PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Minutes of the Meeting of November 6, 1940 



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

 can Museum of Natural History on November 6, 1940, was called 

 to order by Dr. B. O. Dodge. At the request of the President, Dr. 

 Edwin B. Matzke, Vice-president, presided at the meeting. 



Thirty-eight members and friends were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of October first were adopted as 

 read. 



Fifteen candidates were elected to annual membership : Brother 

 Celestine, F.S.C., Manhattan College, New York, N. Y. ; Dr. 

 Leon C. Chesley, 292 Harrison St., Jersey City, N. J. ; Mr. Leonard 

 J. Duersmith, R.F.D. No. 1, Columbia, Pa.; Dr. Frederick W. 

 Kilbourne, 190 Cook Ave., Meriden, Conn. ; Dr. Mary Mazine 

 Larisey, Judson College, Marion, Ala. ; Prof. Fred A. Loew, 916 

 Himes St., Huntington, Ind. ; Miss Dorothy J. Longacre, 11 Adams 

 St., Sea Clifif, N. Y. ; Dr. Ian McCallum, T. P. D. Co., Ltd., Palo 

 Seco, Trinidad ; Miss Ruth A. McLean, No. 2, Powe Apartment, 

 506 Buchanan Blvd., Durham, N. C. ; Dr. J. Armstrong Miller, 

 152 Montgomery Ave., Cynwyd, Pa.; Dr. Walter Phillips, 109 E. 

 Palisade Ave., Englewood, N. J. ; Dr. J. A. Pinckard, Tobacco 

 Research Laboratory, Agricultural Experiment Station, Chatham, 

 Va. ;.Mrs. Elsie McElroy Slater, 516 Prospect Ave., El Paso, Tex. ; 

 Mr. G. M. Soxman, 718 Haines Ave., Dallas, Tex. ; and Mr. 

 R. Morgan Weed, New Canaan, Conn. 



Two candidates were elected to associate membership : Miss 

 Carolyn L. Allen, 69 N. Ninth St., Newark, N. J. ; and Dr. IMoses 

 N. Levine, University Farm Campus, St. Paul, Minn. 



The transfer of Miss Louella B. Conkling, Apart. 43, 126 Ster- 

 ling PL, Brooklyn, N. Y., from annual membership to associate 

 membership was accepted. 



At the request of Dr. J. S. Karling. Dr. Arthur H. Graves 

 read the report of the Nominating Committee which had previously 

 been approved by the Council. 



The program of the evening consisted of a lecture by Dr. 

 William J. Bonisteel on "Problems of the Aconites." The speaker's 

 abstract follows : 



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