PROCEEDINGS ()!• Till; CLUB 

 M ii 1 1\<. OF May 1 , 1934 



The meeting was called to order at 8:25 P.M. at the American 

 Museum of Natural History by President Hazen with twenty- 

 three members present. 



The following were unanimously elected to membership in 

 the club: Mrs. Lucy B. Abbe, 435 West 119th Street l New York 

 City; Mr. Thomas S. Constantine, 793 East 169th Street, New 

 York City; Mr. Donald Eves, 514-17th Street, University, 

 Virginia; Mr. Morton Goldstein, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, 

 New York. 



The following members who have been in good standing in 

 the Club for forty years or more were elected to life membership 

 in accordance with the recommendation of the Council. 



Prof. Henry H. Rusby, elected Jan. 11, 1887. 



Dr. Smith Ely JellifTe, elected Dec. 13, 1887. 



Dr. John K. Small, elected Jan. 14, 1890. 



Dr. John H. Barnhart, elected Oct. 28, 1891. 



Miss Delia W. Marble, elected Dec. 30, 1891. 



Dr. Carlton C. Curtis, elected Nov. 30, 1892. 



Dr. Levine announced the policy of the Bulletin to carry 

 more advertisement and urged the members to get in touch with 

 firms of their acquaintance for which such advertising would be 

 appropriate. 



Dr. Hazen announced that the Council has reduced the 

 price of certain Memoirs of the Torrey Club. 



Dr. R. P. White of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment 

 Station then spoke on "Dutch Elm Disease and Other Disease 

 of Shade Trees." He said that foliage diseases of trees were 

 usually not critical even when the outbreaks are severe. One 

 causing considerable disfigurement of the common horse chest- 

 nut is leaf blotch. Foliage and twig diseases such as anthrac- 

 noses, diebacks and cancers are also in general not critical. 

 Diseases of the woody tissues usually have no ready means 

 of control and make them dangerous. Imported diseases are in 

 general the worst. The Dutch elm disease he characterized as 

 probably less dangerous than recent newspaper reports have 

 lead us to believe, as it will probably spread more slowly than 



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