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During the discussion following the lecture, Dr. Camp enlarged 

 upon the distribution of the Azaleas and their derivative hybrids. 

 The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



John W. Thomson, Jr. 

 Recording Secretary 



Minutes of the Meeting on March 19, 1941 



The meeting was called to order at 3 :30 P.M. by the President, 

 Dr. Karling, at the New York Botanical Garden. Thirty-one 

 members and friends were present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as read. 



Dr. Rickett moved, Dr. Bold seconded the motion and the Club 

 voted that the following be admitted by unanimous ballot to mem- 

 bership in the Club : as annual members. Miss Margaret A. Griffin, 

 131 Erie Avenue, Midland Park, N. J.; Mr. Walter E. Thwing 

 Chestnut Hill, R. F. D. No. 1, Norwalk, Conn. ; Miss G. Elizabeth 

 Ashwell, 444 East 66th St., New York, N. Y. ; Mrs. Margaret 

 Heatley Moss, Botany Dept., University, Milner Park, Johannes- 

 burg, Union of South Africa; and Mr. J. D. Quackenbush, 608 Lin- 

 coln Ave., Hawthorne, N. J. ; as associate members, Mr. Ernest 

 Walter, 166 North Mountain Ave., Montclair, N. J.; and Mr. 

 Reiman G. Erwin, 99 Hillside Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



The following resignations were accepted with regret : from 

 annual membership. Miss Edna Lind, The University, Sheffield, 

 England, and Dr. C. E. B. Bremenkamp, Ostadelaan 14, Bilthoven, 

 Netherlands; from associate membership, Mr. Samuel Bender, 421 

 East 21st St., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Miss Blanche C. Mayhew, 

 144 South Second Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



Dr. Rickett proposed the following amendment to the Consti- 

 tution : "To Article XIII, after "Index Cards," add the words 

 "and the Memoirs." 



In accordance with the Constitution, the proposed amendment 

 was referred to the Council. 



The scientific part of the program consisted of a talk by Dr. 

 F. E. Denny of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research 

 on "Main points and some side issues in attempts to influence the 

 rest period of buds of plants." The speaker's abstract follows : 



