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Miss E. O. Abbot spoke in favor of the proposed National 

 Park in the Appalachian Mountains of the Carohnas, and pre- 

 sented for inspection and distribution, literature bearing on the 

 subject. After an expression of opinion, the chair appointed a 

 committee of three to report at next meeting of the society. 



Dr. Macfarlane exhibited from the University greenhouses 

 numerous parent and hybrid Cypripediums. The relative 

 influence of the two parents in the upbuilding of each 

 hybrid was pointed out and the results of reverse crossing were 

 compared. 



A banana shoot from the greenhouses was exhibited, the 

 upper portion of which had been cut down at two in the 

 afternoon, the lower part had grown one and a quarter 

 inches, in a central leaf, up to 9.30 in the evening. 



February 2. The President in the chair. Dr. Rodney H. 

 True lectured on " Plants in Relation to Poisons," and his 

 striking results have since been published. A cordial vote of 

 thanks was given to Dr. True for his kindness in coming to 

 speak before the society. 



The Appalachian Park Committee reported as follows : 



"Resolved, That the Botanical Society of Pennsylvania 

 extends its hearty sympathy to the Appalachian National 

 Park Association, in the beneficent work it has undertaken, 

 and that it appropriate from its treasurj^ six dollars for three 

 fees for membership in that association, one for the Society, 

 one for its Acting President and one for its Recording Secre- 

 tarj-. 



[Signed] " Elizabeth O. Abbot, 



" Henry Kraemer, 

 "Helen R. Marshall." 



An interesting interchange of views was given, on the 

 chairman declaring the report open for discussion. It was 

 finally resolved " that the committee's report be received with 



