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height. The latter was on Euphorbia, giving the host a peculiar 
upright growth. : 
Professor Coulter gave some notes on plants collected by the 
Greeley expedition to the Arctic regions. 
rofessor Barnes called attention to the peculiar mode of de- 
hiscence of Campanula Americana, by means of a pair of circu- 
ar trap doors on the sides of the capsule. ; 
Professor Lazenby gave some additions to the published lists 
of the flowering plants of Ohio. ‘ 
Fripay, August 28,7 p.m. This meeting was held in the 
botanical laboratory of the University of Michigan. Professor 
Spalding first pointed out the facilities of his laboratory. A- 
laboratory methods, drawing, courses of study, ete., participated 
in by Professors Spalding, Bessey, Burrill, Halsted, Campbell, 
Barnes, Beal and Coulter. This was a specially delightful and 
profitable meeting to those who were present. _ 
onpay, August 31, 9 a. M. The election of officers for 
the coming year resulted in the selection of J. M. Coulter as 
chairman and J. C. Arthur as secretary. 
The subject of the work at Washington on the diseases of 
plants was then introduced. The following address was Pit 
sented, and after some discussion upon the best wording of the 
last clause, was adopted as the unanimous expression of the club: 
To the Hi Pe * “ 
onorable Commissioner of Agriculture : ognizing the im- 
he members of the Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S., Ghar provision 
: : i in 
Piedge themselves to use their influence in inducing ae ete youre 
Oongress to make a liberal appropriation therefor in accordanc 
timates, 
4 d- 
Mrs. Walcott, of Boston, suggested that a cop) of the a 
dress be furnished each cberee the club, to be presente” 4 
- © omeahghiads in Congress, a suggestion which met with ap- 
roval, : 
Professor Burrill spoke of a form of grape rot dee te 
only been recently recognized in this country as 4 distinct dis- 
“ase, although well known in Europe. It has. 
ferred to Phoma, but does not bave its spores 1 ij 
7 perithecia as in that genus. It is Sphaceloma ampe" dart oe 
he spores are unable to germinate on a dry surface, $0 
