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previously published papers by the same author. Thus this paper 

 concludes definitely the past period of Dr. Rusby's activity, and 

 we look forward to the new specimens and the new observations 

 to be brought us from his projected extensive South American 

 journey of 1921. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



The meeting of May 11 was held at the American ^luseum of 

 Natural History. 



J. C. Nelson was elected to membership. 



The special program of the evening consisted of an illustrated 

 lecture on Dahlias by Dr. Marshall A. Howe. The speaker 

 sketched the early history of the dahlia referring to its introduc- 

 tion into Europe from Mexico in 1789. A series of lantern slides 

 showed dahlias in their native haunts in Mexico and Guatamala 

 and numerous modern varieties under cultivation at the New 

 York Botanical Garden and elsewhere. The best methods of 

 cultivation and propagation were discussed. The main substance 

 of the discussion may be found in an article published by the 

 speaker in the Journal of the Horticultural Society of New York 

 for February, 1919. 



Meeting of May 26 



The meeting was held at the Morphological Laboratory of the 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



The following were elected to membership in the club: Ira W. 

 Clokey, Frederick Dawson, George A. King, Miss Dorothy Oak, 

 and Charles P. Smith. 



The secretary announced the death on April 23 of Miss Mary 

 S. Andrew's, a member of the club, and read the following article 

 of her will : " I give and bequeath unto the Torrey Botanical 

 Club, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the 

 state of New York, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) 

 to be used by it in such research work as from time to time shall 

 seem advisable to a majority of the then board of trustees of the 

 Club." 



