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The history of the introduction of the disease into the United 

 States was sketched by Dr. A. H. Graves. Professor Harper 

 alluded to investigations by Pennington which suggest the 

 possibihty of ultimate control through the killing of Ribes by 

 the fungus itself. 



Dr. Arthur HoUick, under the title of "Notes on Winter Buds 

 of Paulownia" exhibited and discussed the flower-buds of 

 Paiilownia tomentosa, which are conspicuous objects through 

 the winter, even though not opening until late spring or earl\' 

 summer. The open panicle with its widely separated buds, in 

 striking contrast with the condensed miniature panicle in the 

 winter flower-buds of such shrubs as Syringa, may possibly be 

 interpreted as suggesting tropical affinities and antecedents. 

 The genus Paidozi'ma is commonly regarded as monot\'pic, but 

 there may be two or more species in China. Only one fossil, 

 consisting of leaves only, has been referred to the genus and 

 that is from the late Tertiary in France. 



Under the title "Notes on Fungi," Dr. W. A. IMurrill ex- 

 hibited a new species of Lepiota, collected by Zeller at Corvallis, 

 Oregon. He remarked especially upon the beauty of its coloring. 

 He spoke also of the occurrence of Hygrophorus caprinus in the 

 vicinity of Boston, as proved by collections sent in by Miss 

 Blackford and the exceptional occurrence of Trametes sicaveolens, 

 a species usually found on willow, on the large-toothed aspen 

 at Yama Farms in the Catskills. 



Mr. Kenneth R. Boynton spoke of " Sinnijigm speciosa and 

 the Gardeners' Gloxinia." It appears that the plants popularly 

 cultivated under the name "Gloxinia" are supposed to have 

 been deri^■ed from the Sinningia speciosa of Brazil and that they 

 are quite dift'erent from the rarely cultivated plants now known 

 to botanists under the generic name Gloxinia. An herbarium 

 specimen of Sinningia speciosa and cultivated flowering speci- 

 mens of "Gloxinia" of the gardeners were exhibited. 



Mashall a. Howe 

 Secretary 



MeetinXx of February 14, 1922. 

 The meeting of this date was held at the American Museum, 

 of Natural History. 



The announced lecture on "Botanizing in British Guiana" 



