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written labels bearing in addition to the name or names of the specimen to which its 

 label is attached, or with which it is associated, such information regarding its iden- 

 tity, locality, date of collection and name of collector as may without being descrip- 

 tive serve to properly indicate its position in the natural series to which it belongs. 



Respectfully yours, 



Henry H. Rusby. 



Mr. H. Mintorn, representing Mrs. Charles Mogridge, described 

 the methods of modelling sections of plants practiced by them 

 for the British Museum" of Natural History. 



A model in wax was exhibited of the English primrose, show- 



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ing longitudinal section of pistil much enlarged. 



A paper by Dr. O. R. Willis on the history of the Weeping 

 Willow was read by the Secretary. 



Mr. E. E. Sterns read a paper on the rediscovery of Nymph(2a 

 elegans at a new station in Texas (see p. 13). He also exhibited 

 seeds of LitJtospermtim arvense from Missouri and remarked on 

 their peculiar markings ; also the fruit of a species of Calycanthus 

 from the Tennessee mountains reported as very poisonous to 

 cattle and sheep and locally known as "bubby." He distributed 

 the pods, and stated that Dr. T. F. Allen had tried them on a 

 dog and obtained only negative results. 



Professor Schrenk remarked on his successful use of Wickers- 

 heimer's preservative fluid in retaining the leaves on herbarium 

 specimens of plants from which they generally separate in drying, 

 and showed Diospyros Virginiana and several conifers to illustrate 

 its efficiency for that purpose. 



A paper by the Rev. W. M. Beauchamp, of Baldwinsville, 



New York, entitled " Onondaga Ferns " was read by the Secre- 

 tary. 



The Chairman remarked on the very serious illness of Dr. 

 Asa Gray, who has been prostrated by a stroke of paralysis. 

 On motion the Secretary was instructed to communicate the 

 sympathy of the Club to Mrs. Gray, and the hope that Dr. Gray 

 would soon be restored to health. 



