1914-] MINUTES. 



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B. Davenport, A.M., Ph.D., Director of Station for Experi- 

 mental Evolution (Carnegie Institution), Cold Spring Harbor, 

 New York. 

 ■ " Syriac Socrates — A Study in Syrian Philosophy," by W. Ro- 

 maine Newbold, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, University 

 of Pennsylvania. 



" The Evolution of Pine Barren Plants," by John W. Harsh- 

 berger, Ph.D., Professor of Botany, University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



*' Segretion of 'Unit Characters' in the Zygote of Oenothera 

 with Twin and Triplet Hybrids in the First Generation," by 

 George Francis Atkinson, Ph.D., Professor of Botany, Cor- 

 nell University. Discussed by Prof. Bradley M. Davis and 

 Prof Kraemer. 



" The Vegetation of the Sargasso Sea," by William G. Farlow, 

 Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard 

 University. Discussed by Prof. Harshberger, Prof. Atkin- 

 son, and Prof. Farlow. 



" A New Type of Oak for America," by William Trelease, Sc.D., 

 LL.D. 



Friday, April 24. 



Executive Session — p:jo o'clock. 



William W. Keen, ALD., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



The proceedings of the officers and council were submitted and 

 the list of nominations for membership recommended for election 

 this year was reported. 



The following resolution recommended by the officers and council 

 was adopted : 



That a Committee of eight members shall be appointed by the 

 president at the first executive session of the general meeting in every 

 3-ear to nominate officers and councillors for the succeeding year. 

 The president shall be ex-officio a member of this committee, but 

 shall have no vote except in case of a tie. This committee shall re- 

 port at the stated meeting on the first Friday in December and its 



