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cally, but are grouped together by the color of their flowers. 

 The white to green flowers form one section of the arrangement, 

 the pink to red another, while the blue to purple flowers, yellow 

 to orange flowers, shrubs and miscellaneous plants, form other 

 sections of the book, which is provided with useful indexes of the 

 scientific and common English names. 



John W. Harshberger. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 February 27, 1907 



The Club was called to order at 3:30 p. m. at the museum 

 building of the New York Botanical Garden, with Dr. William 

 A. Murrill in the chair. Twenty-one persons were present. 



The names of Dr. Ernst A. Bessey, Subtropical Laboratory, 

 Miami, Fla., and Dr. William Mansfield, College of Pharmacy, 

 N. Y. City, were presented for membership. 



Dr. Herbert M. Richards, chairman of the committee appointed 

 to arrange for the reception given on December 26, 1906, to bot- 

 anists in attendance upon the scientific meetings of Convocation 

 Week, presented a report. The report was accepted and ordered 

 placed on file, and the committee was discharged. 



Resignations were received from Mr. S. Mendelson Meehan, 

 Germantown, Pa., and Miss Dorothy A. Young, 38 Park Ave., 

 Passaic, N. J. The death of Mr. Walter S. Logan, which oc- 

 curred on July 19, 1906, was reported. 



On motion the secretary cast the ballot of the club, electing 

 Dr. Bessey and Dr. INIansfield to membership. 



The following scientific program was presented : 



"Tubular Glands in the Corn Embryo," by C. Stuart Gager. 



The literature dealing with the transformation of starch to sugar 

 in the corn grain during germination was first briefly reviewed, 

 and its bearing on the structural anomaly subsequently described 

 was pointed out. This anomaly consisted of invaginations of the 

 glandular epithelium of the scutellum into the tissue of the lat- 

 ter, in such a way as to form true glands of the tubular and sub- 

 racemose type. 



