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In discussing tiiis paper Professor Scliaffuer said the moulds are of 

 public interest and many important results may be expected from an 

 extended study of them. Professor Kellerman said that moulds are an 

 important factor to guard against in canuing fruit. It would be a great 

 step in advance if fruit could be canned and kept without its being 

 cooked beforehand. 



Miss Elma Perry gave a list of the edible fungi of Ohio. So far 200 

 species have been recorded and there are no doubt many yet to add. 



Under the head of personal observations Prof. Kellerman showed 

 some interesting variations in our common anemone. A paper on this 

 subject appeared in the May number of The Ohio Naturalist. 



June Meeting. 



The June meeting of the club was held in Zoological Lecture Room 

 on the evening of the third. 



The editor-in-chief of The Ohio Naturalist, Professor Schaffner, 

 gave a financial statement for the year. 



The Secretary read a communication from Professor Kellerman. 

 This communication was concerned with the past and future of The 

 Ohio Naturalist and an adjourned meeting was voted for its con- 

 sideration. The following invitation was received from Professor W. 

 D. Gibbs, Secretary of the Omega Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi: 



The Omega Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi cordially invites the 

 members of the Biological Club to be present at the final meeting of 

 the Chapter, in the Physical Lecture Room, Saturday June 8th, at 11 

 o'clock a. m. to hear a lecture by Professor Charles F. Mabery on the 

 subject: ''The Petroleum Industry: Its Rapid Expansion and Future 

 Promise." 



Dr. Bownocker delivered an instructive paper on " Oil and Gas in 

 Southeastern Ohio." The first oil well in that region was drilled about 

 1860 at Maxburg in Washington County. The wells in this region 

 when first put down oftentimes yield 500 "barrels or more daily but they 

 soon decrease until the product of the same well may be only a few 

 barrels each day. They are long-lived however and wells drilled in the 

 Sixties are still producing. The oil in Southeastern Ohio has its origin 

 in the various sands and therefore differs from that of Northwestern 

 Ohio where all the oil is of limestone origin. 



The speaker explained the nature of the country, especially in re- 

 ference to the arches where practically all the oil is located. 



H. S. Houghton not being present, Professor Landacre gave a 

 short outline of the subject "A Study of the Muscular and Skeletal 

 Structures in the Head of a 14 mm. Salamander." 



A. F. Conradi read a short paper on the subject "A Study of the 

 Cecidomyidae and their eflects upon Vegetation." 



The motion was made and carried that when we adjourn we adjourn 

 to meet in the Zoological Lecture Room Friday evening, June 7th, at 

 4 o'clock, for the purpose of considering matters connected with the 

 Ohio Naturalist. James S. Hine, Secretary. 



With this issue The Ohio Naturalist completes its first year. 

 The Editors to be chosen for 1901-2 will continue the Journal along 

 the same lines and we trust that those interested in the natural his- 

 tory of Ohio, as well as others, will continue to give their encourage- 

 ment and financial supi^ort. 



A table of contents and a title-page of Vol. 1 will be sent out 

 with the first number of Vol. 2, John H. Soiiaffner, 



