Volume 39 March-April 1939 Number 2 



TORREYA 



A Bi-MoNTiiLY Journal or Botanical Notes and News 



EDITED FOR 



THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



BY 



GEORGE T. HASTINGS 



John Torrey, 1796-1873 



CONTENTS 



Guide to the Lichens of the New York Area G. G. Nearing 29 



Constitution and By-laws of the Torrey Botanical Club, as revised in Octo- 

 ber 1938 38 



Book reviews 



Arthur W. Haupt, An Introduction to Botany R. C. Benedict 45 



Gilbert Smith, Cryptogamic Botany R. C. Benedict 46 



Proceedings of the Club 47 



News Notes 55 



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 450-454 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin 



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 under the Act of March 3, 1879 



