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L. F. Ward offered the following: 
fesolved, That the sense of this club be that a Section of Botany be formed in 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ‘and that the attention of 
the Council of the Association be called to the matter through the proper channel, 
On motion the resolution was adopted, and Messrs. L. F. 
Ward, W. J. Beal, and J. M. Coulter were appointed a commit- 
tee to carry it into effect. 
F. L. Scribner, on behalf of the committee on nomina- 
tions presented the following ticket for the next meeting, which 
was unanimously elected: President, V. M. Spaulding ; Vice- 
President, Stanley Coulter ; Secretary, D. G. Fairchild. 
The following papers were read: (a) Changes in the Flora 
of Franklin Co., Ohio, During the Past Fifty Years; (b) Notes 
on Plants introduced at Sellsville, near Columbus, Ohio, by W. 
R. Lazenby; Notes on Some Curious Fungi, by Miss E. A. 
Southworth, illustrated by a large specimen of Polyporus officin- 
alts; Notes on Baryeidamia parasitica, by Mrs. K. B. Claypole ; 
Method of Collecting and Preserving Myxomycetes, by O. F. 
Cook; A New Insect Destructive to Herbaria, the larva of a 
noctuid moth, resembling a small “ measuring worm,” of which 
specimens were shown, by L. H. Dewey; New or Little Known 
Plants of Alabama, by Chas. Mohr, in which Clematis Addisoni, 
Quercus heterophylla and a new Helianthus were mentioned. 
Adjournment. 
BoTANICAL PaPERS READ BEFORE SEC. F. _ 
Another Chapter in the History of the Venus’ F ly Trap, by 
J. W. Macfarlane. 
On the Prothallium and Embryo of Osmunda Claytoniana 
and OU. cinnamomea, by Douglas H. Campbell. 
A New WNectria, by Byron D. Halsted. 
The Composite Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in Colima, 
by J. N. Rose. (Read by title only). 
The Flora of Carmen Island, by J. N. Rose. 
Notes Upon Bacteria of Cucurbits, by Byron D. Halsted. 
Transpiration, or the Loss of Water in Plants, by C, E. 
Bessey and A. F. Woods. 
Movement of Fluids in Plants, by W. J. Beal. 
Absorbtion of Fluids by Plants, by L, H. Pammel, 
