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Mrs. R. A. Harper was commended for her activities in get- 

 ting so main' new members. 



Dr. A. F. Blakeslee gave a humorous address entitled ''Be- 

 fore and After Retiring" in which he asserted that the first 

 botanical society was in the Garden of Eden, lie continued to 

 tell about the developments of botany and botanical viewpoints 

 and predicted that the changes in the next century would be as 

 great as the past one. He closed with the recommendation thai 

 this annual dinner be made a regular function to which all 

 botanists of New York City might be asked. 



Dr. Hazen then called for reports of the officers and com- 

 mittees. Reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, Editor of 

 TORREYA, Business Manager, Delegate to the Council of the New 

 York Academy, Delegate to the Council for the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Sciences, Chairman of Field 

 Committee, and Entertainment Committee were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The Secretary read the report of the Council Meeting of 

 January 4. 



Dr. Oliver A. Farwell was elected to Honorary Life Member- 

 ship in the Club. 



The matter of field membership as proposed by the Council 

 was discussed and it was moved to establish a field membership 

 with annual dues of tw r o dollars, with the further provision that 

 with an additional payment of three dollars any field member 

 may, if elected, become a member. This was unanimously car- 

 ried. 



The President then took up the matter of election of officers 

 for the coming year. The nominations as proposed by the Coun- 

 cil were read by the Secretary. Dr. Hazen was duly elected 

 President by vote of the Club. 



The officers elected for the coming year are given on the 

 inside of the front cover of Torreya. 



It was moved by Mr. Torrey and seconded by Dr. Harper 

 that a letter be sent to -the state legislature urging support of the 

 Bear Mountain Trail project. Dr. Harper also moved and it was 

 duly approved that the matter of enlarging Bear MountainPark 

 as proposed by Mr. Torrey be referred to the Council for further 

 consideration. Mr. Torrey was asked to keep the Council in- 

 formed of developments in this matter. 



Forman T. McLean 

 Secretary 



