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November 24, 1915 



The meeting was held in the Morphological Laboratory of the 

 New York Botanical Garden at 3:30 P.M., President Harper 

 presiding. Fourteen persons were present. 



The minutes of the meetings held October 27 and November 9 

 were read and approved. 



Miss Susan Dixon, 541 E. 78th St., Junior League Hotel, 

 New York City, was nominated for membership by Dr. Stout. 



Dr. N. L. Britton presented the following resolutions which 

 were adopted: 



Whereas: The Torrey Botanical Club has learned with deep 

 regret of the death of Mr. Samuel Thorne, who has been a 

 member of the Club for many years, and who took great interest 

 in the sciences of botany and horticulture, and who was always 

 glad to aid in their advancement. 



Resolved: That the Club sincerely regrets the loss of Mr. Thorne, 

 and tenders its sincerest sympathy to his family in their bereave- 

 ment. 



A letter from Hon. Albert Johnson, M.C., relating to the adop- 

 tion of the Centigrade scale of temperature measurement as the 

 standard in the United States publications, was read. The 

 proposition as outlined in the "revised draft of bill to abolish 

 the Fahrenheit thermometer" was indorsed. 



Miss Susan Dixon was then elected to membership in the Club. 



The first paper on the announced scientific program, "Cuban 

 Species of the Genus Pilea," was read by Dr. N. L. Britton. A 

 large number of specimens of plants belonging to the genus Piled 

 were exhibited by the speaker. 



Dr. A. B. Stout followed with a paper on "Induced and 

 Inherited Fasciations." The following brief abstract was fur- 

 nished by the speaker: 



A report was made on the phenomenon of fasciation as it has 

 appeared in certain cultures of Verhascum Blattaria and of 

 Cichorium Intyhus grown at the New York Botanical Garden. 



Those in Verhascum are evidently induced by the special con- 

 ditions of growth. The attempts to force the plants as annuals 

 is not fully successful, and of the plants that bloom in the 



