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Meeting of January 17, 1940 



The meeting of the Torrey Botanical Club held at the New 

 York Botanical Garden on January 17, was called to order by the 

 president at 3.35 p.m. 



Forty-eight persons were present. 



The minutes of December 20, 1939 and January 9, 1940 were 

 adopted as read. 



It was moved by Dr. Karling and seconded by Dr. Zimmerman 

 that the secretary cast a unanimous ballot for the election of the 

 following members : Annual: Dr. Fred J. Seaver, New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, Bronx Park, New York ; Mr. Charles Gilly, New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York ; and Mr. Arthur David- 

 off, 725 West 172nd Street, New York. Sustaining: Dr. Jose Saer 

 d'Heguert, 98 Martin Tovar, Valencia, Venezuela. 



The death of Prof. H. M. Jennison, Department of Botany, 

 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., was noted with regret. 



The resignation of Mrs. Frederick Kavanagh as Bibliographer 

 of the Club was accepted with regret. An unanimous ballot was cast 

 for the election of Mrs. Lazella Schwarten to fill this vacancy. 



As Dr. E. B. Matzke, an elected member to the Council, was 

 elected second vice-president of the Club which automatically made 

 him an ex-officio member of the Council, the Council nominated 

 Dr. P. W. Zimmerman for election to fill the vacancy. Dr. Gleason 

 moved and Dr. Karling seconded that the secretary be instructed 

 to cast an unanimous ballot for the election of Dr. Zimmerman. 



Dr. Karling announced that contributions to the Torrey Fund 

 would now be accepted and that an artist at Columbia had volun- 

 teered to design the medal. 



Mrs. Wanda K. Farr presented the results of her research on 

 the "Formation of Cellulose Particles in Halicystis." The speaker's 

 abstract follows : 



"Cellulose and starch are compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen 

 formed exclusively in the protoplasm of living plant cells. Although closely 

 related to sugars and other carbohydrates of protoplasmic origin, they are 

 classed also with those substances which, in the form of single crystallites 

 or crystalline aggregates, are morphologically visible. Starch serves primarily 

 as a food reserve ; cellulose, as an important constituent of the framework of 

 the plant. 



Starch, in the form of grains of many shapes and sizes, is produced within 

 a specialized organ of the protoplasm — a plastid. If the starch-forming plastids 



