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nis spinosa; “Ginger Grass” for Andropogon schoenanthus ; 
“Vermont” or “Canada Snakeroot” for Asarum Canadense, 
“Beerlap” for Lycopodium sp. 
Struggle for Life in the Guianian Forest—The. Jas. Rodway. 
(Gard. Chron. x. 578, 579; 612, 613). 
Mostly concerned with the orchid flora of the region. 
The Action of Bacteria on the Rapid Souring of Milk during 
Thunder Storms. A. UL. Treadwell. (Am. Nat. xxv. 1010- 
1012). 
From experiments with milk and electrical discharges the 
author finds a slight hastening in the time of souring. If the 
milk is first sterilized, however, no souring is obtained. The 
conclusion is reached that the souring is not due to oxidation 
but to the more rapid growth of bacteria under the influence of 
the free oxygen or ozone generated by the electrical discharges. 
The small amount of ozone generated during a thunder storm is 
not considered sufficient to have any appreciable oxidizing effect 
either, and if rapid souring is produced it is to be attributed to 
the more rapid growth of bacteria in the sultry atmosphere. 
The Specific Name of the Texan Cercis. E. L. Greene. (Gard. 
and For. iv. 562, 563). 
Tillandsia argentea. (Gard. xl. 524, illustrated). 
Water Garden—A Typical, (Gard. xl. 533, 534, illustrated). 
Gontains a picture of a nook in the garden of Mr. John Ge- 
rard at Elizabeth, N. J. 
Proceedings of the Club. 
MEETING OF DECEMBER 8TH, 1891. 
The President in the chair and forty-two persons present. 
The subject of the evening, “ The Flora of the Higher Cats- 
kills,” was illustrated by lantern slides, made and shown by Mr. 
Van Brunt, further supplemented by herbarium specimens. 
Miss Anna Murray Vail followed with a paper on the plants 
collected by her in the region of Onteora during the summer jus 
passed, and Miss Steele gave a short account of the flora in the 
neighborhood of Slide Mountain, illustrated by specimens of the 
rarer ferns and mosses. 
Dr. Rusby announced that the prize of fifteen dollars offered 
