Reports of lllwlnigs. 



GENERAL. 



THE past session has been characterised by two fea- 

 tures of more than usual interest. At the November 

 meeting Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S., gave his lecture on " Putre- 

 factive Organisms," and on April 26th the Society held a 

 very successful Scientific Soiree. In addition, the papers 

 and communications which have been given at the remain- 

 ing seven meetings of the Society have been fully up to 

 the average merit and number; the members meeting, as 

 usual, at the University College, excepting on the occasion 

 of Dr. Dallinger's address, when they met in the Lecture 

 Koom of the Bristol Museum. 



On Thursday, October 4th, 1889, Professor Leipner ex- 

 hibited the fruit and foliage of the Bladder-nut (Staphylea 

 pinnata) found by him in a shrubbery in Buckinghamshire, 

 and Dr. Munro Smith gave a demonstration of Apparatus 

 used in physiological research. 



On November 6th the Rev. Dr. Dallinger gave his lecture 

 upon "Putrefactive Organisms," illustrated by the oxy- 

 hydrogen light. An abstract report of his address appears 

 at page 86. 



At the meeting held December 6th, Mr. C. K. Rudge, on 

 behalf of Mr. Charbonnier, exhibited and commented upon 

 specimens of Pallas's Sand Grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) 



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