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Gattinger, of Nashville, containing a description of a new species 
of Hypericum from Tennessee. 
MONDAY, AUG. 23D. 
Prof. F. Lamson Scribner read a paper entitled ‘‘ Notes on 
the Orange-leaf Scab in Florida.” 
Prof. J. H. Pillsbury described a method of making cheap lan- 
tern slides from drawings. He employed ‘tracing gelatine,” 
such as used by lithographers, placing it over a diagram and 
scratching the lines upon it with a steel point. The gelatine is 
then placed between glass slips which are bound together and 
used as an ordinary lantern slide. 
Mr. B. E. Fernow distributed circulars of the Fifth Annual 
Meeting of the American Forestry Congress to be held at Den- 
ver, Colo., Sept. 14th-2o0th, 1886. 
Dr. N. L. Britton read a paper on the Composition and Re- 
arrangement of the Columbia College Herbaria, and another on 
the species of the genus Anychia. : 
The committee appointed to nominate officers for the next 
meeting of the club, consisting of Professors L. M. Underwood, 
T. J. Burrill and F. L. Sargent, presented the names of M. S. 
Bebb for President, and Elizabeth G. Britton for Secretary. They 
were unanimously elected. 
TUESDAY, AUG. 24TH. 
Prof. W. J. Beal was elected President pro tem. 
Prof. E. W. Claypole remarked “On the Appearance of Eu- 
ropean Immigrant Plants in Summit Co., Ohio.” 
Prof. F. L. Scribner read a paper on the Botanical Characters 
of the Black Rot of the Grape. 
The following resolutions were then unanimously adopted : 
Resolved, That the members of the Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S. heartily 
thank the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture for his promptness and energy shown in 
appointing an able investigator to prosecute the mycological work recently inaugu- 
rated in the Department of Agriculture, and in giving him opportunities to study the 
Fungi which are injurious to cultivated plants. While they are gratified with the 
beginning made, they express the hope that this work will be still further supported. 
The Botanists here assembled hereby renew their promise to render the U. S. Com- 
missioner of Agriculture any assistance in their power toward making investigations 
in any department of Botany, : 
Resolved, That the hearty thanks of the Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S. ‘be’ 
tendered to the Botanical Club of Buffalo for the bountiful hospitality which they have 
