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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 January 25, 191 1 



The meeting of January 25 was held in the museum building 

 of the New York Botanical Garden at 3:45 p.m. President 

 Rusby occupied the chair. Twenty-two persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of January 10 were read and 

 approved. The name of W. W. Eggleston was proposed for 

 membership. It was then voted to accept the resignations of 

 Mr. S. B. Parish and Miss Louise Bruckman. 



President Rusby, chairman of the committee on the "budget" 

 for 191 1, submitted a report on a special meeting held January 

 21. 



The report was approved and the recommendation of the 

 committee to borrow $400 from the permanent fund was adopted 

 by unanimous vote. 



The application of Norman Taylor for a grant of $200 from 

 the Esther Herrman fund to enable him to make further investi- 

 gations on the flora of the Catskill Mountains and of New Jersey 

 was read and ordered forwarded to the Council of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences with the unanimous approval of the club. 



A communication was read annnouncing the death of Frederic 

 Ehrenberg and the secretary was authorized to extend the 

 sympathy of the members of the Club to the relatives of the 

 deceased. 



Dr. William Mansfield was unanimously elected delegate to 

 the Council of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Dr. C. A. 

 Darling and W. W. Eggleston were elected to membership in 

 the club. 



First on the announced scientific program was a discussion of 

 "Two New Species of Edible Fruits" by Dr. H. H. Rusby. 



These fruits were both from Mexico, one being Morus mollis 

 Rusby, the other Linociera macrocarpa Rusby. Their descrip- 

 tions will appear in an early number of the Bulletin. 



The second number on the program was "Notes on Cuban 

 Ferns" by R. C. Benedict. An abstract prepared by the speakei* 

 follows : 



