338 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
notes on teaching botany. He had found the move eS 
toplasm to show well in the hairs on the young bu _- piers: 
species of plants. The stem of Smilax seb do serve ee 
lently for histological study. He was of opinion that pees | 
much time is occupied by lectures, and not enough by la te he 
work. He had had students work in various ways, but es _ 
the best results when considerable time was given to each p a4 
and fewer plants used. Professor Burrill finds difficulty Poe 
ting sufficient time for laboratory work. rofessor pe 
would have the laboratory open from morning till 4 : — se 
permit students to come and go as convenient to them. Pro sity 
Bessey called attention to the scientific course in the Unive 
RIDAY, August 28,9 a.m. The club received the a 
ment that two of its former members, Dr. N. L. Oe 
Miss Elizabeth G. Knight, both of New York City, ha soy 
monially united their fortunes on the preceding ba pee 
counted for their absence from the present meeting. T : pas 
congratulations of the club were forwarded to them by te ace al 
1e committee on the relations of the botanists to ra 8 
herbarium reported as follows, and its report was adopted by Ht” 
club: 
; : aos r the 
It is the desire of the Botanical Club of the American Association 10° of 
Advancement of Science to assist in making the national big bbe gente They 
its name, that it may offer every facility for consultation an D. artment of 
would therefore recommend that as a step in this direction the Dep 
Agriculture make known to botanists 
1. The contents of the herbarium. 
2. The number of its t ° 
3. The completeness of its preservation. 
4. Its convenience for consultation. J. M. Courter. 
Committee { W. J. BEAL 
Dr. Halsted exhibited specimens of Peronospora and te 
