292 Botanical Meetings. _ [zoe 
Comparative Study of the Structure and Function of the Sporangia of 
Ferns in the Dispersion of Spores, by G. F. Atkinson, . 
The Solandi Printing applied to Botanical Work, by Byron D. Halsted. 
Present Aspects of the Nomenclature Question, by N. L. Britton. 
Lichens of the Black Hills, by T. A. Williams. 
The Bibliography of American Botanical Literature, by J. Christian 
Bay. 
Notes on the Development of Marattia Douglasit, by Douglas H. 
Campbell. 
The fructification of /uniferis, by John G. Jack. 
The Roots of Orchids, by M. B. Thomas. 
Preliminary Notes on some Chromogenic Bacteria of the Ames Flora, 
by L. H. Pammel. 
Further Observations on the Fermentation Tube with special Reference 
to Anzrobiosis, Reduction and Gas Production, by Theobald Smith. 
Two new and destructive Diseases of Cucurbits, by Erwin F. Smith. 
Preliminary Statement concerning Botanical Laboratories and Instruc- 
tion in American Universities and Colleges, by Conway MacMillan. 
On the Quantitative Analysis of the Colors of Flowers and Foliage, by 
J. H. Pillsbury. : 
The minute Structure and Development ‘of the Motile Organ in the 
Leaf of the Red-bud, by S. G. Wright. 
The Shrinkage of Leaves in drying, by Byron D. Halsted. 
Distribution of the Graminez in the United States, by S. M. Tracy. 
A Consideration of Species based on the Theory of Evolution, by N. L. 
Britton. 
A Revision of the Genus Physcomitrium, by Elizabeth G. Britton. 
Deviation in Development due to the use of Unripe Seeds, by J. C. 
Arthur. 
The principal Diseases of Citrus Fruits now being studied ‘at Eustis, Fla., 
by W. T. Swingle. 
Cephalurus mycoidea and Phyllosiphon sp., two Parasitic Alge, new ‘to 
North America, by W. T. Swingle. 
An Analysis of the Conditions affecting the Distribution of Plants, by 
Frederick V. Coville. 
A Sclerotium Disease of Plants, by P. H. Rolfs. 
Notes on Restelia pyrata, by 1,. H. Pammel. 
Crossing of Cucurbits, by L. H. Pammel. 
A case of poisoning by the Wild Parsnip, Cicuta maculata, by ly. H. 
Pammel. 
Ulota Americana, Mitten, and Orthotrichum Americanum, Beauv., by 
Elizabeth G. Britton. 
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