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treasurer, and editor were elected as a committee on the annual 

 budget for 1908. 



Biographical resumes and appreciations of Professor Under- 

 wood's life and work were read as follows : 



"A Biographical Sketch of Lucien Marcus Underwood," by 

 Carlton C. Curtis. 



" Lucien Marcus Underwood : A Memorial Tribute," by- 

 Marshall A. Howe. 



" The Published Work of Lucien Marcus Underwood," by 

 John Hendley Barnhart. 



" Professor Underwood's Relation to the Work of the New 

 York Botanical Garden," by N. L. Britton. 



The above papers will be published in full in the January, 

 1908, number of the " Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club." 



The following resolutions, presented by a committee of the 

 Club were read and unanimously adopted : 



In the death of Lucien Marcus Underwood, American botany 

 has lost one of its foremost representatives, one who was excep- 

 tionally free from prejudice and selfishness and who abhorred all 

 superficiality and obsequiousness. The Torrey Botanical Club 

 has lost a faithful officer and a zealous and enthusiastic supporter 

 of all its activities and interests. 



We desire to pay tribute to his superior qualifications and at- 

 tainments as a man of science, and to express our profound sorrow 

 as we attempt to realize that we shall no more feel the warm 

 clasp of his hand, meet the glance of his sympathetic eye, or 

 hear his cheering words of counsel and encouragement. 



The Torrey Botanical Club hereby directs that this minute be 

 entered in its proceedings and duly published with them. 



Adjournment was at 4:45 o'clock. 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Secretary. 



February ii, 1908. 



The meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History and was called to order by President Rusby at 8:iO p. m. 

 Sixty-five persons were present. 



The chairman appointed the following committees of the Club 

 for the current year. 



