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The minutes of the meetings of February 25 and March 10 were 

 read and approved. Edward D. Hull, 6024 Ellis Ave., Chicago, 

 111., was nominated for membership. 



The death of Rev. J. Henry Watson and confirmation of the 

 report of the death of Dr. C. B. Robinson were announced. On 

 the motion of Norman Taylor a committee consisting of Dr. John 

 H. Barnhart and Dr. Marshall A. Howe was appointed to draw 

 up resolutions on the death of Dr. Robinson. 



Edward D. Hull was then elected to membership. 



The announced scientific program consisted of a paper on 

 "Notes on the Local Flora," by Mr. Norman Taylor. These 

 consisted chiefly of material taken from the introduction to his 

 forthcoming work on the "Flora of New York and Vicinity." 



Meeting adjourned. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary. 

 NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. Ross Aiken Gortner, who has been in charge of the Bio- 

 chemical Laboratory of the Station for Experimental Evolution 

 at Cold Spring Harbor, will take up his duties of Associate Pro- 

 fessor in the newly established Department of Soil Chemistry 

 at the University of Minnesota, August i. The work in the 

 Physico-chemical Properties of Vegetable Saps which he has 

 been carrying on with Dr. J. Arthur Harris will be continued 

 by his assistant, Mr. John V. Lawrence, and Dr. Harris. 



Miss Susan Minns has given $50,000 to the Botanical Depart- 

 ment of Wellesley College, in memory of Susan M. Hallowell, 

 the former Head of the Department. 



Members of the Torrey Club are invited to attend a field 

 meeting of the American Fern Society to be held July 16, 17 

 and 18 in the neighborhood of New York City. A trip to collect 

 fern hybrids is contemplated as well as a visit to the New York 

 Botanical Garden fern conservatories, and probably also a more 

 extended trip for some special fern. Further information may 

 be had by writing Mr. R. C. Benedict, 2303 Newkirk Avenue, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



