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autumn colors. From the top of Bellvale Mountain the broad 

 expanse of the Ordovician terrane stretched to the northwest where 

 mist hid its termination at the Shawangunk Mountain Range. 

 Descending the east side of the mountain toward Greenwood Lake, 

 a stop at vertical-standing Upper Devonian shales enabled the party 

 to collect some plant impressions of some of the earliest land plants. 

 In the mountains east of Greenwood Lake pre-Cambrian granite- 

 gneiss was seen, likewise some beaver ponds. At one of these, sweet 

 wild grapes growing by the roadside furnished the last of the unex- 

 pected pleasures of the day. ^^^^^ ^_ ^^^^^^ 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Minutes of the Meeting on May 21, 1941 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. J. S. 

 Karling, at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at 

 3 :40 P.M., following the serving of excellent refreshments by the 

 stafif of the Institute. Forty-five members and guests were present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as read. 



It was voted that the following be admitted by unanimous ballot 

 to annual membership : Miss Ruth R. Richards, Milwaukee-Downer 

 College, Milwaukee, Wis. ; Mr. Burritt K. Lupton, Franklin Ave., 

 Wyckoff, N. J. ; Mr. Robert S. Piatt, Jr., 10820 Drew St., Chicago, 

 111. ; Dr. William Henry Eyster, 130 S. 13th St., Lewisburg, Pa. ; 

 Mr. John H. Schaefer, 5305 44th St., Laurel Hill, L. I., N. Y. ; 

 Mr. Morris Deitchman, 404 Central Tower, Youngstown, Ohio ; and 

 Dr. Arthur W. Proetz, 12 Westmoreland PL, St. Louis, Mo. ; to 

 associate membership : Mr. Jose Perez Carabia, New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, New York, N. Y. ; Mr. Severin Rapp, Box 417, San- 

 ford, Fla. ; Mr. Harold Epstein, 5 Forest Ct., Larchmont, N. Y. ; 

 and Mr. Stephen Walker, 15 Lincoln Park, Newark, N. J. The 

 transfer of Miss Sara J. Stewart, 64 Linwood Rd., New Rochelle, 

 N. Y., from annual to associate membership was approved. The 

 resignations of Mr. John Masek, Apopka, Fla., from annual mem- 

 bership and Miss Amy E. Davis, 230 E. 71st St., New York, N. Y., 

 from associate membership were accepted with regret. 



