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Dr. Bariihart, dek'^alc to tlu- Coiiiuil ot ilu- New NOrk 

 Academ\' of Sciences, reported attendance at the nieetiny^s of 

 the Council. Dr. Stout, acting as substitute for Dr. Harper as 

 representative of the Club on the Council of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science at the meeting at 

 Nashville in December, 11)27, reported attendance at the 

 meeting. 



Dr. Gundersen, Chairman of the Field Committee, reported 

 that 35 field meetings with an average attendance of 15, were 

 held during K)27. The largest attendance was 50, at the meet- 

 ing at Staten Island, June 25, led by Drs. Britton and Hollick. 

 Dr. Gundersen suggested that it might be advisable to select 

 some locality, with provision for ov^er-night shelter, for field 

 headquarters for at least a part of the season. 



The Secretary read the report of the committee, consisting 

 of Dr. R. A. Harper, Chairman, Dr. E. S. Burgess and Dr. N. L. 

 Britton, appointed by the Club on January 10, to frame resolu- 

 tions appreciative of the services of the late Prof. Herbert M. 

 Richards to the Club and to botanical science. The resolutions 

 follow : 



Whereas, in view of the lamented death, on January 9, 1928, 

 of Dr. Herbert M. Richards, Professor of Botany in Barnard 

 College since 1898, and President of the Torre>' Botanical Club 

 for the past eleven years. 



Resolved, that we hereby express our profound grief at his 

 death and our sense of the loss which science has suffered, and 

 in particular the loss sustained by the Torrey Botanical Club, 



Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the 

 family, 



And Resolved Further, that Professor Hazen be requested to 

 prepare a biographical and bibliographical record of the work of 

 Professor Richards for publication, with a portrait, in the 

 Bulletin of the Club. 



These resolutions were approved by vote of the Club members, 

 who rose as a mark of respect to the memory of Dr. Richards. 



It was also voted by the Club that the revised and codified 

 constitution and list of members of the Club be printed in 

 Torreya, the details of which w^ere referred to the Editorial 

 Board with power. 



With reference to the establishment of a field headquarters 



