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Proceedings of the Club. 



The regular monthly meeting was held May 8, l888, the 

 President in the chair and 44 persons present 



Miss Kittie O. Fernie and Mrs. Theron G. Strong- 

 elected active members. 



Prof Frederico Phillippi, Santiago, Chili, and Miss Jane H. 

 Newell, Cambridge, Mass., were elected corresponding members. 



Mr. Sterns reporting for the Catalogue Committee, stated 

 that the work had been finished and the books distributed to all 

 active members. He also expressed the regret of the commit- 

 tee at the accidental omission from the list of authorities con- 

 sulted, of Mr. Jas. N. Bishop's valuable " Catalague of Phaenoga- 

 mous Plants of Connecticut,'* an omission doubly regretted, 

 because in addition to his published work, Mr. Bishop had by 

 correspondence rendered efficient assistance. 



Mr. Northrop reported the occurrence of a tree o^ Pnimis se- 

 foHna, 13 ft 2 in. in circumference, on the road from Bridgeton 

 to Roadstown, Salem Co., N. J., remarking that this is probably 

 one of the largest individuals of the species at the North. He 



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Prof Schrenk remarked on the differences between Mentha 

 piperita and M. viridis. In the former he had found the cen- 

 tral spike of the inflorescence invariably over-topped by the 

 lateral ones when the plant reaches maturity. In M. viridis the 

 central spike remains the longest. The leaves of the two are 

 readily distinguishable, even from the smallest fragments, for those 

 ^^ M. piperita contain in their glandular hairs, abundant crystals 

 of menthol, which are persistent in herbarium specimens collected 



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Dr. Eccles reported the results of a series of experiments on 

 various liquids as preservatives of the colors of flowers. He 

 found that Simple Syrup gave the best results, lasting over three 

 weeks. Glycerine preserved colors, but caused marked shrinkage. 



Mr. Sterns exhibited Saxifraga Virginiensis, var. pentadecan- 

 dra from the original station on New York Island, (see this num- 

 t>er, p. 166^ and requested observations on the fertilization of 

 SjHtlax, stating that he had been unable to find any record of 



