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The translator's emphatic position against unnecessary multi- 

 plication of terms will meet with a warm welcome from most 

 readers. The case is made especially strong by such suggestions 

 as " physieclexis," for natural selection; " plaster-of-Paris-cleis- 

 togamy," in connection with thermo-, photo-, and hydrocleis- 

 togamy ; and " paralleloheliotropocampylostrophismic (tortismic) 

 irritability" to describe an organ that "partly twists and partly 

 curves towards the light." 



The sincere thanks of all English and American botanists are 

 due to Professor Ewart for making the work accessible in their 

 own tongue. The most comprehensive, and doubtless, also, the 

 most authoritative treatise on the subject in German, this work 

 in its translation easily assumes a similar position in botanical 

 literature in English. It is a monument alike to translator and 

 to author. 



C. Stuart Gager. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



May 8, 1906 



The meeting of May 8, 1906, was held at the American 

 Museum of Natural History at 8 i'. m. President Rusby was 

 in the chair ; i 5 persons were in attendance. 



After the reading and approval of the minutes of the previous 

 meeting, the following persons were nominated for membership : 

 Miss Elizabeth Billings, 279 Madison Avenue, N. Y. City ; 

 Charles H. Bissell, Southington, Ct. ; Dr. Louise M. Dithridge, 

 42 Lorillard Place, Bronx ; Prof. W. A. Kellerman, Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, Ohio ; Adolph Koenig, Edgewood Park, 

 Pa.; Arthur N. Leeds, 3221 N. 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 J. Schneck, Mt. Carmel, 111. ; Prof. H. M. Stephens, Dickinson 

 College, Carlisle, Pa. ; Dr. Edmund Bronk Southwick, Central 

 Park, N. Y. City. 



The secretary cast the ballot of the Club, electing these per- 

 sons to membership. 



