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Poured over it. In this way the development of a single spore 
may be easily followed. 
The President made an announcement of the organization of 
the Botanical Society of America, stating that the charter mem- 
bers selected by the Club at the Madison meeting had organized 
in Brooklyn by electing Prof. Wm. Trelease, President; Prof. N. 
ot Britton, Vice-President; Mr. John Donnell Smith, Treasurer, 
and Prof. C..R. Barnes, Secretary. 
The committee appointed to nominate officers of the Club for 
ext year reported as follows: 
for President—Douglas H. Campbell, of Leland Stanford, Jr., 
University, = 
_ For Sccretary—Frederick C. Newcombe, of Michigan Univer- 
sity. er Pera s Sac Signed, B. T. GALLoway, ~ 
G. H. Hicks, 
E. J. DURAND, 
Committee. 
The repott of the committee was accepted and adopted. 
Prof. C. E, Bessey and Mr. Roscoe Pound explained the work 
of the Botanical Seminar in making a survey of the flora of Ne- 
braska, and exhibited advance sheets of Parts I. and IL. of the 
ora of Nebraska. 
Mr. M. B. Waite spoke of the killing of young shoots of the 
Pear by excessive transpiration. The same speaker also offered 
Suggestions on the staining of the flagellz of bacteria. 
: Profs, Galloway, Bessey and Coville were named as the com-_ 
mittee to prepare a statement for the convenience of publishers, © 
that errors in the use of capitals in nomenclature might be avoided. 
The Club then adjourned to meet at the assembling of the A. 
ALA. S, next year. FREDERICK C. NEWCOMBE, 
Secretary. 
Organization of the Botanical Society of America. 
: Pursuant to a call issued by the committee appointed from the 
: original members of the new national association of botanists, a 
: ae for organization was held at Brooklyn, N. Y., on August 
