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eta Toscana, viii., p. 455-457, illustrated). On the thickening of 
the cell walls in the liber of the young leaves of certain Araliacez. 
Handbook of the Fern-Allies: A Synopsis of the Genera and 
Species of Equisetacee, Lycopodiacee, Selaginellacee and Rhizo- 
carpee. By J..G. Baker; (London: George Bell & Sons, York 
St., Covent Garden; 8vo, pp. 159). This is essentially the same 
series already published in the Journal of Botany, but brought 
together in convenient book form, well indexed and with but few 
changes in the numbering of the species. It has been much 
needed, and will be prized as a supplement to the Synopsis Fili- 
cum, though we miss a glossary and illustrations of types of 
groups, such as are found in that work, and which would have 
added greatly to its value. 
Ashes of Flowering Plants, on Aluminium in the. By Hiko- 
rokuro Yoshida, F.C.S. (Journ. Coll. Sci., Imp. Univ. of Japan, 
vol. i, pp. 363-367). 
There have been published at least two exceptions to the 
supposed non-occurrence of aluminium in phanerogamous plants, 
one in Rhus vernicifera (Journ. Chem. Soc., xliii, 481), and the 
second in the juice of the grape (Comptes Rendus, civ., 853). In 
the present paper the author gives a table of analyses of peas, 
beans, rice, wheat, barley, millet and buckwheat, in each of which 
a small percentage of aluminium has been found, varying from 
.272 in millet to .053 in the pea (Soja hispida). 
Proceedings of the Club. 
The regular monthly meeting was held at Columbia College, 
Tuesday evening, Nov. 8th, 1887, the President in the chair and 
thirty-eight persons present. 
Miss Caroline R. Hankey and Mr. Claude Crittenden were 
elected Active Members. 
The committee appointed to prepare resolutions regarding 
the Herbarium of the United States Department of Agriculture 
reported as follows : 
The committee appointed at the meeting of August gth, 
1887, to prepare an expression of opinion for the Club relative to 
the Herbarium of the Department of Agriculture at Washing- 
ton, reported the following : 
