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Katmi showed devastation every where. The eruption occured 

 just after the leaves on the trees had opened. As the result the 

 growth for 1912 and the leaf buds that would have opened in 1913 

 were killed so the trees looked dead altho the wood was not injured 

 and probably in another year many of the trees will put out leaves 

 and go on growing. Equisetum seemed to be the plant that came 

 up first thru the lava. The Indians thought that it had been 

 thrown up by the volcano. 



Prof. Barrows showed a number of guinea pigs. The agoute 

 type is black haired, tipped with red. If the agoute is absent 

 black results. He has had trouble in getting pure black. Among 

 others he showed a silver agoute. If the chocolate is absent in 

 the color coat red results and if red is absent yellow results. If 

 yellow is modified cream results. He had a tricolor in which the 

 inheritance is hard to work out. The other color coats are strictly 

 Mendelian but the spots are seemingl}^ not. 



Mr. Meckstroth reviewed two papers on plant variation from 

 the New York Botanical Garden. One was on the leaf variation 

 in hybrid violets and the other a bud variation of the white mar- 

 gined Pelargonium. He had a number of slides to illustrate his 

 review. The cross in the violets was made between the bird-foot 

 and several entire leafed species. The result was intemiediate. 



Observations were made of a wheel bug sent to Prof. Osborn 

 and new for the state. The report of wild pigeons found in Mich- 

 igan was spoken of and criticized. Prof. Alfred R. Wallace's 

 death was noted. A Zamia that is in bloom in the green house 

 was mentioned. L. W. Durrell told of his new stippeling machine 

 and said that he would demonstrate it after the meeting. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



Blanche McAvoy, Secretary. 



Date of Publication, March 23, 1914. 



