Mr. Williams, Mr. Collins and Mr. Churchill ; on mountain 

 flora, Mr. E. Faxon, Mr. C. E. Faxon, Dr. Kennedy and Dr. 

 Far low.* 



It will be the duty of the committees to report to the club 

 at an early date the present condition of our knowledge of the 

 local and mountain floras. After discussion with the members 

 they would be expected to settle what are to be regarded as the 

 geographical limits of the flora of the vicinity of Boston and 

 whether the exploration of the mountain should be limited to 

 the White Mountains, or should include the higher peaks of 

 the Green Mountains and other scattered peaks. At the fol- 

 lowing meeting of the club, or as soon after as possible, the 

 committees should report to the club what localities, in their 

 opinion, should be explored during the coming season and they 

 should explain in detail the manner in which such explorations 

 can be made most systematically. They should then endeavor to 

 apportion among the members who are in a position to take 

 part in the explorations the special fields in which they are to 

 work and give them such information and directions as seem to 

 them desirable. 



At the close of the collecting season it shall be the duty of 

 each committee to collate the results of the different exploring 

 parties, and combining them with such information as they may 

 be able to furnish from their previous experience, present a 

 report to the club at some meeting held during the following 

 winter if possible. The club shall then discuss the reports and 

 decide whether it is advisable to give the substance of them 

 to the public or whether they shall be used as a basis for a 

 continuation of the work during the following summer. 



This report is submitted for consideration because the com- 

 mittee feel that, however pleasant socially may be the meetings 

 of the club, no society is likely to be held together for any 

 length of time unless there is a definite aim of work in which 

 members can participate cordially. With a definite plan of 

 work the club can be sure of the valuable co-operation for 

 scientific purposes of some whose occupations leave them little 

 leisure for meetings which are largely social in character. 



F. S. COLLINS, 

 B. M. WATSON, 

 W. G. FABLOW. 



* These names are offered merely as suggestions. It is assumed 

 that changes and additions will be made by the members when the 

 report is taken up for consideration. 



