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some Rubiaceae, said Professor Lloyd, these tubes seem stimulated 

 by contact with the enlarged collar-cells of the funiculus and ap- 

 pear to owe their guidance into the micropyle to such stimulus. 

 Dr. MacDougal remarked upon recent conclusions that pollen- 

 tubes show negative reactions to oxygen, but positive to sugars, 

 and to albuminoid substances in the ovary or near the embryo-sac. 



Edward S. Burgess, 



31 January, 1900 



Secretary. 



Vice-President Rusby in the chair ; 3 1 persons present. In 

 the absence of the Secretary, L. M. Underwood was called to act 

 pro tern. 



Six persons who had been duly proposed for membership 

 were elected, as follows : 



Miss Viole.tta S. White, 560 Fifth Avenue. 



Miss Louisa Bruckman, 1022 Lexington Avenue. 



Miss Elise W. Kornmann, 1030 Park Avenue. 



Miss Ida Clendenin, 67 Hancock Street, Brooklyn. 



Professor A. W. Evans, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 



Dr. H. S. Washington, Locust, Monmouth County, N. J. 



The program of the evening consisted of a paper on the 

 "Cultivation of Palms," by Mr. Henry A. Siebrecht. After a 

 general discussion of the palms as a botanical group and the 

 various types represented in tropical regions, a full and interesting 

 account was given of their cultivation in conservatories and as house 

 plants ; valuable suggestions were given for their treatment and 

 care in the household. The characters of various species suitable 

 for cultivation indoors were given, especially of the genera Cocos, 

 Kentia, Phoenix, Areca, Caryota, Licnala and Ihrinax, of which 

 fine illustrations were shown from the writer's splendid nurseries. 

 Among these were Cocos Weddclliana, Phoenix Canariensis, P. 

 mpicola, Areca lute se ens, and Licuala grandis. 



An account of Mr. Siebrecht's extensive nurseries in the tropical 

 regions of Trinidad was afterwards given by request of some of the 

 members. 



Discussion followed by Mr. Henshaw, Mr. Lighthipe and Dr. 

 Rusby. 



L. M. Underwood, 



Secretary pro tent. 



