MEETING OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 7 
pointed by the President to consider the matter of establishing 
an American Botanical Abstract Journal. 
President Richards stated that he would announce at a later 
meeting the names of the four persons to serve with the Board of 
Editors to constitute such a special committee. 
On the motion of Dr. Gager a vote of thanks to Columbia 
University and members of its botanical staff for the hospitalities 
of the day was unanimously passed. 
MEETING OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 
The meeting of October 19 was held at the Mansion, New 
York Botanical Garden, beginning at 2:20 P. M., with Dr. John 
Hendley Barnhart, Vice-president of the Club, in the chair. 
Fifty-four persons were present. 
It was announced that President Richards had appointed Dr. 
N. L. Britton, Professor R. A. Harper, Dr. C. Stuart Gager, and 
Dr. J. Hendley Barnhart to serve with the Board of Editors as a 
special committee on a proposed American Botanical Abstract 
Journal. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Director-in-Chief of the New York Botani- 
cal Garden, in extending a welcome to the Club, referred to the 
fact that the existence of the Garden was due to the activities of a 
special committee of the Torrey Botanical Club. 
The following papers were then presented: 
“Тһе flora of the Isle of Pines, Cuba," by Dr. N. L. Britton and 
Mr. Percy Wilson. Illustrated by lantern-slides. 
"Observations on the development of Peridermium Cerebrum," 
by Dr. B. O. Dodge and Professor James F. Adams. 
“Collecting Fungi at Delaware Water Gap," Бу Dr. W. A. Mur- 
rill. Illustrated by photographs. 
“Тһе physiological properties of two species of poisonous mush- 
rooms," by Dr. Michael Levine. Questions and discussion by 
Professors Harper, Atkinson, and Rusby, and Drs. Gager and 
Murrill. 
“Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains," by Dr. P. 
A. Rydberg. Illustrated by maps. (This was a historical 
sketch of the work of the various botanical collectors and 
writers who had dealt with the flora of the region named, con- 
