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September 12. Field Trip to Preakness Hills, N. J., for lichens, fungi, and general botany. 

 Stereocmilon pileatnm was found. This is believed to be the first record for New Jersey 

 of this species which is usually collected in the Adirondack or White Mountains. 

 Leader : Mr. G. G. Nearing. Attendance : 17. 



September 18. Field Trip to Richmond Valley, Staten Island, N. Y. Several hybrid oaks 

 were seen and the general botany observed. Leader : Mr. W. T. Davis. Attendance : 25. 



September 25. Field Trip to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum led by Mr. J. H. Beale, 

 Superintendent. Attendance : 10. 



September 26. Field Trip to Mineola, L. I., N. Y., for Myxomycetes. Still too dry. Leader : 

 Mr. Robert Hagelstein, Honorary Curator of Myxomycetes at The New York Botan- 

 ical Garden. Attendance : 6. 



September 26. Field Trip to Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, N. Y. Fraxinus nigra and F. 

 pcnnsylvanica were found. They are not often seen in this vicinity. Leader : Dr. A. H. 

 Graves of Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Attendance : 18. 



October 2. Field Trip to Grassy Sprain region, Yonkers, N. Y., for fungi. The leader, 

 Dr. M. Levine, reported a "perfect trip." Attendance : 3. 



October 3. Field Trip to Point Pleasant vicinity, N. J. Species attracting most attention 

 were Gentiana saponaria. Poly gala Nuttallii and P. cruciata, Jasione montana, Bar- 

 tonia virginica, and a species of Sabatia. Leader : Mr. V. L. Frazee. Attendance : 3. 



October 5. Meeting at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Robbins, at 8:15 p.m. Attend- 

 ance : 34. The minutes of the meeting of May 19th were approved. Twenty-two persons 

 were elected to annual membership and seven to associate membership. It was voted to 

 invest another $10,000 of the capital of the Club in war bonds. The collecting experiences 

 of the Club members provided the scientific program of the evening. These experiences 

 ranged from collecting on field trips or by proxy to working in victory gardens ; from 

 identifying an uncommon plant to research in the field of rubber. By the conclusion, 

 a picture of the varied fields of interest of the Torrey Club members had been pre- 

 sented. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m. and refreshments were served by members 

 of the Garden staff. 



, Honor M. Hollinghurst, 

 Recording Secretary. 



October 10. Field Trip to Richmond, S. I., N. Y., for general flora of brookside, old 

 fields, and salt marsh. Leader : Miss Hester M. Rusk of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 

 Attendance: 15. 



October 17. Field Trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the study of coniferous plants. 

 Leaders: Drs. A. H. Graves and Alfred Gundersen of the Garden staff. Attendance: IL 



October 20, 1943. Meeting at The New York Botanical Garden. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Robbins, at 3 :30 p.m. Attend- 

 ance : 2)7. The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved. A Memorial Tribute 

 to the late Dr. C. Stuart Gager was read by Dr. Dodge, chairman of the Memorial 

 Committee : 



October 20, 1943. 

 It is with profound sorrow and a realization of a great loss to our organization 

 that the Torrey Botanical Club records here the death of Doctor Charles Stuart 

 Gager, who died August 9, 1943. 



Doctor Gager was elected to membership in the Club October 25, 1905. He had 

 served the Club with high honor and distinction, not only on committees which had 

 to do with formulating plans and policies, but also as Recording Secretary for three 



