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" Renfrewia parviila, a new Kelp from Vancouver Island," by- 

 Robert F. Griggs, is the title of the fifth paper. The proposed 

 new genus Renfrewia is distinguished from Laininaria by its sim- 

 ple discoid holdfast without hapteres, from Cymathere in its un- 

 folded lamina, and from Pliyllaria in the absence of cryptosto- 

 mata. The type-species, Renfreivia parviila, is considered to be 

 one of the most primitive of kelps. Two previously described 

 species, Laminaria solidungula J. Ag. and Laininaria yezzoensis 

 Miyabe, are referred to the new genus. 



" A Study of Tide-pools on the West Coast of Vancouver 

 Island," by Isabel Henkel, the sixth essay, is written chiefly 

 from the standpoint of dynamic geology, with some reference to 

 the plant and animal life of the different types of pools and the 

 conditions affecting the existence of life in such places. 



The volume closes with a paper by Professor C. W. Hall on 

 " Some Geological Features of the Minnesota Seaside Station," 

 in which the geological formations of Port Renfrew and vicinity 

 are described. The prevailing rock in the neighborhood of the 

 Station is a hard dark shale, but mountains of granite occur 

 west of Port Renfrew Bay. There are evidences of local glacia- 

 tion but scarcely any that the region, as a whole, has been cov- 

 ered by a general ice-sheet. 



The present volume of Postelsia, like its predecessor, is printed 

 on wide-margined, enameled paper, and is illustrated by numerous 

 half-tones from good photographs. It will not only form a pleas- 

 ant souvenir to those who know the Vancouver coast and the 

 Minnesota Seaside Station, but is also a dignified contribution to 

 American botanical literature. Marshall A. Howe. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



October 9, 1906 



The first regular fall meeting of the club was announced to be 



held at the American Museum of Natural History, at 8:15 p. m. 



The day and evening were stormy, ,and only four members were 



present. The meeting was not called to order. 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Secretary. 



