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The announced scientific program consisted of a paper on 

 "The Twentieth Anniversary of the New York Botanical 

 Garden," by Dr. N. L. Britton. The substance of this paper 

 has since been pubHshed by the speaker under the title "History 

 of the New York Botanical Garden" for distribution among 

 those in attendance at the Twentieth Anniversary Celebration 

 of the New York Botanical Garden, September 6, 191 5. 



Dr. Britton then submitted the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved: That the Field Committee of the Torrey Botanical 

 Club be, and hereby is authorized to solicit and receive sub- 

 scriptions to defray the expenses of botanists meeting at the 

 New York Botanical Garden during the week commencing 

 September 6, 191 5, the celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary 

 of the New York Botanical Garden, in visiting the pine barrens 

 of New Jersey on Friday, September 10. 



Resolved: That all details of arrangements for this visit to the 

 pine barrens be referred to the field committee with power. 



Prof. W. Bray gave in an informal way an outline of his pro- 

 posed work on the "New York State Flora." 



B. O. Dodge announced a new Gymnosporangial connection. 

 He reported the results of several experiments establishing a 

 connection between Roestelia transformans and the foliicolous 

 form of Gymnosporangium on Chamaecyparis designated as 

 Gymnosporangium fraternum Kern. 



Dr. A. B. Stout gave a short paper on "Some Notes on Phello- 

 dendron." Two trees growing in the New York Botanical 

 Garden were found to have largely pistillate flowers. The seeds 

 that had fallen on the ground the previous year had germinated 

 in great numbers. Some of these seedlings were found to be 

 almost entirely without chlorophyll. 



Dr. W. A. Murrill then read the following papers by title: 

 "Luminescence in Fungi," "The Validity of Clitocybe megalospora 

 Clements." These papers will appear in an early number of 

 Mycologia. 



Meeting adjourned until October. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



