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National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, American Scenic and 

 Historic Preservation Society, Horticultural Society of New 

 York. 



Arthur H. Graves, 



Secretary. 



Meeting of October 14, 1924 



The meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



The resignation of Dr. W. A. Murrill was accepted with regret. 



The following were elected to membership: 



Mr. S. T. Marcus, 260 West 36th St., New York. 



Miss Norine W. Boetsch, 29 Bronx River Rd., Yonkers, N. Y. 



Mr. Walter J. Himmell, State Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, la. 



Miss Gertrude M. Felke, 1761 Topping Ave., New York. 



Miss Johanna Oppenheimer, 191 Claremont Ave., New York. 



Miss Caroline Halsted, 400 West 151st St., New York. 



Professor Richards announced the resignation of Dr. Denslow 

 as Editor of the Torrey Bulletin and the appointment by the 

 chair of Dr. T. E. Hazen as Editor. On the motion of Professor 

 Harper this appointment was duly ratified by the Club, 



Dr. Harper spoke briefly on the August meeting of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science at Toronto. 

 He reported the finding of an albino form of Verbena hastata 

 of which he brought back seed. One of the most enthusiastic 

 discussions at the British meeting centered about the nature of 

 sap flow. Dr. Dixon believed that both the upward and down- 

 ward flow occurs in the xylem and is a staunch advocate of the 

 cohesion theory. Dr. Curtis concluded that both upward and 

 downward flow of the sap occur in the phloem. 



Dr. Harper also reported finding Ustilago violacea, the anther 

 smut, on Silene caroliniana, a southern form of the species 

 about here {S. pennsylvanica) and growing near Washington, 

 D. C. This fungus is particularly interesting in view of re- 

 searches of Dr. B. O. Dodge, soon to be published. 



Dr. Gager reported the finding, on a small island in Belgrade 

 Lake, Maine, of a vigorous colony of Marchantia polymorpha 

 three yards wide by four yards long, covered plentifully with the 

 tiny umbrella-like structures, both male and female. Dr. 

 Levine stated that formerly great patches of this hepatic existed 

 in the Bear Mountain region. 



