to issue a circular letter request- 

 ing the members to vote relative to the continuance of the field 

 meetings. The Club voted that this authority be given. 



The announced paper of the evening on " Botanizing on the 

 Headwaters of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca Rivers " * was 

 then presented by Mr. Stewardson Brown. The lecture was 

 illustrated by lantern slides. 



Adjournment followed. Percy Wilson, 



Sec7'etary 

 April 28, 1909 



The meeting was held at the New York Botanical Garden, 

 with Dr. Tracy E. Hazen in the chair. Sixteen persons were 

 present. The minutes of the meeting of April 13 were read and 

 approved. 



Dr. William A. Murrill, chairman of the cryptogamic section 

 of the committee on the local flora, made a report in which the 

 following suggestions were submitted : 



(i) The publication of keys and lists of local species for field 

 use ; (2) the preparation of a map of the territory included ; 

 (3) cooperation with other botanical clubs within or bordering 

 on this territory ; (4) cooperation with the field committee in 

 the selection of suitable places for excursions and the care of 

 cryptogamic material collected on these excursions ; (5) the use 

 of a given space in Torreya for notes upon and additions to the 

 local flora; (6) a joint meeting at an early date with the phan- 

 erogamic section of the committee on local flora. 



Mr. Norman Taylor, chairman of the field committee, reported 

 the results of a post-card vote on the continuance of the Club's 

 field meetings as follows : 



Non-committal or equivocal (mostly out of town members) 38 



For total discontinuance 9 



For discontinuance during July and August only 20 



For permanent continuance 28 



Total number of votes received 95 



* Mr. Brown has promised an illustrated paper based upon this lecture for later 

 publication in Tokrkya. 



