Proceedings of the Club 



Tuesday Evening, February 12, 1901 



This meeting was held at the College of Pharmacy, with Dr. 

 Rusby in the chair; 14 persons present. 



The committee to consider the proposed transfer of the Club 

 herbarium to the Botanical Garden reported in favor of donating 

 the Club herbarium in accordance with the following recommen- 

 dations ; which were thereupon adopted by vote of the Club : 



The Torrey Botanical Club offers to donate its herbarium to 

 the New York Botanical Garden, under the following regulations : 



(a) That the Torrey Botanical Club herbarium should consti- 

 tute the nucleus of the separate local collections of the Garden, to 

 be known as the Torrey Botanical Club Local Herbarium, or by 

 some similar name agreed upon. 



(b) That the Garden take proper care of the same, supplement 

 it from its own collections, and from future gifts from members of 

 the Club and other persons, so that it may contain representations 

 of all of the species growing within the 100-mile limit. 



(V) That the members of the Garden staff keep the specimens 

 properly named and labelled so that the collection may be of the 

 best possible service. 



(d) That all members of the Club shall have full and free ac- 

 cess to this collection. 



The scientific progam followed, introduced by a paper by Dr. 

 J. K. Small, "Notes on some Species of Rudbeckia." 



Dr. Small exhibited a series of specimens of Rudbcckia illustrat- 

 ing groups typified by R. Jiirta, R. triloba , R. laciiiiata, etc. Nu- 

 merous critical characters depending on style-tips, form, serration 

 or lobation of leaves, etc., were discussed. About 25 species occur 

 east of the Rockies, 3 native to our own vicinity. 



All evidence shows Rudbeckia Jiirta to be an introduced plant 

 in the northeastern states, perhaps from Maryland northward. Dr. 

 Underwood remarked that R. hirta seemed to be first introduced 

 into Central New York about 1864. Dr. Rusby referred to 



its rarity within his memory 



City 



and to the recently discovered medical value of the related genus 



Branneria. 



