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Proceedings of the Torrey Club.— The regular meeting of the 
Club was held at Columbia College, Tuesday evening, February 
13th — the President in the chair and forty-two persons present. 
Tlie following Committees were appointed for the present year : 
Finance Committee. — Addison Brown, John L. Wall and Lawrence 
Johnson, 
Committee on Admission of Members.—'^. R. Gerard and Ben- 
jamin Braman. 
Herbarium and Library Committee.—^. L. Britton, Elizabeth G. 
Knight, Arthur Hollick and P. V, Le Roy. 
Miss Knight exhibited specimens of Litnnanthemum lacunosicm, 
Griseb., having large, pellucid, submerged leaves. 
A communication was read from Dr. R. J. Southworth, of 
Yonkers, m which the writer offered his herbarium to the Club. On 
motion, the gift was accepted, and the Secretary instructed to return 
the Club's thanks therefor. 
Dr.. J. S. Newberry delivered an interesting and instructive ad- 
dress upon the "Botany of the Arid Regions of Northern Mexico 
and Southern United States,'' which was illustrated by lantern slide 
views of the localities arid objects mentioned in the course of his 
remarks. 
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At the regular meeting of the Club on Tuesday evening, March 
13th, the chair, in the absence of the presiding officers, was occupied 
by Mr. Braman. There were thirty persons present. 
Dr. Kunze showed a specimen of Casieria pulchra, exhibiting 
an abnormal mode of growth ; Mamillaria stellaris, in flower and 
fruit ; and fruit of Cereus serpentinus, a cactus which is not known to 
have hitherto perfected its fruit in the United States. The flower was 
fertilized with pollen a year old taken from Cereus Macdhnaldice. 
Dr. Kunze stated that some of these night-blooming Cerei sometimes 
tlower m the day-time, an occurrence probably due to a fall in the 
temperature. 
Mr. Chamberlain read a paper on the alg^e of New York Harbor 
and vicinity, illustrating it with a collection of mounted specimens. 
Mr. bchrenk, referring to a note on tuckahoe in the Bulletin 
for October, 1882, remarked that he had, contrary to a statement 
made therem, discovered cellular structure in the object, and 
exhibited mounted sections under the microscope which plainly 
showed this. ^ ^ 
Mr. Britton, referring to an article in the Bulletin for May, 
ib73, on the movement of pollen-grains in the calla, exhibited mounted 
specimens of the pollen under the microscope. 
Four persons were elected active members, one person was 
elected a corresponding member, and four names were proposed for 
membership. ^ ^ 
The Syracuse Botanical CIub.-At the Annual Meeting of the 
Syracuse Botamcal Club, March 19th, the following officers were 
elected for the ensuing yea 
President Mrs^Lilhe Barnes; Vice-President, Mrs. Nellie Good- 
rich; Recording Secretary, Miss Mary Hotchkiss; Corresponding 
Secretary, -Mrs H. S. G.fford; Treasurer, Miss Hattie Leach 
