Meeting of March 27, 1926 



This was the occasion of the joint meeting and dinner with 

 the New York Science Teachers' Association at the Hotel 

 Majestic, Central Park West and 72nd Street. 



Dr. Coulter of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Re- 

 search was the principal speaker of the evening and addressed 

 the gathering on "The history of organic evolution." Dr. 

 Coulter stated that there have been three stages in the history 

 of the development of the idea of organic evolution; first, spec- 

 ulative; second, observational; third, experimental. The first 

 stage began with the ancient philosophers, the second stage 

 began in 1790 and included the work of Lamarck, Darwin and 

 others. The last stage began with the work of de Vries and has 

 continued up to the present time. The address has been pub- 

 lished in Science for May 14, 1926. 



Arthur H. Graves, 



Secretary. 



Meeting of April 13, 1926 



This meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. The following candidates were unanimously elected 

 to membership in the Club: 



Dr. O. E. Jennings, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Mr, Ben Bauman, 1530 Plimpton Ave., Bronx, New York. 



Mr. W. T. Willis, Union Carbide and Carbon Research Labo- 

 ratories, Thompson Ave. & Manley Street, L. L C. 



Mr. H. T. Middleton, Palisades, New Jersey. 



Mr. Raymond Wallace, Columbia University, New York. 

 The following resignations were accepted: 



Miss Mary E. Reid, Boyce Thompson Institute, Yonkers. 



Mrs. R. S. P. Trowbridge, now of Marseilles, Illinois. 



The scientific part of the program consisted of a talk by Mr. 

 Montague Free, Horticulturist at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 

 entitled "English Gardens." A number of very beautifully 

 colored slides were shown, illustrating various types of gardens 

 in England, such well known gardens as that of the Honorable 

 Vicary Gibbs, Warley Place, and the Royal Botanical Garden, 



