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the Botanical Library Hall, and at eight Dr. Miller took the 

 chair in the Lecture Hall. 



The Secretaiy announced regarding the Catskill trip, which 

 he proposed to make from the 19th to the 26th of May, and 

 asked that names be handed in. 



Mr. Walmsley then lectured on " The Fungoid Flora of 

 Capon Springs, Va.," and illustrated by a large set of lantern 

 slides, many of which were finely colored. 



Mr. M. Homer exhibited his miniature Japanese garden and 

 a description of it was given. 



Alay iS. — Dr. Miller in the chair. Miss Blanche Gardner 

 read a paper entitled " Growth and Cell-division in the Root 

 of the Broad Bean," which is herewith published. She illus- 

 trated with a large set of microscopic preparations. 



Professor Macfarlane then made a communication on " Cell 

 Structure and Cell-division in Relation to Heredity." 



Mr. H. R. Balentine read a paper entitled "The Compara- 

 tive Structure of the Leaves in the Genus Drosera." 



Interesting discussions took place in connection with all 

 three papers. 



Mr. Francis Windle exhibited specimens of a red lichen col- 

 lected by Dr. Macfarlane's Wilmington party. He had iden- 

 tified it as Trypthelium cruentum, a southern species usually 

 epiphytic on the holly, but which had also been reported 

 from New Jersey. 



Jnne i. — At 6 p. m. upwards of a hundred members and 

 friends of the society met in the greenhouses of the Botanical 

 Department, when descriptions of the plant groups were 

 given by Drs. Harshbcrger, Macfarlane, Miller and Schmucker 

 and by Mr. Conard. After supper Dr. Miller occupied the chair. 



The Secretary read " Notes on the Flora of Concord, 

 Mass.," by Mr. A. W. Hosmer. 



The recent trip to the Catskill Mountains was reported on 

 by Misses Hollinshead and Coles, and by Drs. Macfarlane and 



