March 20, 1908] 



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Botanical Garden at 3:30 p.m. Vice-Presi- 

 dent Barnhart presided and there was an at- 

 tendance of thirty-four. 



The secretary presented the report of Mr. 

 Percy Wilson, chairman of the field com- 

 mittee, for 1907. Twenty-five field meetings 

 were reported scheduled through the months 

 of May to October, inclusive, though a few of 

 these meetings were not held, on account of 

 inclement weather. 



Biographical resumes and appreciations of 

 Professor Underwood's life and work were 

 read as follows : 



" A Biographical Sketch of Lucien Marcus Un- 

 derwood," by Carlton C. Curtis. 



" Lucien Marcus Underwood : A Memorial 

 Tribute," by Marshall A. Howe. 



" The Published Work of Lucien Marcus Un- 

 derivood," by John Hcndley Barnhart. 



" Professor Underwood's Relationship to the 

 Work of the New York Botanical Garden, to- 

 gether with the Preamble and Resolutions on 

 Professor Underwood's death, adopted by the 

 Scientific Directors of the Garden," by N. L. 

 Britton. 



The above papers were published in full in 

 the January, 1908, number of the Bulletin of 

 the Torrey Botanical Club. 



The following resolutions, presented by a 

 committee of the club, were read and unani- 

 mously adopted: 



In the death of Lucien Marcus Underwood 

 American botany has lost one of its foremost 

 representatives, one who was exceptionally free 

 from prejudice and selfishness and who abhorred 

 all superficiality and obsequiousness. The Torrey 

 Botanical Club has lost a faithful ofiicer and a 

 zealous and enthusiastic supporter of all its ac- 

 tivities and interests. 



We desire to pay tribute to his superior qualifi- 

 cations and attainments as a man of science, and 

 to express our profound sorrow as we attempt to 

 realize that we shall no more feel the warm clasp 

 of his hand, meet the glance of his sjanpathetic 

 eye, or hear his cheering words of counsel and 

 encouragement. 



The Torrey Botanical Club hereby directs 

 that this minute be entered in its proceedings 

 and duly published with them. 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Secretary 



THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 



The one hundred and thirty-seventh meet- 

 ing of the society was held at Columbia Uni- 

 versity on Saturday, February 29, extending 

 through the usual morning and afternoon 

 sessions. Thirty-four members were in at- 

 tendance. President H. S. White occupied 

 the chair, being relieved at the afternoon ses- 

 sion by Professor P. F. Smith. The follow- 

 ing persons were elected to membership': Mr. 

 E. G. Bill, Tale University; Mr. C. H. Cur- 

 rier, Brown University; Mr. W. S. Pemberton, 

 State Normal School, Edmond, Okla. ; Pro- 

 fessor S. W. Reaves, University of Oklahoma ; 

 Mr. L. L. Silverman, University of Missouri; 

 Mr. W. M. Smith, Lafayette College; Mr. H. 

 W. Stager, University of California. Twelve 

 new applications for membership were re- 

 ceived. 



The by-laws of the society were amended 

 to provide that a member of the editorial com- 

 mittee of the Transactions should be appointed 

 each year at the April meeting of the council 

 and should take of&ce on the following Oc- 

 tober 1. 



The usual informal dinner was arranged for 

 the evening and was attended by twelve of the 

 members. 



The " Annual Register " of the society, con- 

 taining list of officers and members, constitu- 

 tion and by-laws, catalogue of library, etc., has 

 recently been issued. Copies can be obtained 

 from the secretary. 



The following papers were read at the Feb- 

 ruary meeting: 



R. D. Caemichael: "On the numerical factors 

 of certain arithmetic forms." 



R. D. Caemichael : " On the remainder term 

 in a certain development of f(a-\-x)." 



F. R. Shaepe: "The Lorentzian transformatiou 

 and the radiation from a moving electron." 



ViEGiL Snyder : " Normal curves of genus 6 

 and their groups of birational transformations." 



J. W. YoTJNG : " The geometry of chains on a 

 complex line." 



J. W. Young : " A fundamental invariant of 

 discontinuous f-groups defined by a normal curve 

 of order n in space of n dimensions." 



E. B. Van Vleck : " On non-measurable point 

 sets." 



