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1 Inreference to the terminology to be used regarding 
theseveral processes concerned in the use of food in building 
‘wthe structure of plants. Four terms, assimilation, diges- 
ton, food, and the new term, photosyntax, were considered 
-tnder this head. 
2. The use of the terms fertilization, pollination, and fe- 
‘tndation. The committee recommended the abandonment 
‘the term fertilization, and the use of the term pollination 
mlyto designate the transference of pollen to the stigma, 
tnd of fecundation to designate the union of the male with 
the female gamete. 
4. The restriction of thd term physiology to the chemical 
id physical part of the general subject, and placing the re- 
mainder under the title ecology. 
4 The limitation of species, varieties and forms. This 
PWas not discussed for want of time. 
HURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2 P. M. 
hy Congress was Called to order with President Greene in 
ME Chair, 
_ The unfinished business of the morning session, the dis- 
: on of the report presented by the committee on Termin- 
a Shin Physiology, was resumed. . 
the work of this committee and the discussion which 
: ~~ were only suggestive, the three members of the 
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ter “SY Tespecting the structure of the stem, the use ° 
Ms male and 
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~~ itd the terms used in designating the various parts 
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and Barnes were subsequently named. 
