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cells somewhat irregularly disposed, but 

 no bast- fibers. These groups appear in 

 this section rounded or somewhat elong- 

 ated in a tangential direction, or some- 

 times irregular in outline, but in longi- 

 tudinal view they appear mostly fusi- 

 form, and sometimes five or ten times 

 as long as thick. The component cells 

 are also of large size. The clusters of 

 stone-cells occur both in the middle and 

 in the inner layers of bark, but are larger 

 in the latter. The medullary rays, 

 which, in this species, are also straight 

 and composed of one or two rows of 

 cells, are much less easily traceable than 

 in the former species, because the cells 

 differ little in size and shape from ad- 

 jacent parenchymatous elements. They 

 are best recognized by means of iodine 

 solution, their cells containing more 

 starch than those of adjacent tissues. 

 Cells containing stellate crystalline mass- 

 es of calcium oxalate are freely sprinkled 

 through the parenchymatous regions of 

 this bark ; cells containing single crys- 

 tals are rare or wanting, and there is no 

 crystal sheath about the masses of stone- 

 cells. Tannin is present in this bark, 

 but apparently somewhat less abundant 

 than in the former species. — The bark of 

 the young stems or branches differ from 

 that of older ones, in the fact that the 

 stone-cells are in smaller groups. This 

 is because in the old bark the earlier 

 formed masses of stone-cells have been 

 cut off by the secondary cork formation, 

 and the later formed groups of stone- 

 cells in the inner layers of the bark are of 

 larger size than the older ones further ex- 

 terior. — The bark of the root of Virbur- 

 nura prunifolium differs from that of the 

 stem chiefly in the fact that its groups of 

 stone-cells are farther apart, and average 

 somewhat larger in size. The outer bark 

 is also thicker and more spongy in its 

 texture. — Merck's Report. 



-jZilunwi Association- 



'93 NOTES. 

 Another marriage ! This time John Curtin 

 Taylor, gone done it. The ceremony took 

 place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. 

 P.hoda Deurl, at Sterling Valley, N. \\, Wed- 

 nesday, August 2i, 1895. Mr Taylor is in busi- 

 ness at Mexico, N. Y., and doing a large busi- 

 ness. Long life and happiness to Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. C. Taylor. 



Commodore E. F. Lohr, (he wears a yacht- 

 ing cap ) was a most enthusiastic spectactor at 

 the international races, which ended in such a 

 muddle. The commodore replies to all quiries 

 addressed to him with two words, and they 

 mean everything. "Never mind, says the com- 

 modore, its all right." 



"Have you the genuine castile soap ?" 

 "Yes, sir; the genuine imported article." 

 "Let's see it !" 



"Here you are, sir ! Here is a five cent and 

 here a ten cent piece." 



'•But it does not come this way ? Does it ? 

 Here is the bar as it comes, but we cut it, sir! 

 The prospective buyer examines the bar of 



soap for fully ten minutes, then 



"Well, I guess it is; cut me ofl a five cent 

 piece, will you ? " 



Harry Heller, the big, was seen on upper 

 Second avenue, with his smaller, though better 

 half. Heller is as funny as ever, and reports 

 business very good with him. 



Mr. Arabon is with our past President, H. 

 A. R. Graeser. W. Lotman with B. Craft, 125th 

 street and Lenox avenue. 



George Jarchow is quite a prominent 

 member of Yorkville's German Colony, where 

 he is doing quite a business, and adds money to 

 his purse and adipose to his bones. 



Marcus King is the proprietor of a very 

 pretty drug store at 1965 Third avenue. He is 

 always glad to meet any of his old classmates. 

 He gets the Journal and expects to join the 

 alumni later in the season 



F. M. & R. G. Lawrence, are doing business 

 on North Second street, Brooklyn., R. G. was 

 the noted orator of 93. His resolutions, 

 propositions and general debates are surely not 

 to be forgotten . 



C. F. Boldman has just returned from his 

 long vacation in the Catskill Mountains, where 

 he met Rich. Specker. Mr. Specker has made 



