PEOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION, 

 1912-1913.) 



]N"ovember 7th, 1912. 



Prof. E. B. PouLTON, F.E.S., President, in the Chaii'. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 20th June, 1912,, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Bernard Francis Cavanagh, Dr. Eeginald Rnggles Grates,, 

 Ph.D. (Chicago), Miss Alice Hibbert-Ware, Mr. Arthur Edward 

 Peck, Mr. Francis Henry Sikes, M.A., Mrs. Beatrice Stuart {nee 

 Norburj, Mrs. Charles Urquhart Stuart), Mr. Henry Edward 

 Irving Taylor, M.A.(Cantab.), and Capt. Sidney Miles Toppin,, 

 K.A., were proposed as Fellows. 



The Treasurer referred to a set of Syme's edition of SowerbyV 

 ' English Botany ' which had been bought out of the income of 

 the Tagart Bequest, and hoped that each succeeding year would 

 see a similar accession. 



The first paper was by Dr. E. E. Gates, "On Mutating 

 Oenotheras," which was communicated by Prof. J. B. Farmer, 

 F.E.S., F.L.S. 



In the discussion which followed, Prof. W. Bateson, Dr. Otto 

 Stapf, and Prof. Deudy took part, and the author replied. 



Mr. Fbedemck Enock, F.L.S. , showed a series of lantern-slides 

 illustrating the life-history of British Mymaridse and their hosts. 



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