92 
Estimated Expenses 
TANE CL iv eiu t Ue bate» ce exul уш шалу. Ташу HS RA шый д $1,200.00 
ПИКИ. o r.i Rosi cupa i c т. ОО А E ye) 520.00 
copa ce deme I р ои ее I AME 150.00 
с кышу EQUI EUR Su к оке o EE роо 150.00 
HIIS oa rein dO едаш dul eus aaa or, wu de, уршы uo 300.00 
IDEGENRE od БИБИ o rom der а E д 100.00 
SHOES MOS НОЕ АИ (UE T ME NE бо 
Ota fo NOT SOLIS л т ө ллы EM mr iu ul ыы $2,495.00 
Estinister balatice. c cu мшш оа I iu ce Rr нта 55.00 
$2,550.00 
Dr. N. L. Britton then read a communication from President 
Burgess relating to field meetings. By a vote of the Club Mr. 
Sereno Stetson was appointed chairman of the field committee 
with power to choose his associates. 
The resignations of Dr. John H. Barnhart and Professor 
Robert A. Harper, associate editors, were presented and accepted. 
By vote of the Club, the board of editors was given power to fill 
the vacancies. 
The resignation of William Rives was read and accepted. 
The announced scientific program consisted of the reading of 
papers on Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker his Life and Works, by 
Dr. N. L. Britton and Dr. J. H. Barnhart. Dr. Britton's paper 
related chiefly to the life of this distinguished botanist, and his 
publications relating to botany were discussed by Dr. Barnhart. 
As Sir Joseph Hooker was an honorary member of the Torrey 
Club, Dr. Barnhart took this occasion to bring before the Club 
the constitutional provisions relating to honorary membership 
and read the list of all persons who have been elected to honorary 
membership.* 
Mr. Fred J. Seaver spoke briefly on the viability of the spores 
in Pyronema. While Pyronema has been made the subject of 
numerous research papers and is figured and treated in most of 
the recent text-books of general botany it still remains an un- 
known plant to most botanists, except to the few who have done 
critical work with it. There is no reason for it being so for the 
fungus is fairly common and is easily grown as has already been 
* See page 9o. 
