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The Secretary then reported the death of Mr. I). H. Grant, 

 an Associate of the Club. 



Dr. F. E. Denny read the amendments which had been pro- 

 posed relative to the Office of Secretary and the Secretary was 

 instructed to send out a special notice to all members that these 

 amendments would be voted on at the next meeting. 



The President then read a letter from the Chairman of the 

 Field Committee, Mr. R. H. Torrey, calling attention to lack 

 of interest and discussion of taxonomic and ecological problems 

 in our Tuesday evening meetings. After considerable discussion, 

 the matter was referred to the Council for consideration. 



The Secretary called attention to the fact that the 3rd 

 Wednesday of December occurred a week before the Christmas 

 holidays. A motion was made and carried that an exception to 

 By-Law No. 3 be taken and a meeting held on December 16. 



The Scientific Program consisted of talks by Dr. F. E. 

 Denny of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research on 

 "Production of Ethylene by Plants" and by Dr. Alan L. Martin 

 of Columbia University on "The Toxicity of Selenium to Plants 

 and Animals." Both talks created animated discussion. 



J. S. Karling 

 Secretary 



Meeting of December 1, 1936 



The meeting was called to order by 2nd Vice-President 

 H. A. Gleason at 8:15 at the Museum of Natural History with 

 47 members and guests present. 



Dr. David A. Krebs, Pennsylvania State Forest School, Mt. 

 Alto, Pa., and Mr. Standly Smith, 204 College Avenue, Ithaca, 

 N.Y., were unanimously elected to membership. The resigna- 

 tions of Leonard Irving, Mrs. Charlotte Stimson, Dr. Anne M. 

 Wellvitz, and Mrs. Sophie Wolfe, were accepted with regret. 



The Scientific program consisted of an address by Dr. H. A. 

 Graves of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden on "Breeding Chest- 

 nut Trees." The speaker presented the data which he had so far 

 secured in breeding hybrid chestnuts for resistance to Endothia 

 parasitica, the chestnut blight fungus. The address was illus- 

 trated with colored slides and stimulated vigorous discussion. 



J. S. Karling 

 Secretary 



