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The annual meeting was held on May 10th, 1894, when Mr. J. 

 Lewis was elected Chairman for coming year, Mr. W. W. 

 Mitchell re-elected Secretary for coming year, and Messrs. 

 Caush, Petitfourt, and Dr. Wynne as Committee. 



W. W. MITCHELL, 

 Hon. Secretary, Microscopical Section. 



BOTANICAL SECTION. 



REPORT. 



I 



The meetings of the Section have not been very largely 

 attended, but there have been some very interesting and 

 instructive gatherings. On October 26th, Mr. Hilton exhibited a 

 number of dried specimens of plants found by him during the 

 past summer. 



On November 23rd, Mr. E dmonds commenced a paper on the 

 Movement of Water in Trees. By request, however, he after- 

 wards gave the whole paper at a general meeting of the Society 



No meetings were held in December, January, and 



February. 



On March 29th, Mr. Edmonds read a paper on some 

 Modern Discoveries as to the Source of Nitrogen in Plants. 



On April 26th, Mr. Salmon commenced a paper on Herbals 

 and a glance at Historic Botany. By request this was also read 

 at a general meeting of the Society. 



At the annual meeting of the Section held m May, Mr. 

 Lewis was elected Chairman for the ensuing year, Mr. H. 

 Edmonds, Hon. Secretary, and Messrs. Hilton, Lomax, Salmon, 

 and Treutler as members of the Committee. 



During last summer some 500 plants have been sent m 

 towards the Sussex Herbarium. Of these, 120 have been 

 named and mounted and the others are in process of arrange- 

 ment. 



Our thanks are especially due to Messrs. Hilton and ± arr, 

 who have supplied the bulk of the specimens ; Mr. Lomax, who 

 examined those already arranged; and Mr. Jenner of Lewes, who 

 has kindly undertaken to fill Mr, Lomax's place in the future. 



H. EDMONDS, 

 Son. Secretary, Botanical Section. 



