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Mr. Charles W. Deusncr of the lioycc-Thompson Institute for 

 Plant Research, Yonkers, New York, was elected to membership. 



The communication from the Club to the Secretary of the 

 Interior advocating withdrawal from entry of the region sur- 

 rounding Glacier Bay, Alaska, with a view to the establishment 

 of a national park there; and the reply of Mr. Arno B. Kammerer, 

 Acting Director of the National Park Service, stating that a 

 study of the ground is being made, were read by the Secretary, 

 and by motion of Dr. Seaver were placed on file. 



The proposition of Dr. R. C. Benedict, Chairman of the 

 Special Committee to secure legislation for the protection of the 

 native plants in the State of New York, that the Club appropriate 

 $25 for the reprinting of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflet 

 "Conservation of Beauty," and distribution of same to the 

 school teachers of New York was put before the Club. On 

 motion of Dr. Murrill, the proposition was referred to the 

 finance committee of the Club with power. 



Dr. James A. Faris, Research Fellow at the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden, addressed the Club on "Factors Influencing Infection 

 in the Covered Smut of Barley." 



Dr. Faris reported that owing to a failure to receive adequate 

 and consistent infections in attempts to determine the varietal 

 resistance to the covered barley smut, an extensive study of the 

 factors influencing infection was undertaken. 



As the tabulated data and the photographs shown by lantern 

 slides demonstrated, high infections were secured over a wide 

 range of soil moisture, acidity and temperature. In fact very 

 high infections were secured over much wider ranges of soil 

 factors than are met with under field conditions. In attempting 

 to correlate these data with previous failures, it was discovered 

 that collections of smut from different localities and upon dif- 

 ferent varieties of barley varied in their abilit}^ to infect certain 

 varieties. Further studies have demonstrated that this single 

 morphological species of smut is made up of several biologic 

 forms, some of which were shown in a trip through the experi- 

 mental greenhouses. 



Arthur H. Graves, 



Secretary. 



