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mucous membrane of the mouth by the raphides, though 
this has not yet been crucially tested. 
Mr. Lazenby mentioned the fact that the corm of Calla 
was less acrid than the petioles, and that it contained smaller 
quantities of crystals. 
Mr. A. A. Crozier sent a paper on the secondary effects 
of cross-fertilization, which was read ; e 
had crossed many varieties of apples and other fruits to de- 
termine whether any effect appeared in the fruit of the 
first year, but his experiments led to the belief that it did not. 
r. Cowell dissented from this view as contrary to his 
experience, Ss : 
ts. Henrietta L. T. Walcott described and exhibited 
» Seth of an amber- 
racemes, and the amber-colored fruit. Dr. Sereno Watson 
Proposes for it the varietal name /eucocarpa. 
. W. Lazenby exhibited the two forms of Ampe- 
lopsis, one of which adheres to brick or stone walls, trees, 
etc., by means of the disk-like expansion on the tendrils, — 
and the other of which will ot climb walls and forms = 
disks. The latter is the only one sold by nurserymen, anc 
ae disappointment ensues from its failure to clamber over 3 
walls, 
Mr. Beauch amp disagreed with Mr. Lazenby, and thought 
the tendrils were modified to suit circumstances. A 
tr. Campbell suggested that the nursery plants were A. 
hederacea of Europe, and not A. Virginiana. me 
n Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock about forty mem fi ra 
the club boarded a special Brooklyn-line car, mag a 
pleasant ride across the city, alighted at gree i rous 
W minutes’ walk took them into a wild glen, with “special 
side ravines cutting into it. The region was not spect : 
feel 
