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i6. " Centrosomes in fertilization stages of Preissia quadrata " 

 by Margaret Graham. 

 *I7. " Philippine Micromycetous Fungi," by P. W. Graff. 

 *i8. " A Method of Teaching Economic Botany," by E. S. Burgess. 



Among those who spoke under item 3, were Rev. H. M. Den- 

 slow, who at a dinner at the old Astor House, December 22, 1873, 

 saw John Torrey and Asa Gray, and witnessed the meeting of 

 what was afterwards incorporated as the Torrey Botanical Club. 

 Dr. Denslow was then a bo}- of fifteen and attended the dinner 

 with his uncle, W. W. Denslow, one of the founders of the Club. 

 Mrs. Abraham Demarest, a daughter of the late C. F. Austin, 

 spoke of his life and work. Dr. Britton and others also spoke re- 

 garding some of the earlier members and their remarks will be 

 printed in the Anniversary Memoir. 



Thursday evening after a dinner at the Faculty Club of Colum- 

 bia University there was a discussion of the proposed new "Ab- 

 stract Journal." With Dr. Richards as chairman and Dr. 

 Murrill opening the discussion, the following also spoke briefly, 

 in the order mentioned: C. Stuart Gager, Norman Taylor, R. A. 

 Harper, N. L. Britton, J. Arthur Harris, G. F, Atkinson, John 

 Hendley Barnhart, A. Gundersen, M. A. Howe, E. W. Olive, 

 and others. A committee was appointed, consisting of the 

 editorial board and Messrs. Britton, Harper, Gager and Barnhart 

 to consider the question and report to the club at its first Decem- 

 ber meeting. 



The programs for Friday and Saturday were as follows : 



Friday, October 19, 2 P.M. 

 Mansion, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park 

 Vice-President Barnhart presiding 



1. Welcome and reception by the staff of the Garden. 



2. "The Flora of the Isle of Pines, Cuba," by N. L. Britton and 



Percy Wilson. 



3. "Observations on the Development of Peridermiilm Cere- 



brum,'' by B. O. Dodge and J. F. Adams. 



4. "Collecting Fungi at the Delaware Water Gap," by W. A. 



Murrill. 

 * Read by title. 



