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President Fairchild stated that this was the annual public 

 meeting of the Botanical Section, and introduced Miss Florence Beck- 

 with, Chairman of the Section, who took the chair. 



Miss Beckwith stated that instead of making a general exhibit 

 of wild flowers, the Section had mostly confined its efi'orts for this 

 meeting to obtaining orchids to illustrate the paper of Mr. Walton. 

 Among the orchids exhibited were O/r/n's spectabilis L. ; Cypripedium 

 candidiDii Muhl ; C. parviflorniii Salisb. ; C. pubesccns Willd ; C. 

 acaule Ait. ; Arethnsa bulbosa L. ; IJstcra cordata R. Br. ; and 

 Habenaria Hookerii Torr. 



A specimen of Viola tricolor L. , var. arvensis Ging. , a rare plant 

 in this vicinity, was also exhibited. 



Special attention was called to a specimen of Primula Mistissinica 

 Michx. , sent from Ithaca by Miss Mary E, Macauley. Ithaca is one 

 of the four stations in this state where this relic of the glacial 

 period is found. 



Mrs. S. H. Linn read a paper entitled : 



MUSHROOMS AND EDIBLE FUNGI, 

 The paper was illustrated by Auzoux models. 

 Mr. John Walton read a paper entitled : 



THE FERTILIZATION OF ORCHIDS. 



The paper was illustrated by original charts, colored drawings 

 and living specimens. 



A very fine display of cultivated plants from Highland Park was 

 made by Mr. John Dunbar. 



June 22, 1897. 



The meeting was held at Anderson Hall. President Fairchild 

 in the chair. About ninety persons present. 



Woods Hutchinson, M. D., of Buffalo, N. Y. , gave a lecture 

 on : 



DARWINISM IN DISEASE. 

 The paper was discussed by Dr. Veeder and Professor Dodge. 



