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man it is the spirit, and not the body, which is the deciding; 

 factor." 



It is impossible, in a few lines, to attempt an account of the 

 far-reaching results of Weismann's work, which has given so 

 great a stimulus to biological research, or to refer in detail to his 

 numerous publications, many of which have been translated into 

 English *. [W. N. P. & H. P.] 



June 3rd, 1915. 



Prof. E. B. PouLTON, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting of the 29th May, 

 1915, were read and confirmed. 



The President thanked the Society for the Resolution of 

 sympathy with him and his family, which was passed at the 

 Anniversary Meeting. He also announced that he had appointed 

 Mr. Horace W. Monckton, Dr. A. B. Eendle, Prof. A. C. Seward, 

 and Dr. A. E. Shipley, Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



A special vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Thomas Henry 

 Eiches, E.Z.S, for his gift of 509 volumes from the library of our 

 late Fellow, Dr. Alfred Eussel Wallace, O.M. 



Dr. John Christopher Willis was admitted a Fellow. 



Mr. Tom Willcocks was proposed as a Fellow. 



Mr. Chinnakavanam Tadulingam was elected a FelloM'. 



Prof. E. A. MiNCHiN, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., gave a summary of a 

 paper by the Misses Xatherine Foot and E. C. Stkobell, which 

 had been communicated by the President, on " The Eesults of 

 crossing two Hemipterous species, with reference to the inheritance 

 of two exclusively male characters." 



The President and Piof. Herdman contributed further remarks, 

 the latter remarking that a discussion of chromosomes and 

 hei-edity had been arranged for during the British Association 

 Meeting at Manchester in the autumn, wdien it was to be hoped 

 that the authors of this paper nn'ght be present and take part in 

 the discussion, 



Mr. Horace W. Monckton, Treas. & V.-P.L.S., then introduced 

 his "Note on the Plant-association at the foot of the Boium 

 Glacier, Norway." 



The Boium is one of the larger glaciers which descends from 



* Cy. the Obituary Notices in 'Nature' (vol. xciv. 1914, p. 342) by E. B, 

 P[ouh,ou], and iu the 'Journal ot the Eoyal Microscopical Society ' (1915, 

 p. 8) by J. A. T[bouison]. 



A full list of Weismann's publications up to January 1904, is given in the 

 ' Bericht iiber die Feier des 70. Geburtstages ' (Jena 1904), and a shorter 

 list in the " Akademisches Vademecum '• of Freiburg University. 



