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Meeting of December 13, n)2j 



This meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. In the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, 

 the Secretary presided. The program of the evening consisted 

 of an address by Mr. Norman Taylor entitled "X^egetation of 

 the Allegany State Park." The Allegany State Park is situated 

 in the extreme southwestern corner of New York State, 80 miles 

 south of Buffalo, and with its southern boundary coinciding 

 with the northern state line of Pennsylvania. The Park covers 

 an area of about 100 square miles. The general elevation is 

 about 1300 feet, the highest point being 2475 ft. It contains 

 about 2500 acres of virgin timber located in the central part. 

 There are no lakes or bogs. The bulk of the tract is covered 

 by the Beech-Birch-Maple association, although the Oak- 

 Hickory-Sassafras type occasionally occurs near the Allegheny 

 River. The unusually low minimum temperature of the region 

 is as yet an unexplained phenomenon. During the summer 

 of 1927 the absolute minimum was 34°, the maximum 78°. 



Other interesting points brought out by Mr. Taylor will be 

 included in his account of the vegetation of the Park which will 

 shortly be published in the form of a handbook, issued by the 

 New York State Museum. 



Arthur H. Graves, 



Secretary. 



Meeting of January 10, 1928 



This meeting was called to order at 8.25 at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. Vice-President Torrey presided. 

 Eighteen members were present. Dr. R. A. Harper spoke of the 

 sudden, sad death on January 9 of Dr. Herbert M. Richards, 

 President of the Club since the beginning of the year 191 7. The 

 following resolutions were then offered by Dr. N. L. Britton: 

 Resolved: 



That with profound grief caused by the lamented death of 

 Professor Herbert M. Richards, President of the Torrey Botan- 

 ical Club, the present Annual Meeting of the Club be adjourned 

 until the meeting on the last Wednesday of January, 1928, to be 

 held at the New York Botanical Garden, and 



