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lection of native and foreign woods. This collection has been so 

 greatly-.increased during the last year by the labors of a corps of 

 experienced botanists under the' direction of Prof. C. S. Sargent, 

 th;it it has been found necessary to transfer the specimens" 'tempo- 

 rarily to the Arsenal building in Central Park^ where they will be 

 displayed to the public during the coming autumn. 



Proceedings of the Torrey Club — At the regular meeting of 



the Ckib held at Columbia College, Tuesday Evening, April nth, 



the President occupied the Chair, and twenty-two members were 

 present. 



After the reading of the minutes the President announced the 



death of Mr. W. H. Leggett, and remarked at some length upon 



his life, character and attainments. Judge Brown and Mr. Gerard 



were appointed a Committee to draft resolutions proper to the occa- 

 sion. 



Plants Exhibited. — Mr. Chamberlin exhibited a collection of 

 marine algae gathered in New York Harbor, and, with it, a number 

 of different forms of a species of Grinnellia. The President showed 

 the floating-bladder of a species of Macrocystis from California and 

 gave an account of the plant which bore it. Mr. Schrenk ex- 

 hibited a specimen, preserved in fluid, of a seedling Iris, showing a 

 peculiar mode of germination. 



Preservation of Specimetis of Coniferae. — Mr. Schrenk stated that, 

 after an unsuccessful trial of many expedients for the preservation 

 of specimens of Coniferae for the herbarium, he had found that by 

 soaking the specimen in Wickersheimer's preservative fluid it was 

 rendered flexible, and no longer showed a tendency to shed its 

 leaves after being pressed and mounted. 



One corresponding and two active members were elected. 



At the regular meeting held Tuesday evening, May 9th, the 

 President occupied the Chair and twenty-three persons were present. 

 Resolutions expressive of the Club's respect for the late Mr. Leg- 

 gett, and of its sympathy with his relatives in their bereavement, 

 were read and adopted, and a draft of the same was directed to be 

 transmitted to the family. 



The Herbarium. — The Chairman of the Herbarium Committee 

 announced the receipt of a gift to the Club's herbarium, from Mr. 

 Geo. E. Davenport, of a collection of Alaskan ferns. 



Plants Exhibiied.—Wx. Braman exhibited a small collection of 

 tresh specimens of plants sent from Wisconsin by Mrs. C T. Tracy, 

 comprising the following species : Anemone patens, L., var Nutta- 

 lliana Gray ; Isopyrum biter natum, T. & G. ; Trillium grandiflorum, 

 balisb. ; and Erythromum albidum, Nutt. Mr. Schrenk showed a seed- 

 Img Ins growing in a flower-pot, and exhibiting the same peculiari- 

 ties m Its mode of germination as the preserved specimen exhibited 

 by hmi at the last meeting. The President exhibited the leaves of a 

 number of species of Platanus and remarked upon the manner in 



which, m the West, the seeds of P. occidentalis are disseminated in 

 the spring. 



