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on " Our British Nesting Terns," illustrated by about 110 photo- 

 graphs taken by him direct from nature, of all the British species. 

 At the conclusion of the lecture, the Chairman, after remarking 

 upon the interest of the subject, and the excellence of the slides, 

 moved a vote of thanks to the Lecturer, which Avas carried by 

 acclamation. 



March 17th, 1910. 



Dr. I). H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 3rd March, 1910, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Dr. Harry Drinkwater, Mr. Frederick Hamilton Davey, and 

 Lady Isabel Browne were admitted Fellows. 



Miss Nellie Bancroft, Mr. Sidney Guest, and Mr. John Charles 

 Wilson were proposed as Fellows. 



Dr. Leonard Cockayne, Mr. Walter Ambrose Heath Harding, 

 M.A., and Miss Ida Margaret Hayward were elected Fellows. 



Dr. Harry Drinkwater, F.L.S., showed specimens of drawings 

 in distemper on coloured paper, of wild-flowers growing at Wrex- 

 ham ; his object was to draw every plant in the local flora natural 

 size, and he had completed 300, leaving about 500 still to be 

 drawn. 



Dr. Otto Stapf, F.R.S., Sec.L.S., on behalf of the Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, exhibited specimens of Eysenhardtia 

 amorplioides, H. B. & K., and demonstrated the exquisite fluor- 

 escence of the infusion of the wood of the plant (as described by 

 him in the Kew ' Bulletin,' 1907, no. 7, pp. 293-305) by the aid 

 of the electric arc-light of the optical lantern. 



The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.L.S.,Prof. Dendy, and Mr. Shen- 

 stone contributed additional observations. 



Mr. J. H. Holland, F.L.S., also on behalf of the Director of Kew, 

 showed samples of Soy Beau, Ghjciae Soja, Sieb. & Zucc. (G. Ms- 

 pida, Maxim.), with herbarium specimens of the plant producing 

 this seed. 



He stated that the seeds of " Soy," of which there are many 

 varieties, maybe black, brown, green or greenish-yellow, yellow, or 

 mottled ; sometimes seeds are described as white, but there appears 

 to be no Soy bean true white in colour. 



The plant is variously known as " Soy,'' " Soja,"' " Soya," 

 " White Gram," "American Coffee Berry," and " China Bean." 



In China and Japan, wliere the plant has been cultivated for 

 many years — perhaps centuries — the beans are an important food, 



