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From annual membership: 



Mr. H. H. McKinney, Horticultural Field Station, Beltsville, Md. 

 Mr. Alan Martin, Glenwood, N. J. 



Prof. A. J. Sharp, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 

 Miss Olga H. Hingsburg, 46 Esplanade, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



From associate membership : 



Mr. Seymour Barrett, 1475 Grand Concourse, N. Y. C. 

 Dr. George H. Hallett, Jr., 3353 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, N. Y. 

 Mrs. Ruth D. Hallett, 3353 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, N. Y. 

 Mr. L. W. Steiger, 835 Summit Avenue, Hackensack, N. J. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced that the Council had 

 accepted the resignation of Dr. Thomson as Recording Secretary, 

 and read his letter of resignation to the Club. The President stated 

 that in accordance with the Constitution the Council had elected 

 Miss Honor Margaret Hollinghurst to fill the unexpired term of 

 Recording Secretary. 



The President also announced that the Council had sent a tele- 

 gram of congratulations to Professor R. A. Harper in the name of 

 the Club, this being Dr. Harper's 80th birthday. 



The President also announced that through an error in the bal- 

 lot, a vacancy existed in the Council membership. Dr. Rickett nomi- 

 nated Dr. W. J. Bonisteel for the vacancy, the nomination was sec- 

 onded by Dr. Robbins, and Dr. Bonisteel was unanimously elected 

 to a term from 1942-1944. 



Dr. Small again announced that tickets were available for the 

 Sportsman's Show. 



The scientific portion of the program consisted of a report by 

 Dr. L. V. Barton of the Boyce Thompson Institute on "Some Spe- 

 cial Problems in Seed Dormancy." The speaker's abstract follows : 



Dormancy in relation to seeds is a general term used to indicate the failure 

 of the embryo to resume growth when placed under conditions of temperature, 

 moisture, and oxygen supply which ordinarily bring about germination. The 

 dormant state may be imposed by seed coats, dormant embryos or a combina- 

 tion of seed coat and dormant embryos. Furthermore, there are seeds in which 

 the root is not dormant but the shoot or the bud which forms it is dormant. 

 In the last case it is necessary to treat for a period at a low temperature (1° 

 to 10° C.) in a moist medium after the root has already formed in order to 

 break the epicotyl dormancy so that the first green leaf may develop. Such 

 treatment may be given effectively at any time between the first appearance of 

 the radicle and the maximum development of the root system from the stored 

 food in the seed. 



