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" May the turf of the Sedges they loved, and which cover or 

 ought to cover the low mounds under which their dust reposes, keep 

 them perennially green, and adorn them each returning spring with 

 their sober blossoms." 



Following the reading of the Memoir, remarks were made by 

 Professor S. A. Lattimore, the immediate successor of Dr. Dewey, 

 upon the value of the latter' s scientific work in the University of 

 Rochester. 



Mr. John Walton, whose exhibit of drawings of wild flowers 

 occupied one side of the lecture hall, described his methods and spoke 

 of the advantages of making drawings of plants from nature while 

 pursuing the study of botany. 



A collection of pressed ferns belonging to Mr. Charles W. Seelye 

 was exhibited. The fronds, representing about 65 varieties, were all 

 from Aspleniwn Jilix-foemina Bernh., and showed great diversities of 

 form. Mrs. J. H. McGuire, Recorder of the Section, called attention 

 to this exhibit and read extracts from the minutes of the Botanical 

 Section (Proc. Roch. Acad. Science, Vol. 2, pp. 238-239) describing 

 these variations. 



Professor Henry A. Ward exhibited and described some roots of 

 the mandrake {Mandragora atchantialis) procured by him in Syria, 

 which bore more or less resemblance to the human form, and spoke 

 of the ancient fables which have been founded upon similar fancied 

 resemblances. 



Professor Charles Wright Dodge exhibited under the microscope 

 a collection of local algae. In describing them. Professor Dodge said 

 that some of the specimens were of the same species as those which 

 had recently given an unpleasant taste and odor to the Rochester 

 water supply. 



Mr. John Dunbar exhibited a large collection of cultivated plants 

 and shrubs grown in Highland park, 



A large display of wild flowers occupied a table in the center of 

 the room and embraced most of the more interesting and rarer plants 

 in blossom at this time. Among them were Utricularia cornuta 

 Michx., Calopogon pulchellus R. Br,, Pogonia ophioglossoides Nutt. , 

 Sarracenia purpurea L. , Drosera ijitermedia var. Americana DC. , 

 D. rotundifolia L. , Potentilla palustris Scop., Nymphcea odo7-ata var. 



