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that the Treasurer requested that the former report be set 



aside. 



On motion, voted : That the second report of the Treas- 

 urer be accepted, and that the first report be erased from the 

 records. 



Discussion of the collections of the day followed, the 

 members being urged to secure as much material as possible 

 for the published lists. 



On motion, adjourned until 8.00 P. M., August 6th. 



Thursday, August 6th, the morning was devoted to short 

 walks in the vicinity of Manset, one party going as far as Sea 

 Wall. Veronica longifolia, L,., was collected by the road- 

 side near Manset. Euphrasia americana, Wettst., var. cana- 

 densis , Robinson, is very abundant in this vicinity. 



In the afternoon a buckboard ride was taken across the 

 island to Bass Harbor and back by way of Sea Wall. Ly co- 

 podium annotinum, L., var. pungens, Spreng., was found in 

 the Great Heath, and Lycopodium inu?idatum, L., in a road- 

 side ditch. A large number of the ferns of the island were 

 collected along the shore of Southwest Harbor and on the 

 Bass Harbor road. A dense fog prevailed during the day. 



In the evening the third business session was held at the 

 Stanley House. 



The Committee on Nomination reported as follows : 



President — Mr. Ora W. Knight, of Bangor. 



Vice-Presidents — Mr. A. H. Norton, of Portland; Miss 

 Kate Furbish, of Brunswick; Miss L,ouise H. Coburn, of 

 Skowhegan. 



Secretary — Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain, of Cumberland 

 Center. 



Treasurer — Mr. C. H. Knowlton, of Boston, Mass. 



The committee also recommended that the President, ex- 

 officio, be a member of the Committee of Arrangements, and 

 that he be authorized to appoint such members to assist him 

 as may be necessary. 



The Committee also recommended that the following 

 standing committees be continued for one year. 



Plant Distribution— -Mr. M. L. Fernald, Mr. O. W. 

 Knight, Mr. C. H. Knowlton, Mr. A. H. Norton, Miss 

 Louise H. Coburn. 



