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and Miss Irene M. McLaughlin, 707 Gramatan Avenue, Mt. Ver- 

 non, N. Y. 



The following resignations were accepted with regret : Annual: 

 Mr. Henry Morrell, The Players, 16 Gramercy Park, New York, 

 N. Y. ; and Dr. R. Kent Beattie, 203-2 Belmont Road, N. W., Wash- 

 ington, D. C.; Associate: Miss Helen Blanchard, 561 West 143rd 

 Street, New York, N. Y. ; and Miss Mary A. Clark, Bedford, N. Y. 



Annual reports were given by all officers, delegates, and com- 

 mittee chairmen of the Club. 



Attention was called to the fact that a new address book of 

 taxonomists, geographers and ecologists is being prepared and that 

 anyone who wishes his name to be included in this book should 

 communicate with Dr. E. D. Merrill of Boston, Mass. 



The result of the ballots for the election of officers for next 

 year was read by the corresponding secretary whom the Club in- 

 structed to cast a final ballot for their election. The newly elected 

 officers for 1940 are listed on the inside of the front cover. 



Dr. B. O. Dodge on accepting the office of President of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club stressed the importance of the members 

 supporting the Club's publications not only financially but, what 

 is more important, scientifically and that each member should take 

 a personal interest and be loyal to the Club because it is his organiza- 

 tion. 



Dr. Graves in his retiring address spoke briefly of the Club's 

 early history. 



Dr. Karling proposed three objectives toward which the Club 

 should strive during 1940: 



1. A Torrey lecture known as the John Torrey address and 

 that a fund known as the Torrey fund be started. 



2. That there be greater and closer cooperation of the Torrey 

 Club with the A. A. A. S. He suggested the possibility of a Torrey 

 symposium held on one afternoon during the Christmas meetings 

 of the A. A. A. S. 



3. That the Torrey Club sponsor a Pan-American Botanical 

 Congress. 



It was further suggested that such addresses and papers of 

 symposia be published in the Bulletin of the Club. 



Clyde Chandler 

 Recording Secretary 



