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tongue, or have a repulsive odor, they are to be avoided for 



table use. 



The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. 



Clyde Ch.andler 

 Recording Secretary 



Meeting of December 21, 1938 



The meeting of December 21 held at the New \'ork 

 Botanical Garden was called to order by the Corresponding 

 Secretary, Dr. J. S. Karling. Twenty-three persons were present. 



The minutes of the meetings of November 16 and December 

 6 were approved as read. 



The following were elected annual members of the Club: 

 Dr. Robert B. Gordon, State Teachers College, West Chester, 

 Penn., and Mr. Leon Hervey, 2121 Grand Concourse, Bronx, 

 N. Y. The transfer of Miss Louelle B. Conkling from associate 

 to annual membership was approved. 



The following were elected associate members of the Club: 

 Mrs. Edith Bennett, 45 Pondfield Road West, Bronxville, N. Y., 

 and Miss Blanche C. Mayhew, 144 S. 2nd Avenue, Mt. Vernon, 

 N. Y. 



The resignations of Mr. Louis S. Jafife, 97 Chester Avenue, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Ludwig H. Grunebaum, 11 Brayton 

 Road, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Mr. Oran B. Stanley, Colgate Univer- 

 sity, Hamilton, N. Y.; and Dr. Flora A. Haas, Arkansas State 

 Teachers College, Conway, Ark. were accepted with regrets. 



The resignation of the following associate member was also 

 accepted with regret: Mrs. Robert C. Hill, Palisades, Rockland 

 Co., N. Y. 



The death of Dr. Charles P. Dring was reported. 



Dr. H. K. Svenson was elected as an alternate for Dr. William 

 Crocker who is a delegate to the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science but who is unable to attend the Rich- 

 mond meetings. 



The scientific program consisted of a lecture illustrated by 

 lantern slides and motion pictures on "Recent Results of Growth 

 Substance Research" by Dr. P. W. Zimmerman of the Boyce 

 Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. 



