158 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENXE. [Jail. I4, 



The officers of the Section are : Chairman, Miss Mary E. 

 Macauley ; \'ice-Chairman, Miss Florence BECK^VITH ; Recorder, 

 Mrs. J. H. McGuire. 



Extracts from the Minutes of the Section. 



January 12, 1894. Mr. Fuller exhibited pressed specimens of 

 Rayiiuicidiis fasciciilaris Muhl. , R. septentrionalis Poir, and R. 

 repens L. , explaining the points of difference between these three 

 species. 



An original paper on Volvox globatorl^. ,^hy Mr. A. M. Dumond, 

 was read. Mr. Streeter illustrated the points made by Mr. Dumond, 

 showing the forms of reproduction, sexual and asexual, with the 

 microscope. 



January 26, 1894. Mr. Baxter showed //^/'rt/Zr^' in bloom. The 

 plant was brought from the woods three weeks before and developed 

 indoors. 



Mr. C. C. Laney read an original paper on "Our Native Wild 

 Flowers ' ' and advised their cultivation in gardens. The various 

 stations of the plants mentioned formed the chief topic of the discus- 

 sion which followed. 



Mrs. E. L. Maguire exhibited a collection of pressed plants from 

 Indian Territory and TexaSj from which specimens were selected for 

 the herbarium. 



February 23, 1894. Mr. Baxter showed a collection of violets, 

 selected from his herbarium, showing the striking variations of plants 

 of the same species, due to a different habitat and environment. These 

 specimens were collected in Holland, Russia, New Siberia Islands, 

 Finland, Peru; also in Ohio, Reading, Pa., New Dorp, Bergen, 

 Adams Basin, and Penficld, N. Y. Specimens of the same species 

 taken from our herbarium were shown and compared. 



Miss Westfall, of California, was present and exhibited a portion 

 of her large collection of marine algae from the Pacific coast. 



Mrs. George C. King showed pressed plants from Los Angeles 

 and Lookout Mountain, Cal. 



March 9, 1894. Dr. Anna H. Searing exhibited a collection of 

 pressed violets from California, Colorado, the State of Washington, 

 and some of the Southern States. 



Mr. Dunbar exhibited a fine Cypripedium candidum Muhl., in 

 flower, which was taken from the woods in the fall and wintered 

 indoors. 



*See Proceedings, Broch. 4, Vol. II., pp. 293-2(37. 



