458 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. XII, No. 3, 



MEETINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 



Orton Hall, May 1, 1911. 



The meeting was called to order iDy the President, Dr. 

 Dachnowski, and the minutes of the previous meeting read and 

 approved. The major paper of the evening was by Prof. J. H. 

 Schaffner, who gave an interesting and instructive address on 

 "The Classification of the Flowering Plants," presenting in 

 general outline his own system of classification and arrangement. 

 He emphasized the importance of working from a strictly evolu- 

 tionary standpoint out of which a natural phyletic arrangement 

 of the various large groups is bound to come. The actual working 

 out of the phyletic groups is a most difficult problem but this 

 should not in the least minimize its importance. Concerning 

 plant organs and structures as a basis for classification, attention 

 must constantly be given to their progressive development, 

 segregation of parts, degeneration and their degree of specialization. 

 The season made it possible for the speaker to illustrate his 

 address with numerous flowers both cultivated and wild. 



The next paper of the evening was by Mr. Wencil J. Kostir on 

 "Evolutionary Thought in the Nineteenth Century"; The 

 speaker gave a very concise yet thorough resume of the rise and 

 development of modem evolutionary conceptions and presented 

 the present day ideas relative to the important factors of the 

 evolutionary process. This paper was the last of a series contin- 

 ued through the year on the History of Biology. 



A short business meeting was held in which, on motion by 

 Prof. Schaffner, the president was directed to appoint a nominating 

 committee of three to select editors for the Ohio Naturalist 

 for the ensuing year. No further business being presented the 

 society adjourned. 



Bertram W. Wells, Secretary. 



Orton Hall, October 2, 1911. 



The Biological Club met with President Dachnowski, presiding. 

 C. L. Metcalf was appointed secretary pro tem. Messrs. Metcalf, 

 King and Fulton were named as a committee to nominate a staft' 

 for the Ohio Naturalist. The reading of the minutes of the 

 previous meeting was postponed. On motion the chair appointed 

 Prof. Hine, Miss Detmers and Mr. Kostir a committee to nominate 

 officers for the Club. 



The program of the evening consisted of reports of summer 

 work or observations. Prof Schaffner gave a short discussion of 

 nutation habits of plants. Prof. Hine spoke of the Southern 



