Pt og BOTANICAL GAZETTE. ~[ May, 
cases the reading being done by some other member. Among the papers 
read was one by Tschirch on the development of resin-passages @ : 
p> similar secretion-reservoirs, which he illustrated by blackboard draw- 
Sr: ings. Professor Magnus read abstracts of two papers, one by Reinke Dee 
ey the brown algee of the bay of Kiel, and another very interesting one by 
Schiitt on the nature of phycoerythrin. Professor Kny spoke briefly ofa 
r by Dr. Miiller (his assistant), who was unable to be present, on 
secretion-canals in the phloem of certain Umbellifere and Araliacee 
: e were other papers more or less interesting, but this will give some 
ay idea of their general character. 
es Among those present I noticed Professors Schwendener, Kny, A& 
cherson, Magnus, Wittmack, Frank, Drs. Tschirch, Potonié, Schumann, 
a. 
gard to the woman question. It was with some difficulty that Miss Bal: , 
lowell could escape the friendly importunities of one or two of the menr 
bers, who almost insisted that she should also take part in the supplement- 
ary meeting which most of the members held in a neighboring restatr 
_Tant, where overa glass of beer questions are discussed in a more informal 
way than in the regular meeting. 
served by the writers upon the leaves of Berberis repens in several 
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