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" Proceedings of the Geologists' Association " ... In exchange. 

 " Proceedings of the New York Microscopical) 



Society" ... ... ) 



" Report of the Proceedings of the Smithsonian") 



Institution" ... ... ... ... ... ) 



"Grevillea" Purchased. 



" Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science " ... „ 



" Annals of Natural History " ... ... ,, 



" British Petrography " — part 5 „ 



Mr. Moiland exhibited and described a new form of cell slide for dry 

 mounting, which he had obtained from Messrs. J. W. Queen and Co., of 

 Philadelphia. The cells were made of stamped brass, soldered to a metallic 

 slide ; a cap fitted over the cell so as to be readily removed for the examina- 

 tion of the uncovered object when required. He had sent for an assortment 

 of these slides, but as all those received were alike, he assumed that only 

 one size was made. The cells could be obtained separately from the slides ; 

 the price was moderate, being equivalent to about 6s. per 100. 



Mr. Karop thought it was rather inconvenient, in the case of objects to be 

 dry mounted, to have the cells all of one depth. It also occurred to him 

 that where metal slides were used the labels were very apt to come off. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson's paper, " On Some Salt Water Monads and Bacteria," 

 was read by the Secretary. 



Mr. Karop thought that Mr. Nelson was rather rash in saying the things 

 he had described were Bacteria. It appeared to him, from the description 

 given, that what they had before them was a case of nuclear division, as 

 pointed out by Dr. Dallinger. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Morland and Mr. Nelson for 

 their communications. 



Mr. Buff ham communicated to the Club the results of some of his recent 

 observations " On Some New Forms of Fructification in the Marine Algae," 

 illustrating the subject by diagrams drawn upon the black board. Mr. 

 Buffham concluded his remarks by saying that most microscopists of the 

 ordinary type took up the pursuit as a sweetener of life, and after a general 

 examination of the objects about them, such persons often found considerable 

 difficulty in finding a subject which was suited to their tastes and their 

 means. He thought that in the Algae they would find a subject which would 

 fulfil all requisite conditions, the objects were easily accessible, they Avere 

 very beautiful in themselves, and they afforded a wide field for original 

 observation, so that he could promise that if an) one would take up the 

 subject he would be well repaid in many ways for the trouble taken in 

 the course of its pursuit. 



Mr. Karop was much obliged to Mr. Buffham for the interesting communi- 

 cation given to them at such short notice. The study would no doubt prove 

 very interesting to those who would take it up, but he thought the difficulty 

 with most people would be not so much how to get specimens as how to 

 keep them. Many of these things looked very nice at first, but after a while 

 they began to go bad, and the result was of course very disappoint- 



