1896.] MICROSCOPICAL JOURlSrAL. 109 



of study, which enable them to follow the different phases of 

 the life of these organisms, their transformations, and to com- 

 pare that which they can obtain in their laboratories with that 

 which Nature presents. — Ihe International Journal of Microscopy. 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES. 



Quekett Microscope Club. 



January 17. — Mr. Nelson exhibited a triplet magnifier, con- 

 structed on a formula of his Own by Messrs. Watson, giving an 

 amplification of 141-2 with a working distance of 1-2 in. Mr. 

 Karop said he had been given an opportunity of examining this 

 lens, and for sharpness of definition it was certainly one of the 

 very best he had seen. 



Mr. F. Orfeur exhibited and described a compound substage 

 apparatus, which permitted of every modification of aperture, 

 arangement of diaphragms and spots, besides colour and polar- 

 ising effects. The apparatus was discussed by the president 



and others. 



A paper entitle "Notes on Some Floridese," by Mr. T. H. 

 Buffham, was, in the absence of the author, taken as read. 



The Microscopical Society of Utah. 



January 11th, 1895. — The Microscopical Society of Utah was 

 organized with a membership of about twenty. Previous to 

 this time much microscopical work had been done in Utah, 

 but each microscopist had worked alone, and hence much of 

 the good which comes from association was lost. 



The membership of the societ}'^ comprises members of the 

 faculty of the University of Utah, physicians residing in vari- 

 ous parts of Utah, public school teachers and a few business 

 men and women. 



At the time of organization the following officers were 

 elected: James E. Talmage, President of the University of 

 Utah, President; Dr. Chas. F. Wilcox of Salt Lake City, Vice- 

 President; Miss Amelia E. Brotherhood, Instructor in Art, 

 University of Utah, Secretary; and Prof. C. A. Whiting of the 

 University of Utah, Treasurer and Curator. At the annual 



