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The Director of the University garden exhibited specimens, 

 in various stages of development, of the water fern " Ceratopteris 

 ihalictroides." 



October ip. — Dr. Miller opened the meeting, and thereafter 

 vacated the chair in favor of Dr. Leffmann. He then gave the 

 second part of " Botanical Notes from France and Germany." 

 He described the Botanic Garden and Castle Gardens at Hei- 

 delberg, and the journey on to Hanover, Hildesheim and 

 Berlin. 



Henry S. Conard then communicated " Studies on the Genus 

 Nymphaea," in which he discussed the morphological, physio- 

 logical and taxonomic relations of the species. A rich exhibit 

 of gemmiferous fern leaves was made from the conservatory 

 of Mr. John T. Morris, and included examples from the 

 genera Aspidiiini, Adiantitni, Caiiiptosorits, Blechmmi, Anemia, 

 etc. 



For information of the members, Dr. Macfarlane read a 

 notice from "Tlie Pcnnsylvanian," as follows : 



" Provost Harrison has just received a valuable donation 

 from Mr. Robert Buist, of 2120 Walnut street, for the pur- 

 chase of important sets of volumes needed in the Botanical 

 Library of the University. The Buist family has been identi- 

 fied for several generations with the botanical and horticultural 

 interests of Philadelphia, so that the present gift is a highly 

 appropriate one." 



He stated that the books would include several sets of 

 botanical periodicals which would be of value for consultation 

 by the members. 



November 2. — The President in the chair. Dr. Emily G. 

 Hunt spoke on " Birds and their Relation to Plant Life," and 

 illustrated her observations by a large set of lantern slides, in 

 part prepared by the lecturer, in part by Mr. Aldrich Pen- 

 nock. 



A large exhibit of plants was made from the University 



