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Richards, 153 East 31st St., New York, N. Y., and Miss Gladys E. 

 Broun, 1701 Drummond Ct., Asbury Park, N. J.; and as annual 

 members. Dr. Carl Epling, y?2 S. Carmelina Ave., Los Angeles, 

 Calif. 



Dr. Bold announced that the meeting on May 6 would be held 

 at Columbia University, and the meeting on May 21 would be held 

 at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, 

 N. Y. 



Dr. Dodge moved that the Treasurer be authorized to execute 

 the documents from Lord, Day and Lord, attorneys, to receive for 

 the Club the sum of $850.00 from the estate of Nathaniel Lord 

 Britton. Dr. Camp seconded the motion, and the Club so voted. 



Dr. Karling announced that since the Academy Bulletin for 

 May had gone to press the amendment to Article III of the Con- 

 stitution proposed by Dr. Picket would be printed in the fall. 



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

 Charles A. Berger, S.J., of Fordham University, on Polysomaty in 

 Spinacia. The speaker's abstract follows : 



A critical summary of the work on Polysomaty in Spinacia was first 

 presented. The different degrees of polyploidy found in the cells of the root 

 tip periblem are probably the result of double chromosome reproduction in 

 the resting nucleus. Metaphases showing closely paired chromosomes indi- 

 cate that the chromosome reproductions occurred in the preceding resting 

 stage, when no pairing is evident one or more divisions have intervened since 

 the coubling process. The relation of the study of Polysomaty to problems 

 of cell size, cell division and chromosome reproduction were discussed. 



The meeting was adjourned at 4 :30 P.M. to enjoy the tea served 



by the Entertainment Committee and the New York Botanical 



Garden staff. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John W. Thomson, Jr. 



Recording Secretary 



Minutes of the Meeting of May 6, 1941 



The meeting was called to order by the Vice-President, Dr. 

 E. B. Matzke, at 8 :20 P.M. at Columbia University. Forty members 

 and friends of the Club were present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as read. 



It was voted that the following be admitted by unanimous ballot 

 to membership in the Club: as annual member, Professor Guil- 



