The NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB, Inc. 
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS 
To the Members of the Club: 
The purpose of the New England Botanical Club, 
according to its by-laws, is “to promote social intercourse 
and the dissemination of local and general information 
among gentlemen interested in the flora of New England.” 
As a means of promoting such information, the Club many 
years ago, undertook two pieces of work which have ma¬ 
terially contributed to the scientific study and better knowl¬ 
edge of our New England flora. These are the publication 
of Rhodora, now completing its twenty-fourth volume, and 
the building up of an herbarium of New England plants. 
This collection, housed in the Gray Herbarium, has grown 
from 51,000 sheets in 1912 to 127,000 sheets in 1921. 
The annual membership dues are only $10.00, which 
little more than pay for the expense of the monthly meet¬ 
ings and suppers. This means that money must be raised 
for both Rhodora and the Herbarium. The cost of publish¬ 
ing Rhodora exceeds the income by about $400 annually, 
and the cost of preparing and mounting material for the 
Herbarium is about $800 a year. This latter amount has 
always been raised by contributions from members of the 
Club. 
This appeal is now being sent to all members in the 
hope of raising 
$800 for the Herbarium 
and $400 for Rhodora. 
It is earnestly hoped that all will care to subscribe 
something, so that the total of $1200 may be raised. It is 
suggested that donors specify in what proportion they wish 
their subscription divided between the two funds. 
Subscriptions should be sent to Mr. Nathaniel T. 
Kidder, 53 State Street, Boston. 
WALTER DEANE CLARENCE HINCKLEY KNOWLTON 
JAMES FRANKLIN COLLINS WINTHROP JOHN VANLEUVEN OSTERHOUT 
MERRITT LYNDON FERNALD ROBERT ALLISON WARE 
FRANCIS WELLES HUNNEWELL EMILE FRANCIS WILLIAMS 
NATHANIEL THAYER KIDDER Council of the Club 
October 27, 1922. 
