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from the collection of Mr. Le Boutillier, and a collection of 

 interesting plants from the University Botanic Garden was 

 described by the director. 



February lo. Dr. Adolph Miller in the chair. Miss E. 

 Simons described "the life history of a common moss." After 

 tracing the structure and vegetative growth of the moss plant, 

 she showed the connection existing between the egg cell 

 developed by it, and the sporophyte generation alternating 

 with it. Mrs. Josephine Lowe then gave an interesting paper 

 entitled " My Experiences in the Study of Mosses," in the 

 concluding part of which she indicated the total number of 

 species gathered in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 



Henry S. Conard then described the systematic relations of 

 a collection of moss specimens gathered by him for distribu- 

 tion to the members. 



Exhibits of living plants were made from the University 

 Botanic Garden, and on behalf of Mr. Aldrich Pennock the 

 secretary drew attention to a lot of tricarpellary walnuts 

 gathered by Mr. Price on his grounds at Atlantic Highlands, 

 N.J. 



February 24. Dr. Adolph Miller occupied the chair. Mr. 

 R. E. B. McKenney, B. S., reviewed Wager's paper on "The 

 Nucleus of the Yeast Plant." A discussion followed in which 

 Drs. Kraemer, Macfarlane, Miller and Schmucker took part. 



Professor Macfarlane described some new cases of fungoid 

 symbiosis among flowering plants. He shortly reviewed the 

 question of the relationship of various fungi to the roots of 

 oaks, orchids, Indian pipe, etc. Thereafter he announced the 

 discovery of endotrophic fungi in roots of Pliilcsia biixifolia 

 from Patagonia, of Gelseminm sempervirc7ts, the yellow jessa- 

 mine of the South, of Bartonia verna collected near Wilming- 

 ton, N. C, and oi Buddlcia madagascariensis . 



Professor S. C. Schmucker then submitted a preliminary 

 report as chairman of the Phytophenological Committee. He 



