306 H. B. GUPPY, M.B., ON THE DISPERSAL OF PLANTS. 
all these experiments was shaken about every few days, and the 
position of the floating seeds and fruits frequently changed.) 
I am now completing the experiment. Most of the seeds will 
take a long time to germinate, but those of Thespesia populnea and 
Ipomea grandiflora, have already germinated after floating a year 
in sea-water, An interesting point in connection with this experiment 
is that it has been carried out in London, and all the seeds and seed- 
vessels that have been afloat twelve months, were exposed to a 
degree of cold in the winter, that kept fresh-water frozen for three 
weeks on the same table. I am bold enough to think that a Coral 
Island seed might be carried, in summer, across the North Pole, 
and yet germinate, that is, if there is a current to carry it. 
ORDINARY MEETING,* 
H. CapMAN JONES, Esq., M.A., IN THE CHAIR, 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
following Elections were announced : 
Lire MemBer :—The Ven. Archdeacon J. Ingham Brooke, M.A., Halifax. 
Memeers :—The Rt. Hon. Lord Brassey, Sussex; the Rt. Hon. Lord 
Teynham, Kent; the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Columbia, Victoria; Sir 
Sydney Webb, K.C.M.G., D.L., J.P., Twickenham ; A. Boutwood, Esq., 
Southgate ; S. Causton, Esq., Kent; Rev. C. Pickering Clarke, M.A., 
Surrey ; Rev. A. Fairbanks, M.A., London ; Rev. W. D. Fanshawe, M.A., 
London; Rev. H. Griffin Hellier, London; Isaac Hoyle, Esq., M.P., 
Prestwich; J. F. Hewett, Esq., Surrey; Rev. E. A. Knox, M.A.,, 
Leicester; J. Monro, Esq., C.B., London; J. M. Peebles, Esq., M.D. 
United States; Rev. Reuen Thomas, Ph.D., D.D., United States; 
T. Ward, Esq., J.P., F.G.S., Northwich. 
Lirz Associate :—Anson Phelps Stokes, Esq., United States. 
* December Ist, 1890. 
