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The book is in no sense a work for technical students, and in this 
respect may lose a certain amount of influence that it other- 
Wise would gain. 
On the whole the work is timely, as there has been little pub- 
lished in this country which makes such an easy and yet compre- 
hensive introduction to the work of Sachs, DeBary and Vines. 
Hitherto, the student has had, in the main, to search through a 
mass of detail in these works to find the underlying principles, 
but in Dr. Gregory’s work the main facts are outlined clearly, in 
excellent English, and the book loses nothing of its scientific value 
by being simple and concise. 
S. E. J. 
Proceedings of the Club. 
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29TH, 1896. 
Dr. Britton occupied the chair and there were 38 persons 
Present. 
The following persons were elected active members: 
Miss Helen A. Parsons, Miss Helen M. Smith, Dr. Max Mayer, 
Miss Laura Skinner, Mr. James A. Kelsey, Dr. Albert Schneider, 
Dr. E. H. James, Mr. Frank G. Hills, Mr. Charles H. Allen and 
Mr. Eustice H. Gane. 
The club then listened to the reading of the announced papers. 
Dr. Valery Havard, in his paper on “Drink Plants of the 
North American Indians,” discussed three classes of such plants: 
first, those like Maguay and Maize, yielding alcoholic beverages; 
Second, those like Lophophora and Ilex vomitoria, yielding bever- 
ages which intoxicate or stimulate, but not by virtue of alcoholic 
constituents; third, those like Chia seeds and Aus fruits, yield- 
ing beverages drunk only for their refreshing properties. The . 
Paper was discussed by Dr. Britton and Dr. Rusby, and is pub- 
lished in full in this issue of the BuLLETIN. : 
Dr. John K. Small was unable to present his paper, “ Prelimi- 
nary Notes on the North American species of Sazifraga” in full, 
Owing to delay in the receipt of material required for study. Be 
Proposed to separate from Saxifraga two new genera, Jepsoma: a | 
a Saxifragopsis, as published i in the —: BOLLETIN. Pa ee 
