LINNEAX SOCIEIT OF LONDON. Il 



Dr. D. H. Scott and Dr. A. B. Reudle, See.L.S., contributed 

 further remarks, the author replying. 



The hist paper, " Seeding and Grermination of Ituscus amleatus, 

 Linn.," was exphiined by Mr. T. A. Bymes, F.L.S., as shown m 

 the following abstract. He stated that in the South-Eastern 

 quarter of England the berries and seedlings perish by severe 

 frost although the adult is hardy. Many seeds fail to gennniate, 

 because immature. Germination begins in July or August with 

 the extrusion of the radicle; the cotyledon remains withm the 

 endosperm. During the first season the plumule is merely a 

 short axis, completely invested by scale-leaves ; it remains under- 

 ground from the close of the first season until the following 

 summer. Frost kills many seedlings during the first winter. 

 Better results are obtained by sowing, as soon as the seeds are 

 ripe, at a depth of one inch than at a greater depth or in the 

 spring. Survivors in the second season produce an axis some 

 three^inches long, bearing a few scale leaves and, at the apex, 

 about six phylloclades in the axils of scale-leaves, which are loiiger 

 than those "of the adult. The radicle perishes, and adventitious 

 roots are produced of about five inches in length. During the 

 second winter the seedlings are unable to withstand severe frost. 

 There is no recapitulation of the ancestry by the seedling. 



Mr. E. a. Baker, Mr. C. C. Lacaita, and Mr. E. Step took part 

 in the discussion, the author replying. 



February 17th, 1921. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 3rd February, 

 1921, were read and confirmed. 



The report of the Donations received since the last Meeting 

 was laid before the Fellows, and the thanks of the Society to the 

 several Donors were ordered. 



Mr. William Henry Kitching and Prof. William Grant Craib, 

 M.A., were admitted Fellows. 



The following were proposed as Fellows : — William Edward 

 Hollows, M.P.S., Santi Prosad Sen Gupta, B.Ag., Shauker 

 Ganesh Sharngapani, B.Ag., Donald Ward Cutler, M.A., and 

 John Noel Milsum. 



