Reports of the officers were presented, accepted, and ordered 

 to be placed on file. 



The Acting Secretary reported the election of 39 members, 

 during 192 1 and the loss of 13 members by resignation or death. 



Dr. Britton for the Local Flora Committee reported the results 

 of a movement to stimulate the writing of notes and papers on 

 the local flora for publication in Torreya in 1922; also the re- 

 moval of the local flora herbarium to larger and more convenient 

 quarters in the Museum of the N. Y. Botanical Garden; the 

 gift of Mr. Kenneth Kent Mackenzie of a large and handsome 

 oak table for use by those consulting this herbarium; also the 

 appointment of the Rev. Dr. H. M. Denslow by the Managers 

 of the N. Y. Botancial Garden as the honorary Custodian of 

 the local flora herbarium. Dr. Britton stated that Mr. Mackenzie 

 had proposed to give fifty dollars to be used towards defraying 

 expenses of guides for the field meetings and, feeUng that this 

 might have a beneficial effect upon the field excursions of the 

 Club, Dr. Britton said that he would add his personal check for 

 the same amount, with the understanding that specimens of 

 interest obtained on these excursions should be added to the 

 local flora herbarium. 



Officers for the ensuing year were then elected, the list of 

 officers appears on the inside front cover of Torreya. 



Adjournment followed. 



Marshall A. Howe 

 Secretary 



January 25, 1922 



The meeting of January 25, 1922, was held in the Morpholog- 

 ical Laboratory of the N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Prof. John T. Buchholz, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 

 Ark., and Mr. Warren Travell, New York City, were elected 

 to membership. 



The resignation of Dr. Loren C. Petry was accepted. 



Dr. F. J. Seaver discussed "The White Pine Blister Rust," 

 directing special attention to some handsome colored photo- 

 graphs sent to the Museum of the New York Botanical Garden 

 by the Bureau of Plant Industry. These illustrated the aecial 

 stage of the rust on the white pine, other stages on species of 

 Ribes, and methods of control through the eradication of Ribes. 



