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years old. This leads me to wonder — Why not a junior branch 

 OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB, for the embryo botanist — 

 the botanist of tomorrow! 



Helene Lunt 



Inwood- Manhattan 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of January 15, 1930 



The meeting was called to order at The New York Botanical 

 Garden at 3:30 P. M. by President Denslow. The minutes of 

 the meeting of January 7th, were read and approved. Thirty- 

 five members were present. 



The following were unanimously elected to membership in 

 the club: 



Mr. B. R. Abbott, 27 West 44th Street, New York City; 

 Mr. J. E. Adams, 115 West 68th Street, New York City; Mr. 

 F. M. Cota, 3846 Cherokee Street, San Diego, California; and 

 Prof. Kingo Miyabe, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, 

 Japan. 



The resignation of Mrs. Ellis Parker Butler was accepted. 



The auditing committee have gone over the treasurer's 

 accounts and found them in excellent order and correct. The 

 report of the auditing committee was accepted. 



Dr. Arthur Harmount Graves spoke on "The Recent Hist- 

 ory and Present Status of the Chestnut." 



The subject was discussed under the following headings: 



1. The value and varied uses of the American chestnut. 



2. The natural range of the species. 



3. The condition of the chestnut during the past century, 

 particularly in the southern states. 



4. The chestnut bark blight. 



a. Discovery in 1904 by Herman W. Merkel, in New 

 York Zoological Garden. 



b. First sudy by Dr. W. A. Murrill. 



c. Spread of the disease. 



d. Penna. Chestnut Blight Conference, 1912. 



e. Controversy over source of fungus: a native or an 

 introduced species? 



