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yellow fever, which before that time had been endemic in 

 Cienfuegos, had been absent from the city. 



Mr. Arthur I. Jacobs, Mr. Joseph Maserang, Jr., and Mr. 

 George Ward Parker, of St. Louis, Mr. H. E. Conklin, of 

 Joplin, Missouri, and Professor C. W. Marx, of Columbia, 

 Missouri, were elected to active membership. 



Four persons were proposed for active membership. 



March 5, 1900. 



President Engler in the chair, forty-three persons present. 



The death of Mr. Hugo Kromrey and the resignations of 

 Mr. George W. Flersheim and Mr. Carl Kinsley were reported 

 by the Council. 



A paper by Professor A. S. Hitchcock, entitled Studies on 

 subterranean organs. U. Some dicotyledonous herbaceous 

 plants of Manhattan, Kansas, was presented and read in 

 abstract by Mr. J. B. S. Norton, and was illustrated by an 

 abundance of specimens, which were passed about for the 

 inspection of the audience. 



Mr. J. S. Thurman addressed the Academy on liquid air. 



Dr. J. K. Bauduy, Dr. E. Grebe, Mr. William E. Guy and 

 Dr. John Zahorsky, of St. Louis, were elected to active 

 membership. 



Five persons were proposed for active membership. 



March 19, 1900. 



President Engler in the chair, fifty-eight persons present. 



Dr. H. von Schrenk exhibited some burls on the w^hite 

 spruce (Picea Canadensis). The burls, unlike most of those 

 so far known, are almost round, and are covered with smooth 

 bark. They grow of various sizes, and occur on the trunk 

 and branches of a group of S{)ruces limited to a small area. 

 The wood fibers are arranged in annual rings ; they differ 

 from normal wood fibers because of their thinner walls and 

 greater internal diameter, giving the wood a spongy character. 

 Long rows of secondary resin passages occur in each ring. 



