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Garden gave an interesting talk on the "Botanical Pioneers <>i 

 the Orient." This talk was illustrated l>\ lantern slides. 



Form an T. McLean 

 Secretary 



Meeting of February 21, 1934 



Meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. at The New York 

 Botanical Garden by President Hazen. There were 31 members 

 present. Minutes of meetings of January 17th and February 

 6th and Council meeting of January 17th were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The following were unanimously elected to membership in 

 the club: Miss Jean Berger, 102 Manor Road, Staten Island, 

 N.Y.; \Y. G. Camp, Columbia University, New York; Miss 

 Natalie Hettger, 214 Division Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, 

 N.J.; Mr. Henry Jacoby, 3400 Wayne Avenue, New York; 

 Miss Mabel E. Newman, 3016 Bronx Park East, New York. 



The resignations of Miss Anna Hecht, Mr. L. H. Laphorn, 

 Mrs. C. G. Stehle and Mr. Norwood C. Thornton were accepted 

 with regret. 



Realizing that the present world-wide financial depression 

 has in certain instances caused such distress that some of the 

 staunch supporters of the Torrey Botanical Club now feel 

 temporarily unable to meet their club dues, and believing that 

 the acceptance of resignations from such members under these 

 circumstances would be very regrettable, be it therefore re- 

 solved: 



That members of the Torrey Botanical Club who have been 

 in good standing for a period of fifteen years or longer up to 

 1932 may be continued on our rolls as lapsed members, to re- 

 ceive the weekly Bulletins of the New York Academy of Science, 

 but not the other publications of the club, for such period in 

 the future as circumstances may warrant. The Treasurer shall 

 notify each such member of this action by the club when the 

 matter of standing in the club comes into question, and ask 

 such members if they wish to be retained on the rolls as lapsed 

 members for the duration of the present period of stress. 



Dr. P. \V. Zimmerman of the Boyce Thompson Institute 

 gave an interesting illustrated talk on "How Mercury Com- 



