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and finally a rise in the proportion during the last decade, doubtless in response 

 to the general revival of interest in taxonomy. 



The magnitude and importance of the Club's contribution to the advance- 

 ment of taxonomy by means of its publication is, I am sure, realized and 

 appreciated by all taxonomists, and I trust that my figures have served to 

 make it clear to the non-taxonomic members of the audience. 



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As a second and minor contribution I may mention the development of the 

 Torrey Club herl^arium. Begun so long ago that I fail to find the date of its 

 inception, this herbarium grew very gradually through the donations of the 

 local members. Xot long after the ^Museum Building of the Botanical Garden 

 Avas completed the herbarium was transferred to it, and continued to expand 

 through the voluntary activity of interested local botanists and through the 

 collections of the Garden stafif. The Club then presented the herbarium to 

 the Botanical Garden and it has since been maintained as a separate imit, 

 covering the area known as the Torrey Club range, which is roughly all the 

 territory within a hundred miles of New York, and illustrating the flowering 

 plants and ferns of this region by some 65,000 mounted specimens. The 



