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vascular Juices of Plants,' by Erwin F. 

 Smith. 



' Continuation of Experiments upon the 

 Eelation between the fertile and sterile 

 Lerves of Onodea,' by George F. Atkinson. 



' A Hybrid between an Egg Plant and 

 Tomato Plant,' by P. H. Eolfs. 



' A Method of using Formalin Gelatine 

 as a Mounting Medium,' by A. F. "Woods. 



The committee appointed to nominate 

 officers submitted the following names and 

 they were unanimously elected : 



President, Frederick V. Coville, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Vice-President, Conway McMillan, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn. 



Secretary and Treasurer, J. F. Cowell, Buf- 

 falo, N". Y. 



The Secretary was requested to append 

 to the minutes for future reference a list of 

 persons who have been otficers of the Club 

 since its formation. 



The Club then adjourned to meet as 

 usual during the meeting of the Associa- 

 tion in 1896. 



Fifty-three botanists were registered dur- 

 ing the diflferent sessions. 



"H. L. BOLLEY, 



Secretary pro tern. 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF A3IERICA. 



The first annual meeting of the Botanical 

 Society of America was held in Springfield, 

 Mass., August 27 and 28, 1895. The Coun- 

 cil, having all members present, met in the 

 afternoon of the 27th. The consideration 

 of namfes proposed for membership, the 

 canvassing of ballots cast for officers and 

 transaction of other business engrossed the 

 attention of the Council for an hour and a 

 half. 



The Society was then called to order by 

 the President, "Wm. Trelease, of St. Louis. 

 The first day's session and a portion of those 

 of the second day were devoted to business. 



Four new members were elected: Mr. M. 



S. Bebb, of Eockford, 111.; Prof. W. E. 

 Dudley, of Leland Stanford University; 

 Prof. D. P. Penhallow, of McGill University, 

 and Dr. W. A. Setchell, of Yale UniversitJ^ 



The following officers were elected for 

 1896 : President, Prof. C. E. Bessey, of the 

 University of Nebraska; Vice-President, 

 Prof. W. P. Wilson, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania; Treasurer, Prof. Ai-thur 

 Hollick, of Columbia College; Secretary, 

 Prof. Charles E. Barnes, of the University 

 of Wisconsin. Councillors, Dr. B. L. Eob- 

 inson, of Harvard University, and Prof. G. 

 F. Atkinson, of Cornell Universitj-. 



Dr. A. W. Chapman, of Apalachicola, 

 Fla., was elected unanimously an honorary 

 member of the Society. Dr. Chapman, the 

 well-known author of a ' Flora of the 

 Southern United States,' is the first honor- 

 ary member to be elected. His advanced 

 age, precluding active membership, and his 

 pioneer services in making known the vege- 

 tation of the Southern States, were felt to 

 be sufficient warrant for this action. 



Contributions of books having alreadj' 

 been received by the Society, it was ordered 

 that such be deposited in the library of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, subject to the 

 order of the Council, and the Secretary be 

 directed to report to the Society the annual 

 additions. 



The Treasurer's report showed a cash 

 balance of S35i. 



The following resolution was presented 

 by Prof. L. H. Bailej^ at a session subse- 

 quent to the reading of Dr. Britton's paper 

 on ' The New York Botanical Garden,' and 

 was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the Botanical Societj' of 

 America express its thanks to Dr. N. L. 

 Britton for his account of the condition 

 and progress of the movement for a botan- 

 ical garden in the city of New York, and 

 congratulate the people of that citj' on the 

 prospect of its rapid development ; and, 

 furthermore, that the Society commend the 



