SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE AND EDITORIAL. 89 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE AND EDITORIAL. 



Meeting of the Dartmouth Microscopic Club. — This Club 

 held its semi-aiiniial meeting at Hanover, Oct. 26 and 27. 



President E. E. Phelps, M. D., LL.D., in the chair. 



Prof. L. B. Hall, of Hanover, N. H., read a paper upon 

 "the Point of Growth in Exogenous Stems," showing ma- 

 ny sections of stems illustrating and proving the following 

 points, viz. : 1st. The young extremity of a branch ma- 

 tures from below upwards, the pith, wood, and bark, all 

 parts alike. 2nd. In the older stem the medullary raj^s 

 grow from the pith outwards. 3d. The forms of these 

 rays are not due to accidental portions left between the 

 woody bundles, but each kind of tissue has its own form 

 and place in the stem. 4th. These forms and positions 

 are inider the control of the vital forces. Any explana- 

 tion of the positions. and shapes of the parts as a result of 

 mechanical forces only, is far from the truth. 



Dr. H. A. Cutting, of Lunenburgh, Vt., read a paper 

 on a dust storm which recently occured in Northern Ver- 

 mont ; it was fully illustrated by microscopic specimens. 



Vermont State Geologist. — Hiram A. Cutting, A, M., 

 M. D., of Lunenburgh, has recently been appointed State 

 Geologist, and Curator of the State Cabinet. From pri- 

 vate correspondence we learn that he is intending "to la- 

 bel and rearrange the specimens in the State Cabinet ; put 

 up and complete the collections of Vermont birds ; bring 

 the entomological department as near as possible to repre- 

 sent the ditferent species of Vermont insects ; try to com- 

 plete the specimens of Vermont mollusca ; ol)tain as many 

 new specimens of minerals as possible, and put them in 

 order ; hnally, to make our State Ca1)inet desirable and 

 profitable for those interested in science." 



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