58 Report of the Microscopical Section. [Sess, 
eyepiece referred to. No one trying to get the large field and 
fine definition need expect success unless by using the materi- 
als indicated or some equally good and of equally low power, 
especially the same low-power eyepiece. 
[A reproduction of a photo-micrograph of a crown piece, 
which is 14 inch diameter, is given on the previous page. 
This was taken by means of the 3-inch Wray microscope 
 object- glass and Leitz No. 0 eyepiece above referred to. 
Neither of these lenses is corrected for the chemical focus, 
nor was the silver of the crown piece dimmed in any way 
to obviate the difference of the reflection of the light from 
its surface. | 
At this meeting, Mr Crawford, President, described a vege- 
table hybrid which he had raised, the parents being a turnip 
and a borecole or Scotch kail. The hybrid seeded thrice, but 
the last seeds had unfortunately been lost. The character- 
istics of the hybrid—resembling the kail in leaves and the 
turnip in roots, and the finger-and-toe disease to which it 
was more liable than the kail—were shown on the screen. 
REPORT OF THE MICROSCOPICAL SECTION. 
By Mr JAMES RUSSELL, Convener. 
THIS section had fortnightly meetings during the winter and 
spring months for practical work. The attendance of members 
was fairly regular, the average number present being about 
ten. The object of these meetings is to stimulate to work 
with the microscope in its bearings upon histological research, 
and in carrying out this object to give mutual assistance, each 
member communicating of his best for the information of the 
others, and all learning from each other. Each member is 
allowed to choose the field of study which is most congenial 
to his tastes, to work it according to his own methods, and 
then to communicate the result of his labours for the benefit 
of his fellows. 
