PROCEEDINGS OF THE CL1 15 

 Meeting of February 20, 1935 



The meeting was called to order at The New York Botanical 

 Garden at 3:30 P.M. by President Ha/.en. There were twenty- 

 four present. 



Minutes of the meetings of January 16 and February 5 were 

 read and approved. 



The following were unanimously elected to membership in 

 the club: Miss Clair A. Brown, Botany Dept., L. S. U., Baton 

 Rouge, La.; Mr. George Buckland, 849 Stanley Street, 

 Schenectady, N. V.; Mr. Leo A. Hanna, 1603 Second Street, 

 Baker, Ore; Mrs. Helen Holmes Bancroft, 2 Wellington Square, 

 Oxford, England; Prof. Charles B. Lipman, 3048 Life Science 

 Building, University of California, Berkely, Cal.; Mr. \Y. T. 

 McLaughlin, Fisk Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, 

 111.; Mr. Earl H. Newcomer, 2523 Ridge Road, Berkeley, Cal.; 

 Mrs. Ruth Patrick Hodge, Biology Dept., Temple University, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Prof. George B. Rigg, Botany Dept., Univer- 

 sity of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; Mr. C. M. Roberts, Dept. 

 of Biology, Fairmont Teachers College, Fairmont, W. Va. ; 

 Prof. C. O. Rosendahl, Dept. of Botany, University of Minne- 

 sota, Minneapolis, Minn.; Dr. Francis J. Scully, 904 Medical 

 Arts Building, Hot Springs, Ark. ; Dr. William C. Steere, Botany 

 Dept., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Miss Vivian 

 Trombetta, Barnard College, New York City; Prof. Ralph H. 

 Wetmore, Biological Laboratories, Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, 

 Mass.; Mr. G. Wittrock, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park, New York, N. Y. 



The resignations of Mrs. Ellys Butler Moldenke, Mr. 

 George L. Harrington, Mr. Henry Jacoby, Miss Ruth A Con- 

 nolly, and Dr. Walter T. Swingle were accepted with regret. 



The death of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport was reported. 

 Mrs. Davenport, who lived to be ninety years old, was a member 

 in the club for many years. Although she had been totally blind 

 for four or five years she kept up her membership in the Club in 

 order to help by her dues. 



A suggestion was made that we adopt a plan of having a 



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