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Abies balsamia and Frazeri. He believes it is either a new species 

 or a variety whose distribution is limited to the Blue Ridge 

 Mountains. 



Mr. Raymond H. Torrey, Chairman of the Field Committee, 

 reported on his botanical excursions to Gardners Island with the 

 Club by boat, and on a trip around the Gaspe Peninsula to 

 study the lichens of that region. 



Mrs. G. P. Anderson related her experiences in the Great 

 Smokies collecting lichens and her visit to Williamsburg, Va., 

 and the serpentine barrens in Pennsylvania. 



Mrs. Mabel Merriman reported on her observations con- 

 cerning the ecological invasion and succession of plants in the 

 flooded areas of her farm in Northfield, Mass. 



Dr. M. A. Howe, President of the Club, described his tour 

 through Vermont and a visit in New Hampshire to the estate 

 of Clarence Hays with its beautiful rock garden and display of 

 gentians. 



J. S. Karling 

 Secretary 



Meeting of November 18, 1936 



The meeting was called to order by the President at 3:30 

 P.M. at the New York Botanical Garden with 38 members and 

 guests present. The minutes of the meeting of October 21 were 

 read and adopted. 



The resignations of Charles F. Irish, Jerome Metzner, Pro- 

 fessor Lewis F. Tififany, and Miss Marjorie Swift were accepted 

 with regret. 



Mrs. Berry Hiss, Short Hills, New Jersey; Sister M. Hya- 

 cinth, 3901 Ridgway Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; Miss Emma 

 Johnson, 166-17 33rd Avenue, Flushing, Long Island; Mr. 

 Harry Sverdlick, 144-32 Liberty Avenue, Jamaica, New York; 

 and Dr. Geo. L. Zundell, Pennsylvania State College, State 

 College, Pa., were unanimously elected to membership. 



Miss Francis Beardsley, 2289 Loring Place, N. Y. C; Miss 

 Clara Elsaesser, 120 Auburn Street, Paterson, New Jersey; 

 Miss Mary Little, 387 East 29th Street, Paterson, New Jersey; 

 Mr. Jerome Metzner, 1014 IVIanhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.; Miss Irene Nelson, 524 East 236 Street, New York 

 City; and Miss Anne I. Stryker, 11 East 32nd Street, N. Y. C, 

 were unanimously elected Associates of the Club. 



