XXVIII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



It is recommended to council that three (3) new Fellows be 

 elected to the Section next year. 



Twenty-three papers were read at the sectional meeting as follows: 



1. — Presidential Address. Plant Pathology: its Status and its 

 Outlook. By J. H. Faull, B.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. 



2. — (1) Anoxaemia and Periodic Breathing in Decerebrate Cats. 

 By J. J. R. Macleod, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.S.C. 



3. — (II) The percentage of Lactic Acid in the Arterial Blood of 

 conditions of Asphyxia, Anoxaemia and Shock. By J. J. R. Macleod, 

 M.B., Ch.B., F.R.S.C. 



4. — Association, Commensalism and Parasitism among Marine 

 Animals found in the Strait of Georgia. By C. McLean Fraser, 

 M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. 



5. — The Mutual Precipitation of Certain Plant Mucilages and 

 Dyes. By Francis E. Lloyd, M.A., F.R.S.C. 



6. — (I) On the Occurrence of Resin Canals in Certain Con- 

 servative Regions of Some Conifers. By R. B. Thomson, B.A., 

 F.R.S.C. (Lantern). 



7. — (II) A Suggested Revision of the Classification of the 

 Conifers. By R. B. Thomson, B.A., F.R.S.C. (Lantern). 



8. — (III) Vestigial Centripetal Xylem and Transfusion Tissue 

 in the Leaf of Pinus Strobus. By Miss Lilian V. Baker, M.A. Pre- 

 sented by R. B. Thomson, B.A., F.R.S.C. (Lantern). 



9. — (IV) Elevator Screenings — Their Source and Composition 

 and Certain Problems Connected with their Disposal and Use. By 

 John R. Dymond, B.A. _ Presented by R. B. Thomson, B.A. 



10. — (V) The Origin of the Ligneous Resin Canals in Pines. By 

 N. C. Hart, M.A. Presented by R. B. Thomson, B.A. 



IL — (VI) Tangential Pitting in Certain Fossil Vascular Plants 

 and Lower Seed Plants. By Miss Dixie Pelluet, B.Sc. Presented by 

 R. B. Thomson, B.A. 



12. — (VII) Some Characters of the Xylem Tissue in the Cycads. 

 By H. B. Sifton, M.A. Presented by R. B. Thomson, B.A. 



13. — (VIII) The Pit-Closing Membrane in Certain Vascular 

 Plants. By Miss Gertrude Wright, M.A. Presented by R. B. Thom- 

 son, B.A. (Lantern). 



14. — Histoire d'Une Escouade de "Petits Soldors" — Fantaisie 

 entomologique. By Canon V. A. Huard, D.Sc, F.R.S.C. 



15. — (I) The Uredinial Stage of the Balsam Rust Uredinopsis 

 mirabilis. By H. P. Bell. Presented by J. H. Faull, B.A., Ph.D., 

 F.R.S.C. 



