Proceedings of the Club 



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Tuesday, May 14, 190 1 



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The meeting was held at the museum of the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, with Dr. Rusby in the chair. Twenty -seven per- 

 sons were present. 



Two new members were elected : Miss Heloise F. Esterly, 

 Inwood, New York City; Dr. Wm. A. Murrill, 232 W. 114th 



Street. 



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Lake Avenue, Chicago ; Miss Mary Appleton, Riverdale ; Miss 

 Beatrix Jones, 21 E. nth Street; Dr. Clarence C. Howard, 57 

 W. 51st Street ; Mr. A. Emil Schmidt, 448 E. 59th Street. 



On vote of the Club the Treasurer was requested to furnish at 

 the next meeting a list of all members delinquent in dues and of 

 the amounts due. 



Dr. Britton announced the next meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society on the nth of June at the Botanical Garden, at 2 P. M., 

 to be devoted particularly to a rose, paeonia and spiraea exhibit. 

 He also extended the invitation of that Society to members of the 

 Torrey Club to be present at that and any subsequent meetings. 



Dr. Schoeney, of the Committee on Field Meetings, spoke in 

 favor of making out and printing field programs for the entire 

 summer at one time. Voted to authorize committee to take this 

 course at their discretion. 



A letter was read from Mrs. Josephine D. Lowe, of Noroton 

 Connecticut, inviting the Club to make one of its field excursions 

 to Noroton and vicinity. The invitation was accepted for the 

 second Saturday in June. 



The scientific program was as follows : 



Professor Underwood spoke on " The Genus Ptcridium" the 

 type of which is the widely distributed and well-known Ptert* 

 aquilina of Linnaeus. It was separated from the genus Pteris by 

 Gleditsch in 175 1, followed by Scopoli in 1760. The principal 

 generic character distinguishing it from Pteris is the presence 

 double indusium. Specimens of various species, varieties a 



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