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Mr. Hogg exhibited a bright pi'nk-bracted form of the com- 

 mon dogwood, Cor7tus florida, from a graft on the orduiary form 

 grown at Fhishuig, L. L, the original stock coming from Weldon, 

 North CaroHna. The beautiful plant was much admired. 



Miss Steele showed albino flowers of Poly gala paiicifolia, from 

 Concord, N. H. 



Dr. Northrop showed specimens of Viola palmata from Pel- 

 ham Manor, with lobed petals, specimens of Pimis iHgida from 

 Cliffwood, N. J., having the primary leaves l}^ inches long, and 

 some of the secondary leaves in fours, and called attention to the 



4-ranked arrangement of the prickles on the stem of Smilax ro- 

 tundifolia. 



Dr. Rusby then delivered the announced paper of the eve- 

 ning on '* The Melastomace^/' He illustrated his remarks for 

 e most part by the very numerous specimens collected by him- 

 self in Bolivia and Brazil, including some twenty-six undescribed 

 species. He remarked on the exceedingly ornamental appear- 

 ance of the trees and shrubs, on the use of various species as dye- 

 plants, the name of the order and the original genus Melastoma 

 being derived from the fact that the seeds of that genus stain the 

 mouth black when chewed. The great profusion and beauty of 

 their flowers have gained for them the name '* Rhododendrons of 

 'the Andes." 



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The adjourned meeting was held Wednesday evening, May 

 29, the President in the chair and fifty-one persons present 



Professor Wm. R. Dudley, of Cornell University, addressed 

 tne Club on ''The Marine Laboratory at Naples and its Influ- 

 ence on Theories of Scientific Work." The lecture was illus- 

 trated with lantern view^s, and was heard with great interest and 

 profit, and at its close a vote of thanks was extended to the 

 speaker for the pleasure the members had received. 



The chairman of the Field Committee announced that no ex- 

 cursions would be arranged during either July or August, as the 

 experience of the past two seasons had shown that almost all the 

 niembers were away from the city during those months, but that 

 they would be resumed in September. 



Dr. Rusby exhibited specimens of the fruits of a species of 



