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President, Prof. J. M. Coulter. 
Vice-President, Prof. C. S. Sargent. 
Treasurer, Mr. Arthur Hollick. 
Secretary, Prof. C. R. Barnes. 
Councillors, Dr. B. L. Robinson, Mr. F. V. Coville. 
The Secretary reported the death of Mr. Michael Schuck Bebb, 
and a committee was appointed to prepare and report a suitable 
minute for record. The committee subsequently reported the 
following, which was unanimously adopted : 
The Botanical Society of America desires to place on record 
an expression of esteem for its deceased member, Michael Schuck 
Bebb, who died on December 5, 1895, at San Bernardino, Cal. 
His published studies upon the difficult genus Sa/ix have brought 
him to high rank as a professional botanist, and American botany 
owes to him a debt of gratitude, as one of its most distinguished 
representatives. 
Joun M. Courter, 
N. 1, . BRITTON, 
Conway MacMILLAN, 
Commuttee. 
Mr. C. H. Peck, of Albany, N. Y., and Mr. B. T. Galloway, of 
Washington, D., C., were unanimously elected active members. 
The question of the advisability of holding a midwinter meet- 
ing in addition to the regular annual meeting was discussed at 
length, and referred to the Council, with power. Professors Tre- 
lease, Atkinson and Britton were appointed a committee to nomi- 
nate additional members. 
The address of President Trelease, on “Botanical Opport- 
tunity,” was delivered on the evening of August 21st, before 4 
large and interested audience, and publication for it was requested 
from “Science” and the ‘“ Botanical Gazette.” 
The following papers were read on Saturday afternoon: 
«Some Characteristics of a Fresh-water Insular Flora,’ by 
Prof. Conway MacMillan. 
“A Species of Eleocharis, new to North America,” by Prof. 
N. L. Britton. 
The following were read by title: 
“The Philosophy of Species-making,” by Prof. L. H. Bailey: _ 
«Some Problems in Sporophyll-transformation among dimor- 
phic ferns,’ by Prof. Geo. F. Atkinson. | 
