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on Roses, by Mr. Kenneth Boynton. June 9-11, 1923, rose show, under 
management of Mrs. A. A. Rottmann. Aug. 11-13, 1923, gladiolus show, 
under management of Mr. J. Mortimer Vanderbilt. Sep. 12, 1923, business 
meeting. Sep. 29 to Oct. 1, 1923, dahlia show, under management of Mr. 
Frank L. Doty. Nov. 3, 5, 1923, chrysanthemum show, under manage- 
ment of Mr. John Rader. Nov. 14, 1923, business meeting. Dec. 12, 
1923, business meeting. March 9, 1924, board meeting. March 12, i924, 
business meeting. : 
As a result of these meetings prizes for the best single dahlia flower and 
for the best collection were offered by Mr. R. D. H. Vroom and Mr. 
Sheldon J. Pardee. 
April 9, 1924, illustrated lecture on Trees, Shrubs and Fruit in Subur- 
ban Gardens, by Mr. Henry Hicks, of Westbury, L. I. May 14, 1924, 
illustrated lecture on Spring Flowering Bulbs, by Mr. Kenneth Boynton. 
NATURE.CLUB 
Miss Miriam A. Campbell president, Edward J. Burns secretary. 
Monthly meetings have been held, developing a large number of natural 
history notes, which are reviewed in this issue, p. 139. 
Annual Reports 
(Abridged) 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF [TRUSTEES 
May 19, 1923.—There have been 308 functions of various kinds with an 
attendance of about 2000 per month. The number of gifts and acces- 
sions have been 1283. The permanent collections have been improved in all 
departments and especially by additions to lantern slide collection, by Mr. 
Burns’ group illustrating Billop House Conference and by Mr. Davis’ 
gift of a complete collection of Staten Island Orthoptera. In fine arts 
three exhibitions were given; in history our ecclesiastical records were 
preserved; in natural science the operations resulted in the publication of 
many pages in our PROCEEDINGS. 
May 17, 1924——There have been about 360 functions with a total at- 
tendance of 28303. The number of gifts and accessions have been 2465. 
The permanent collections have been improved, especially in birds by 
a gift from Edward Avis. In the department of art new sections of 
Community Theater and of Literature have been formed; in history the 
records of ten churches have been typewritten by Mr. R. W. Vosburgh 
with photographic illustration by Mr. Wm. T. Davis; in natural science a 
List of the Coleoptera of Staten Island by C. W. Leng and Wm. T. Davis 
has been published. The increasing public interest in the Institute is 
shown by the membership, 424, the largest recorded, and by the bequest 
from the late William G. Willcox, to be received in October. 
