Vol. 44 TORREYA January 1945 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 Minutes of the Meeting of May 17, 1944 



The meeting was called to order by President Levine at 3 :30 p.m. in the 

 Members Room of The New York Botanical Garden Museum. Twenty-two 

 members and guests w r ere present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved as read. Four persons 

 were unanimously elected to annual membership and three to associate mem- 

 bership. 



The first speaker on the scientific program was Dr. A. B. Stout who spoke 

 on the "Loss of Incompatibilities in Tetraploid Petunias." Dr. Stout displayed 

 several of the Petunia plants studied. His paper is published in this number of 

 Torreya, pp. 45-51. 



Professor M. A. Johnson of Rutgers University was the second speaker. 

 His talk "On the Structure of the Shoot Apex in Cycads" was illustrated with 

 lantern slides. It also is published in this number of Torreya, pp. 52-58. 



Following the discussion of Professor Johnson's paper, the meeting was 

 adjourned at 4:40 p.m. Tea was then served. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Honor M. Hollinghurst 

 Recording Secretary 



Minutes of the Meeting of October 3, 1944 



The meeting was called to order by the Vice-President, Dr. Seaver, at 8:15 

 p.m. at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Twenty-nine members and friends were 

 present. The minutes of the preceding meeting were accepted as read. Twenty 

 annual members and six associate members were unanimously elected. 



Dr. Karling introduced the question of the motion which had been recom- 

 mended by the Council to the Club for consideration. The motion was "... that 

 the Council recommend to the Club that Torreya be merged with the Bul- 

 letin beginning with the next volume, that it keep its own name and contents 

 separate within the Bulletin, enlarging the editorial staff of the Bulletin to 

 include members now present on Torreya, and that subscribers to Bulletin 

 be charged seven dollars in the event that this merger takes place." In the dis- 

 cussion from the floor, questions were raised as to the availability of reprints 

 for persons keeping bound sets, the economy of merging the two publications, 

 the availability of material to warrant keeping Torreya a separate publication, 

 the maintenance of the policy of publishing material which has a more popular 

 appeal than that published in the Bulletin, and finally as to the reason for the 

 increase of one dollar in the rate to subscribers. It was moved by Dr. Zimmer- 

 man that the Club adopt the recommendation of the Council, that Torreya and 



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