180 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [SEPTEMBER 
declined at present. The semi-centennial meeting of the A. A 
A. S., which is to be held in Boston next year, seems to make 
it imperative for the society to meet there in August in further 
ance of its plan to cooperate with the general association as 
fully as possible, and the close occupation of the members 0. 
the society renders two meetings a year impracticable. In this 
recommendation the society fully concurred. 
Other formal invitations from Omaha, Tampa, and Old Point 
Comfort were read, and the secretary was directed to send suit- 
able replies conveying the thanks of the society for the invita- 
tions. 
The proposition to amend the constitution so as to reduce 
the entrance and annual dues from $25 and $10, respectively, 
to $10 and $5 met with no favor. Communications to the sec- 
retary from members who could not be present, and the adverse 
opinions expressed at the meeting promptly determined the 
fate of the amendment. It was laid upon the table. 
There was also before the society the proposal to establish 
one or two medals to be given at intervals for valuable research. 
The discussion of this topic showed the sentiment of the mem- 
bers to be rather in favor of allowing the funds of the society 
to accumulate until the interest is sufficient to be used in the 
promotion of research by the maintenance of a table at one of 
the biological stations. The proposition for establishment of a 
medal was therefore laid upon the table. 
The programme of papers for Wednesday was announced 
The action of the council in inviting Mr. H. J. Webber to address 
the society upon his recent researches upon Zamia, and Drs 
MacDougal and Campbell to report their observations upon 
Jamaica as a site for a tropical laboratory, was approved. 
On the second day at an executive session the following 
were elected active members: Bradley Moore Davis, of the 
University of Chicago; Sir John William Dawson, of Montreal ; 
James Ellis Humphrey, of Johns Hopkins University ; Daniel 
Trembley MacDougal, of the University of Minnesota ; Fred- 
erick C, Newcombe, of the University of Michigan; Henry 
