Pennsyhania for Sessions igoi-iQOj. xlv 



Dr. Miller then gave a "Traveller's Notes on the Flora 

 of Palestine." Botanical observations were made at Jaffa, 

 Jerusalem, and several other points along the journey. 



April 20. The Society held a Scientific Assembly in 

 Biological Hall of the University of Pennsylvania, from 

 7.30 to 1 1 o'clock. A large gathering of members and friends 

 of the Society was in attendance, and the rooms of the 

 department, the greenhouses and the vivarium were lighted 

 up. Numerous addresses, demonstrations and botanical 

 exhibits were made by twenty-two members and outside 

 contributors. The financial proceeds of the Assembly were 

 devoted to the further development of the Botanic Garden. 



October 5. Dr. Miller, President, in the chair. 



Professor Macfarlane spoke on "The Flora of the Vol- 

 canic Mountains of Clermont and of the Maritime Alps." 

 He described the botanical results of tlie excursions made 

 from Clermont to the Puy de Pariou and the Puy de Dome, 

 and explained the relation of the different types of volcanic 

 soil to the wild and cultivated plants observed. Special note 

 was made of the varied and rich coloring of the sub-Alpine 

 vegetation on the top of the latter mountain. The flora of 

 the French Maritime Alps near Aries, also eastward from 

 this and within a few miles of Genoa, was xerophytic, except 

 in the immediate neighborhood of the watered valleys. The 

 xerophytic plants fell under three varieties : ( i ) a small, 

 stunted type, with wiry, often spiny leaves; (2) plants of 

 varying size, abundantly provided with glands bearing 

 essential oils, many of these being referable to the orders 

 CistacejE or Labiatje; (3) hair-covered plants that were 

 often quite woolly in texture. Numerous specimens of these, 

 recently arranged by the speaker for the University Her- 

 barium, were exhibited. 



Dr. Henry S. Conard then spoke on "New Hybrid Water- 

 Lilies," which had been raised by him during the year in the 

 greenhouses and ponds of the Botanic Garden. The first 

 described was a cross between TV. zanzibariensis as pollen 



