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As chairman of the Local Flora Committee, Dr. N. L. Britton 

 gave a brief report of the investigat'ons being carried en by Mr. 

 Norman Taylor on the local flora. 



Election of officers for the year 191 1 resulted as follows: 



President, H. H. Rusby. 



Vice-presidents, Edward S. Burgess and John Hendley 

 Barnhart. 



Secretary and Treasurer, Bernard O. Dodge. 



Editor, Philip Dowell. 



Associate Editors, John Hendley Barnhart, Jean Brcad- 

 HURST, Ernest Dunbar Clark, Alexander William Evans, 

 Tracy Elliot Hazen, Marshall Avery Howe, Herbert 

 Maule Richards and Norman Taylor. 



The following committees were appointed by the President 

 for the year 1911 : 



Finance Committee, John I. Kane, H. M. Richards. 



Program Committee, Elizabeth G. Britton, Fred J. Seaver, 

 Tracy E. Hazen and Jean Broadhurst. 



Field Committee, E. B. Southwick, William Mansfield and 

 Norman Taylor. 



Committee on Local Flora, N. L. Britton, Chairman. Phan- 

 erogams: N. L. Britton, C. C. Curtis, E. P. Bicknell, K. K. 

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

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

 Howe and Philip Dowell. 



Budget Committee, H. H. Rusby, E. S. Burgess, J. H. Barn- 

 hart, B. O. Dodge, Philip Dowell and N. L. Britton. 



A motion was made by Dr. M. A. Howe that for the ensuing 

 year the offices ^f secretary and treasurer shall be held by one 

 person; that tfi^ secretary and treasurer shall be instructed to 

 assist the editor by preparing the annual volume indexes for the 

 Bulletin and Torreya, by selecting the titles and preparing the 

 copy for the Index to American Botanical Literature, and by 

 distributing to subscribers the Card Index; that in considerat'on 

 of the demands upon his time and attention, the secretary and 

 treasurer shall receive from the funds of the Club the sum of 

 $300 a year, payable in equal monthly instalments, and that 



