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1941, to include the words "and the Memoirs" after "Index Cards." 

 Dr. Clum seconded the motion. After discussion, the motion was 

 carried by unanimous vote. 



Discussion of suggestions for the 75th Anniversary Program 

 followed. Dr. Gager moved that the Club celebrate its 75th Anniver- 

 sary at a date in June, 1942. Dr. Camp seconded the motion and 

 the Club so voted. It was suggested by several members that field 

 trips be included in the program. Dr. Camp moved that the Chair- 

 man of the Committee be empowered to invite such other societies 

 as he saw fit to participate in the Anniversary celebrations. The 

 motion was seconded and carried. 



The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of 

 the summer experiences of some of the members. Dr. Cheney 

 reported that, with Dr. Gager's book on Botanical Gardens of the 

 World in hand, he had visited many of the botanical gardens in the 

 western United States. He was particularly impressed by that at 

 Santa Ana, and by the Ginkgo National Park in Washington with 

 its numerous fossils of that tree. 



Dr. A.rthur Graves reported that he had visited the only sur- 

 viving charter member of the Torrey Botanical Club, Dr. H. M. 

 Denslow. Dr. Denslow joined the Club when he was fifteen and has 

 been a member for seventy-five years. Dr. Bold read a letter from 

 Dr. Denslow expressing his appreciation for the letter written by 

 the Corresponding Secretary on behalf of the Club on the occasion 

 of his anniversary. 



Dr. Graves brought samples of the results of his work on cross- 

 ing the Japanese and American chestnuts, and discussed the work. 



Dr. Wodehouse reported that he had continued his studies on 

 cases of hay fever of unknown origin. These cases coincide in dis- 

 tribution with many coastal plain plants. It was found that extracts 

 from the cockroach, P eriplaneta americana, gave a positive reac- 

 tion in a high percentage of these cases. Dr. Wodehouse's descrip- 

 tion of the trials of a hunter of live cockroaches in the South highly 

 entertained the members of the Club. Cockroach fever, like ragweed 

 fever, is a disease of civilization according to Dr. Wodehouse. 



Dr. Camp claimed that he had examined practically every blue- 

 berry patch from Maine to Florida during the past season. 



