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are listed under their vernacular names (pp. 204-219), Many of 

 the definitions in these lists contain much of interest to the 

 ethno-botanist and mention is made here of the publication be- 

 cause only 200 copies were printed and very few, if any, found 

 their way into botanical libraries. 



N. T. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 May 8, 1911 



The meeting of May 8, 191 1 , was held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History at 8:15 P. M., President Rusby presiding. 

 Forty-five persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of April 26 were read and ap- 

 proved. Dr. E. B. Southwick, chairman of the Field Committee, 

 reported that the program of the field excursions had been com- 

 pleted and that the first two excursions in April had been attended 

 by twelve persons, collecting 23 species of plants, 5 of which 

 were violets. 



Dr. N. L. Britton spoke of the advisability of changing the 

 time of the regular Tuesday meeting to some other evening in 

 order to avoid conflicting with other meetings held at the Mu- 

 seum on Tuesday evening. 



The scientific program consisted of a lecture on "Violets" by 



Professor Ezra Brainerd. Numerous lantern slides were shown 



to illustrate the principles of Mendel's Law, and the crossing 



of species of violets, with the resulting hybrids. This lecture 



will be published in the Bulletin of the Club. 



Meeting adjourned. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



May 31, 191 1 



The meeting of May 31, 191 1, was held at the museum building 

 of the New York Botanical Garden at 3 :30 P. M. Vice President 

 Barnhart presided. Ten persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of May 8 were read and their 

 approval deferred until the next meeting on request of the 



