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The resignations of Miss Honora M. Hollinghurst, 2736 

 Creston Ave., New York City, and Miss Myrtle H. Waterfall, 

 32 Pennington Ave., Passaic, New Jersey from Annual Member- 

 ship were accepted, after which they were elected Associates. 



The resignations of Miss Helen Holme Bancroft, 2 Welling- 

 ton Square, Oxford, England, and Mrs. Ruth H. Burritt, 16 

 Prospect Drive, Yonkers, N.Y., were accepted with regrets. 



The deaths of Dr. John K. Small, an honorary Life Mem- 

 ber of the Club, on January 20 and of Mrs. Arthur H. Graves, 

 an annual member since 1926, on January 29 were reported. The 

 President was authorized to draw up suitable resolutions to be 

 sent to their families. A rising vote of sympathy for Dr. Graves 

 in his bereavement was taken. 



Dr. R. P. Wodehouse was unanimously elected Editor of 

 the Bulletin. 



Two members were elected to the Council. Dr. J. J. Cope- 

 land of the College of the City of New York, to succeed Dr. 

 Wodehouse and Dr. W. J. Robbins, the newly elected Director 

 of the New York Botanical Garden, to succeed Mr. Torrey. Dr. 

 Wodehouse and Mr. Torrey having been elected officers of the 

 Club became automatically ex-officio members of the Council. 



Dr. J. S. Karling presented the report of the committee on 

 the revision of the Constitution, and moved that the chair ap- 

 point the council as a committee to consider the amendments. 



The scientific program consisted of a lecture by Dr. W. H. 

 Camp of the New York Botanical Garden on "Plant Collecting 

 in Southern Mexico." The lecture was illustrated with a fine 

 series of pictures taken by Dr. Camp on his trip. 



Clyde Chandler 

 Recording Secretary 



Meeting of February 15, 1938 



The meeting of the Torrey Botanical Club scheduled for 

 February 16th at The New York Botanical Garden was changed 

 to February 15th at Columbia University. The guest speaker 

 of the evening was Dr. F. von Wettstein, Director, Kaiser 

 Wilhelm Institute fiir Biologie, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. 

 Dr. von Wettstein reported on "Some Problems of Heredity, 

 Especially of Polyploidy in the Mosses." 



Clyde Chandler 

 Recording Secretarv 



