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crassata, sterile, was found on overturned stumps; and C. 

 cristatalla, f. vestita, was found fruiting in one place. It looks as 

 if it might be a good place for Slime Moulds later in the sum- 

 mer. 



Artificial disturbance of the flora is apparent where a new 

 fill for a road to a bridge now being built across the river, south 

 of Secaucus, cuts along the eastern border of the swampy 

 woods. Here the Roman Wormwood, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, 

 was dense along the slope of the fill and the nearby mosquito 

 ditches. Another plant appearing adventive on the raw fill 

 built only two or three years ago, but native, was Geranium 

 carolinianum. 



Raymond H. Torrey 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 MEETING OF MAY 17, 1933 



Meeting was called to order at The New York Botanical 

 Garden by President A. F. Blakeslee at 3:30 p.m. There were 

 48 members present. Minutes of the meetings of April 19 and 

 May 2 were read and approved. 



Miss Dorothy Francis, Memorial Hospital, 2 West 106th 

 Street, New York, N. Y.; Miss Harriet E. Russell, 632 West 

 125th Street, New York, N. Y.; and Mr. Ernest L. Spencer, 

 Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, N. J. 

 were unanimously elected to membership in the club. 



The death of Mr. William H. Smith, March, 1933, was an- 

 nounced with regret. 



Dr. A. B. Stout, of The New York Botanical Garden gave 

 an interesting talk on "Facts and Theories Regarding Incom- 

 patibilities in Fertilization." This talk was illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides. 



Forman T. McLean 

 Secretary 



