PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 Meeting of January 19, 1938 



The meeting held at The New York Botanical Garden was 

 called to order by the President, Raymond H. Torrey at 3:30 

 P.M. There were 37 persons present. The minutes of the Annual 

 Meeting on January 4 were read and after due corrections were 

 adopted by the club. 



A letter from Lord, Day, and Lord Real Estate Company 

 concerning the sale of a portion of Dr. N. L. Britton's estate 

 was read. Action on this was referred to the council, to be 

 considered at its next meeting. 



Dr. J. S. Karling announced that Dr. Fritz von Wettstein, 

 Director of Kaiser W'ilhelm-Institut for Biologie is to be in 

 the city in the near future and asked to have the regular meet- 

 ing of the Torrey Club adjusted so as to have him as a guest 

 speaker of the Club. It was moved and seconded that such 

 authorization be granted. The motion carried. 



The scientific program consisted of a lecture by Dr. E. VV. 

 Sinnott, Professor of Botany, Barnard College, Columbia Uni- 

 versity on "The Cellular Basis for Shape Changes in the De- 

 velopment of Cucurbit Fruits." 



Dr. E. B. Matzke chairman of the nominating committee 

 reported that this committee met and unanimously nominated 

 Dr. R. P. Wodehouse as editor of the Torrey Bulletin. 



The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Clyde Chandler 

 Recording Secretary 



Meeting of February 1, 1938 



The meeting of the Torrey Botanical Club held at the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History on February 1, 1938 was called 

 to order by the Vice-President, Dr. Alfred Gunderson at 

 8:15 P.M. There were 54 persons present. The minutes of the 

 meeting of January 19 w^ere read and after due corrections, 

 adopted by the Club. 



Mrs. Marguerite B. Fulling, 12 Gifford Street, Tuckahoe, 

 N.Y.; Dr. J. G. Hopkins, 102 East 78th Street, New York 

 City; and Dr. Adolph Pascher of Czechoslovakia were unani- 

 mously elected Annual Members of the Club. 



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