Museum Bulletin 



NOTICE TO MEMBERS. 



SCULPTURE EXHIBIT 



The attention of our members is called to the fact that 

 during this month will probably be the last opportunity to view 

 the loan exhibit of sculpture in the museum, inasmuch as it is 

 the intention of the committee having it in charge to remove the 

 exhibit on or about October 1. 



BRITTON COTTAGE 



The Britton Cottage is open at all reasonable hours to all 

 members of the Association who possess identification cards 

 mailed from the office of the treasurer, which they are requested 

 to show to Mr. or Mrs Frederick L Stoddard, resident custodians, 

 when visiting the premises. Visiting members are also requested 

 to register their names in a book provided for the purpose. 



On Wednesday, September 8, sixty-four members and 

 guests of the Association enjoyed a "salt water day" at Great 

 Kill, as Staten Island's contribution to the entertainment of the 

 botanists in attendance at the twentieth anniversary of the New 

 York Botanical Garden Other functions were held during the 

 week at the New York Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanical 

 Garden and elsewhere, and ours was as well attended and, appar- 

 ently, as thoroughly appreciated as any. A number ot visitors 

 from the interior had never before enjoyed an opportunity to ob- 

 serve and to study our coastal vegetation in its natural environ- 

 ment, and the salt marsh, sea beach and sand dune floras were 

 full of interest for them. Many species familiar to us were col- 

 lected for herbarium specimens and a number of photographs 

 of characteristic features were taken. One of the most striking 

 was a group picture showing the party on the edge of the salt 



