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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



Ax the 523rd Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on March 27tli, 

 1917, the President, Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., in the chair, the 

 minutes of the meeting held on February 27th were read and 

 confirmed. 



Mr. Thomas E. Wallis was balloted for and duly elected a 

 member of the Club. 



Before the regular business commenced, Past-President Pro- 

 fessor Arthur Dendy — now Vice-President — said he had great 

 pleasure in introducing to the members the new President, 

 Dr. A. B. Rendle. It was scarcely necessary to do so, as his name 

 would be quite well known to workers with the microscope, but 

 personally he might not be known to some of the members ; he 

 himself estimated it a great privilege to welcome Dr. Rendle to 

 the position. He was sure that if Dr. Rendle derived as much 

 pleasure and profit as he had done from the meetings, he would 

 be glad that he had accepted the post. He thought the Club 

 was greatly to be congratulated on Dr. Rendle's consent to 

 occupy it. In reply, Dr. Rendle thanked those present very 

 heartily for the kind reception they had given him and for the 

 honour they had done him by asking him to be President. Some 

 might think his position as Keeper of Botany did not imply a 

 great amount of association with the microscope. He miglit say 

 that the first paper he had read was on a microscopical matter. 

 It was on the structure of the seeds of the Lupin, and dealt 

 especially witli the development of the aleurone grains. His 

 second paper was also on a subject which required the use of the 

 microscope constantly for its determination. Although he might 

 to some extent have departed from his first love, he did still use 

 the instrument constantly, and that was a bond of union between 



