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October 15. Southfields, N. Y. A list was made of 24 mushrooms, and 

 lichens and flowering plants were also observed. Leader, F. R. Lewis. Attend- 

 ance 5. 



October 22. Palisades and Alpine, N. J. Leader, James Murphy. At- 

 tendance 1 1 . No detailed report. 



October 29. Palisades Interstate Park. Mr. Joseph Bartha kindly 

 volunteered to guide the Raymond H. Torrey Memorial trip to Long Moun- 

 tain. No report of the attendance. 



November 5. Bound Brook to North Plainfield, N. J. This walk 

 offered the various habitats which had been announced. No list was made, as 

 the species found were those to be expected, except that we were disappointed 

 not to find gentians. Leader, John A. Small. Attendance 27. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Minutes of the Meeting of October 18, 1944 



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

 Members' Room of The New York Botanical Garden. There were twenty- 

 three members and guests of the Club present. The minutes of the preceding 

 meeting were approved as read. Dr. Karling read the tentative ballot which 

 had been prepared by the Nominating Committee for 1945. The President ap- 

 pointed a committee consisting of Drs. Karling, Graves, and Matzke as chair- 

 man, to draw up a memorial minute on Dr. H. M. Denslow. 



The scientific program consisted of an interesting presentation by Prof. 

 J. S. Karling on "Unusual Chytridiaceous Fungi from Brazil." After con- 

 siderable discussion of chitin-destroying fungi, and of the evolutionary rela- 

 tionships within the whole group of the fungi, the meeting adjourned at 4:35 

 p.m. to partake of the refreshments generously provided by The New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edwin B. Matzke 

 Corresponding Secretary 



Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 1944 



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

 Members' Room of The New York Botanical Garden, with twenty-seven mem- 

 bers and guests of the Club in attendance. The minutes of the preceding meet- 

 ing were approved as read. The following memorial minute on Dr. H. M. 



