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financial condition of the Club does not justify it in undertaking 

 to publish a flora of the area within loo miles of New York City, 

 the manuscript for which is being prepared by Mr. Norman 

 Taylor. 



The announced scientific program consisted of a paper on 

 "Probable Origin of the Alpine Plants of the Rockies," by Dr. 

 P. A. Rydberg. A number of specimens of alpine plants illustrat- 

 ing the principal features of the paper were exhibited. 



Meeting adjourned. B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 

 October 14, 1913 



The regular meeting of October 14, 1913, was held at 8:15 P.M. 

 at the American Museum of Natural History, with President 

 Burgess in the chair. Six persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of May 28 were read and approved. 



President Burgess as chairman of a special committee to pre- 

 pare a suitable memorial of Judge Addison Brown read the 

 following resolutions : 



We, the officers and members of the Torrey Botanical Club, 

 desire hereby to place on our records at this first meeting since 

 the spring, this expression of our bereavement at the news then 

 brought to us of the death of our late associate and former 

 president. Judge Addison Brown. Be it therefore 



Resolved, That we record our affectionate remembrance of the 

 deep interest that he felt in the prosperity of the Club, both 

 during and after his many years of presidency. 



Resolved, also. That we express our recognition of the long 

 and active service rendered by Judge Brown to the cause of 

 botanical advancement in this city and country; as president 

 of this club, as a founder of the New York Botanical Garden, 

 and long the president of its Scientific Directors; and as co- 

 adjutor, with Dr. Britton, in the issue of the monumental 

 Illustrated Flora. 



Resolved further. That the above be entered on our minutes, 

 and that a copy be sent to the family, with the respect and 

 condolence of the Club. 



The acting secretary, as chairman of a special committee to 

 prepare resolutions in memory of E. L. Morris, read the following: 



By the death of Edward Lyman Morris the Torrey Botanical 

 Club has lost a member who had for many years taken a^keen 



