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panied by the usual written labels except at letter rates of 
postage, but expressing a willingness to bring the matter to the 
attention of the law makers at the proper time. ‘The report was 
discussed, and upon motion the committee was continued. Prof. 
Barnes moved that the officers of the club draft resolutions to be 
10, Beal 6, Hyatt 1; for secretary, Arthur 11, Barnes 2, Miss 
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_ A paper by Dr. Geo. Vasey on “A Hybrid Grass,” in the 
author's absence, was read by the secretary, and is printed in 
full on another page. In the remarks that followed Prof. Serib- 
ner said Muhlenberg, Sprengel and Michaux placed Eatonia in 
Aira, which this discovery of Dr. Vasey showed to be not far — 
wrong. Graphephorum melicoides and G. Wolfii might also be 
_ placed in the group Avenacee. The genus Graphephorum 1s av 
anomalous one, and the species should doubtless be distributed. 
The Club then adjourned. The following papers were 0D 
the programme of the Club, but were not heard for want of time: 
“Notes on a Peculiar Flora on the Kittatinny Mountains,” bye 
Dr. N. L. Britton; “A New Preservation Fluid Especially Val- . 
uable for Plant Tissues,” by Prof. C. VY. Riley; Note on the Sy 
Germination of Grasses,” and “A Point in the Structure of the — 
Sterile Flowers of Silphium,” by Prof. ©. E. Bessey; ‘‘The 
Fertilization of Wheat,” by Prof. W. R. Lazenby. 
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Excursions and Entertainment of the Botanists at Philadelphia. : 
The prediction that the meeting of the American Association 
this year would bring together a large and notable attendance 
botanists was fully realized. Indeed, they began to arrive # 
early as Saturday preceding the opening of the Association. The 
total attendance reached a little above one hundred, of whom six 
were from Great Britain. Full half the number have more tha 
a local reputation, including a majority of our most distinguish ee 
teachers and investigators. i“ 
The arrangements for the benefit of the botanists were 2° 
elaborate and complete as could have been wished. The efforts 
