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\\'elcome to delegates,, members, and guests 



Pres. C. Stuart Gagcr 

 Response of delegates 

 Reading of letters of felicitation President Gager 



Tuesday. June 23. 



10:00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Xew York Botanical Garden. Sec- 

 tional chairman: Dr. \\'m. J. Robbins. 

 "The History of the Xew York Botanical Garden.'' Dr. 



\Ym. J. Robbins, Director. 

 Symposium on Taxonomy. 



1. "Contributions of the Torrey Botanical Club to the 



Development of Taxonomy. Dr. H. A. Gleason. 

 X'ew York Botanical Garden. 



2. "]\Iodern Taxonomy and Its Relation to Geography." 



Dr. H. K. Svenson, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



3. "Economic Aspects of Taxonomy." Dr. E. D. Aler- 



rill. Harvard University. 



4. "The Importance of Taxonomic Studies of the 



Fungi." Dr. F. D. Kern. Pennsylvania State 

 College, State College, Pa. 

 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Basket Luncheon in the Rock Garden, 



50 cents. 

 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. Inspection tour of Gardens, Conservatories. 

 Laboratories, and Herbarium, conducted by members of 

 the Staflf. 

 8 :30 p.m. Smoker. !Men"s Faculty Club, Columbia University. 



Wednesday. June 24. 



10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Scientific Program. Boyce Thompson 

 Institute for Plant Research, Yonkers, Xew York. 

 Sectional chairman : Dr. P. \V. Zimmerman. 

 "The History and Organization of the Boyce Thompson 



Institute. Dr. \\m. J. Crocker, Director. 

 Symposium on Growth. 



1. "Viruses in Relation to the Growth of Plants." 



Dr. L. O. Kunkel. Rockefeller Institute for Aledi- 

 cal Research, Princeton. Xew Jersey. 



2. "Morphogenetic Influences of Plant Hormones." Dr. 



P. W. Zimmerman. Boyce Thompson Institute. 



