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the Botanical Library Hall, and at eight Dr. Miller took the 
chair in the Lecture Hall. 
The Secretary announced regarding the Catskill trip, which 
he proposed to make from the 19th to the 26th of May, and 
asked that names be handed in. 
Mr. Walmsley then lectured on “The Fungoid Flora of 
Capon Springs, Va.,”’ and illustrated by a large set of lantern 
slides, many of which were finely colored. 
Mr. M. Homer exhibited his miniature Japanese garden and 
a description of it was given. 
May 18.—Dr. Miller in the chair. Miss Blanche Gardner 
read a paper entitled “Growth and Cell-division in the Root 
of the Broad Bean,” which is herewith published. She illus- 
trated with a large set of microscopic preparations. 
Professor Macfarlane then made a communication on “ Cell 
Structure and Cell-division in Relation to Heredity.” 
Mr. H. R. Balentine read a paper entitled ‘‘ The Compara- 
tive Structure of the Leaves in the Genus Drosera.” 
Interesting discussions took place in connection with all 
three papers. 
Mr. Francis Windle exhibited specimens of a red lichen col- 
lected by Dr. Macfarlane’s Wilmington party. He had iden- 
tified it as Zrypthelium cruentum, a southern species usually 
epiphytic on the holly, but which had also been reported 
from New Jersey. 
June 1.—At 6 p.m. upwards of a hundred members and 
friends of the society met in the greenhouses of the Botanical 
Department, when descriptions of the plant groups were 
given by Drs. Harshberger, Macfarlane, Miller and Schmucker 
and by Mr. Conard. After supper Dr. Miller occupied the chair. 
The Secretary read “Notes on the Flora of Concord, 
Mass.,” by Mr. A. W. Hosmer. 
The recent trip to the Catskill Mountains was reported on 
by Misses Hollinshead and Coles, and by Drs. Macfarlane and 
