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sporangia of P. polyccplialuin spreading away on leaves and twigs. 

 It was a sight to be rememl)ered by those not famiUar therewith. 



These trips are not so much for the purpose of obtaining a 

 large number of specimens, although this is often the case with 

 good conditions, but to instruct members in the field habits and 

 life history of the Myxomycetes, and also teach them proper 

 methods in seeking the fruiting bodies. When this knowledge has 

 been acquired, it will be possible to find them in all suitable situa- 

 tions at the proper time. They are common and abundant although 

 rarely collected by the untrained mycologist. 



Robert Hagelstein 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Minutes of the Meeting of October 3, 1939 



The meeting of the Torrey Botanical Club held at the Brook- 

 lyn Botanic Garden on October 3, 1939, was called to order by the 

 President, Dr. Arthur H. Graves at 8.30 p.m. 



Twenty-eight persons were present. 



The following persons were elected to membership : Annual — 

 Miss Clara Burghart, 419 Devon St., Kearny, N. J.; Dr. Al- 

 berto Castellanos, Museo Ciencas Naturales, Chubut 450, Buenos 

 Aires, Argentina ; Dr. Horacio R. Descole, Miguel Lillo 205, Tucu- 

 man, Argentina; Mr. Charles Ericson, 101 West 78th St., New 

 York, N. Y. ; Mr. Louis E. Hand, 8061 Fairview St., Holmesburg, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Edna J. Malone, 3045 Palisade Ave., 

 New York, N. Y. ; Prof. Henry Pittier, P. O. Box 255, Caracas, 

 Venezuela; Dr. H. W. Rickett, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park, New York, N. Y. 



Associate — Miss Dorothy Fell, Woodridge, N. J.; Mrs. Louis 

 E. Hand, 8061 Fairview St., Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Mr. 

 William A. Happel, Scotch Plains, N. J.; Miss Suzanne Haupt, 

 222 Walnut St., Montclair, N. J. ; Miss Dolores R. de M. Hunn, 

 1218 Prospect Ave., Plainfield. N. J.; Miss Mary E. Mitchell, 

 37-08 Bowne St., Flushing, N. Y. ; Mrs. Lazella Schwarten, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N. Y. ; Miss 

 Frieda Seemann, 611 Bailey Ave., Elizabeth, N. J. ; Miss Louise W. 



