Proceedings of the Club 



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The Secretary laid before the Society the announcement of the 

 annual grant for the encouragement of research given from the 

 Newberiy fund, and open this year to work in botany or in 

 zoology. 



The paper of the evening by Mrs. Caroline A. Crcevy, on 

 " Plant Juices and their Commercial Values," described the secre- 

 tions, oils, gums, resins and other products of plants, with cxhibi- 

 tion of numerous specimens. Juices of value are most largely de- 

 veloped in the tropics. The history and present condition of the 

 India-rubber industry was discussed, and that of gutta percha. 



Dr. Underwood exhibited a series of photographs of tlic 



Fleshy 



Mr. J 



Anderson, of Lambcrtvillc, N. J 



colored from the living specimens by his daughter, Miss H. C. 

 Anderson. They illustrate a new process for preserving illustra- 

 tions of fleshy fungi. 



Dr. Britton reported a brief communication from Mr. A. A. 

 Heller, sent from Porto Rico, February i8th, reporting collec- 

 tions made about Ponce, Ibonito, Coamo, etc., now reaching 564 

 numbers after six weeks' w^ork. On the north side of the island 

 many species occur on the shore which are montane species when 

 growing on the south side. 



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Dr. Britton also read from a letter of February 26th, just re- 

 ceived from Mr. S. Henshaw, from San Juan, describing the sugar 

 plantations, now in the midst of cutting and boiling. He finds the 

 flora not so varied as in Trinidad ; the woods are few ; 



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miles he did not see a single large tree. 



Edw^ard S. Burgess, 



Secretary. 



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