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Dr. Hazen then gave a brief retiring address telling about 

 the meetings at Amsterdam where he represented the Club in 

 the nomenclature discussion. He also spoke about the develop- 

 ment of the Council of the Torrey Botanical Club, on the work 

 of the field committee and of the Treasurer, especially concern- 

 ing the large investments of the Club which are administered by 

 the Treasurer. 



Dr. Trelease and Dr. Matzke brought up the point that the 

 January number of the Bulletin, as sent out to them and to 

 other members, was in many cases defective and asked what 

 action should be taken. President Hazen was of the opinion that 

 these should be assembled and returned to the printers and that 

 the Editor and publishers be notified by the Secretary of the 

 defective copies. 



The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M. 



J. S. Karling 

 Secretary 



Meeting of April 18, 1934^ 



The meeting was held at the Boyce Thompson Institute for 

 Plant Research at Yonkers. Tea was served in the library at 

 3:00 P.M. 



At 3:30 P.M. Dr. Zimmerman took charge of the program 

 which consisted of "Demonstrations of a Variety of Methods, 

 Technique, Apparatus, etc., developed at the Institute." The 

 program was as follows: 



1. Dr. Hartsell, in his own laboratory, gave a demonstration 

 of killing power of radio waves on animal and plant tissues. 



2. Mr. Myers, who is in charge of the Dutch Elm Disease 

 studies at the Institute, gave a brief summary of recent discov- 

 eries by the various investigators. 



3. Mr. Flory gave a brief talk on "Photographic equipment 

 and methods developed to meet requirements for plant re- 

 search" and also demonstrated some of the apparatus em- 

 ployed. 



* Through an oversight, the minutes of this meeting of April 18, 1934, 

 were not heretofore printed. They are of importance, not only for recording the 

 interesting scientific program at the Boyce Thompson Institute, but also for 

 placing on record the formal adoption of the Amendments to the Constitution 

 and By-laws of the Club reported by a special committee at the meeting of 

 March 21, 1934, and published in Torreya for May-June of that year (34:82). 



