xxviii Proceedings. [January 2ist, igo. 



General Meeting, January 2isi, 1902. 



Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Charles S. Allott, M.Inst.C.E., Engineer, Mancliester, 

 and Mr. T. Thornhill Shann, Merchant, Manchester, were 

 elected ordinary members of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, January 21st, 1902. 

 Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. The recent accessions to the Society's 

 Library included the following : — Michael's " British Tyro- 

 i^fyphidce,''^ Vol. I. (8vo., London, 1901), purchased from the 

 Ray Society ; W. T. Black's " The Fish River Bush, South Africa, 

 audits Wild Animals,^'' (%\o., Edinburgh, 1901), presented by 

 the author ; and the " Memorial Volume " of the Wisconsin 

 State Historical Society (fol, Madison, 1901), presented by the 

 Society. 



Mr. W. E. HoYLE made some remarks on u case ot taikire 

 of concrete flooring strengthened by steel bands. 



Professor F. E. Weiss read a paper entitled " On Xeno- 

 phyton radiculosum (Hick), and on a Stigmarian 

 Rootlet, probably related to Lepidophloios fuliginosus 

 (Williamson).' 



The paper was illustrated by a series of lantern slides showing 

 sections of the specimens. 



