228 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [| September, 
Mr. A. A. Crozier illustrated a method of drying plants by means of 
-an oven constructed for the purpose. 
tter was read from W. F. Moffat with reference to the proposed 
Yocation in Lincoln Park, Chicago, of a statue of Linnzeus, an exact coun- 
terpart of the one recently erected at Stockholm. The estimated cost is 
Mr. Morong introduced the subject of a national botanical exchange, 
on the plan of similar exchanges in Europe. A good deal of interest 
«was manifested, and remarks were made by Messrs. Crozier, Beal, Brit- 
‘ton, Fernow, Rusby and others. A committee consisting of Messrs. 
Wasey, Britton, Watson, Morong and Halsted was appointed with power 
to act for the Club, and report through the botanical magazines. 
Mr. F. L. Scribner reported an interesting observation upon the 
ejection of the ascospores of Physalospora Bidwellii. Grapes affected 
‘with the black rot were gathered at Vineland, N. J., last year, and placed 
in a damp atmosphere, when after eighteen to forty-eight hours it was 
found that the ascospores had been ejected with some force and thrown 
against the wallsof the chamber. Mr. Scribner also reported the spread 
of the black rot in France. The disease appeared there two years ago, 
and is now rapidly extending through the southwestern part of that 
country. 
Tuesday, August 16. The nominating committee reported David F. 
Day as chairman, and Volney M. Spalding as secretary for the ensuing 
year. The committee on resolutions then reported resolutions express- 
ing the great obligations of the Club to the members of the Torrey 
’ Botanical Club. 
Prof! George Macloskie spoke of the hairs of watermelon seed as 
‘pecked transversely, and when moistened extending and showing zigzag 
branching. Lists of the desiderata of the herbarium of the Department 
‘of Agriculture were distributed. Mrs. E. G. Britton spoke of the secon 
blooming of Wistaria this year on Staten Island. The first flowers are 
‘seldom fertilized owing to the visits of the bumblebees, while the late 
flowers are visited in the normal way by another bee. 
: _ Mr. Morong asked if Typha angustifolia is always confined to the 
vicinity of the seashore, and T. latifolia inland. He invited observation® 
-on the distinguishing characters of these two species. He also asked for 
observations on Sparganium. 
drone ce — said that Arabis petree of the Manual must be 
Piger sy acta humile Meyer (Bor. GAZETTE, xii. 200). pe 
Aauitotic cae mca a a paper describing the discovery of Epipac”” - 
_ oh L. Scribner spoke of the remarkable abundance of Cerco- 
“spora viticola at Fayetteville, N. C. 
The C'ub then adjourned to meet next August at Cleveland. 
