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PROCEEDINGS. 



August 14th, 1885. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



T. Section of stem Apotiogeton distachum ... Mr. F. "W. Andrew. 



Marine polyzoa ... Mr. J. D. Hardy. 



Campy lo discus biangulatus ... ... ... Mr. H. Morland. 



Varieties of Diorite from Warwickshire 7 ^ r q. g m ^] 1 



coal fields ... ■* 



Attendance — Members, 21 ; Visitors, 1. 



August 28th, 1885. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 Dr. M. C. Cooke, M.A., A.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. D. W. Greenhow was balloted for and duly elected a member of the 

 Club. 



The following additions to the Library were announced : — 

 "Annual Keport of Commissioners of the") 

 Westminster Free Public Library"... ) 

 "The American Monthly Microscopical) 



Journal" ) " 



" Proceedings of the Canadian Society " ... „ ,, 

 " Proceedings of the Bristol Society " ... ,, „ 



" Proceedings of the New York Society" ... „ ,, 

 " The Amei-ican Naturalist " ... „ „ 



The Chairman said that they were that evening in the unfortunate posi- 

 tion of not being provided with any paper, and as he was not aware of this 

 until a few minutes before the meeting, it was, of course, out of the ques- 

 tion to produce anything ; in fact, it would be hardly respectful to the 

 Society to occupy their time with anything on which no thought had been 

 bestowed. But whilst some other member might collect his ideas, he 

 would himself meanwhile just mention one or two botanical facts which 

 migbt be of interest to some of those present. One of these facts was con- 

 cerning a short paper which appeared in the " Gardener's Chronicle," and 

 which would be of interest to those who studied fungi, as relating to the 

 common wheat mildew. The statement of fact was that Mr. Worthington 

 Smith in examining the grain of oats, with a view to determine the course 

 of development of the common black smut (Ustihgo), found that in the 

 intermediate stratum of the tissue there were growing some fixed spores of 



