MUSEUM BULLETIN 



BOTANICAL 

 OF THE 



platen IManti gsgociatton of &rts attti Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF. 



No. 1. PUBLISHED MONTHLY, AUGUST, 1908. 



/flTHE purpose of this publication is primarily to keep members in touch 

 ^^ with the growing activities of the Association. It will serve as an official 

 medium for general notices and items of business transacted by the Board 

 of Trustees, announcements of meetings, names of new members, etc.; and 

 it will also chronicle briefly what may be of interest at the Museum, calling 

 attention to important exhibits and accessions. For the present the BULLE- 

 TIN will consist of a single page, and will be printed by amateur labor on 

 the Museum press. Later, we trust it may be enlarged and improved as cir- 

 cumstances warrant. It will be sent free to all members of the Association 

 and to our exchanges. Additional copies may be obtained at the Museum. 



TKE full text of Section 2, Article III, of the By-laws, as amended at the 

 special meeting of the Association on July 21, and that of the new By-law 

 adopted at the annual meeting, will be found in the supplement issued with 

 this number of the BULLETIN. The following persons were elected to mem- 

 bership at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees held July 21, after adop- 

 tion by the Association of the amendment conferring this power: 



Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker, New Brighton; Joseph J. Barth, Stapleton; Rev. 

 C has. S. Burch, Mrs. Chas. S. Buich, Richmond; Miss Gertrude Clark, Oakwood; 

 Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis, West New Brighton; Benjamin F. Funk, West New 

 Brighton; Rev. Geo. C. Lenington, Tompkinsville; John Macrae, Stapleton; 

 James C. Marriott, West New Brighton; Miss Mary B. Millspaugh, Richmond; 

 Mrs. Emily Sears, New Brighton; Alexander D. Shaw, New York; John W. 

 Tilley, New Brighton. 



THERE has been some misunderstanding among the newer members as to 

 the b ; lls sent out in May. The Tieasurer calls attention to the fact that the 

 fiscal year begins in May, and that all annual dues date from that month. As 

 will be seen by reference to the above-mentioned By-law, the amounts paid 

 by members when elected count as entrance fees, and cover merely the period 

 from the time of election to the beginning of the succeeding fiscal year. 



AS recently announced in The Staten Islander, an arrangement has been 

 concluded with Mr. Arthur E. Bostwick, Chief of the Circulating Department 

 of the New York Public Library, whereby the Association will be privileged 

 to hold its meetings in the reading room of the St. George branch, undertak- 

 ing in return to maintain continuous exhibits in the display cases there. The 

 exhibits will be changed at intervals; those now in the library include a fire 

 collection of exotic butterflies, the gift of Mr. Chas. P. Benedict, and a number 

 of historical relics, antiques, etc., loaned or donated by various members. 



THE Board on June 9 approved the application of Messrs Davis, Skinner, 

 Chapin, Cleaves and Pollard, for permission to form a Section of Biology un- 

 der the terms of By-law VIII. The new Section, first on the list, was organized 

 Jane 17. Any meTiber of the Asssociation interested in biology is entitled to 

 enrollment by notifying the Chairman, Mr. Pollard. Only those so enrolled 

 will receive notice of meetings of the Section. 



