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The time was devoted to stud}^ of the flowers of the season, 

 especiall}^ Habenaria fiinbriata {grandiflora.) 

 Adjourned to October i. 



Tuesday evening, October i. In the absence of both Presi- 

 dent and Vice President, Rev. C. J. Staples was chosen chair- 

 man of the meeting. 



There being no special program for the evening, the time was 

 occupied with the discussion of plans for the work of the sea- 

 son. 



Fresh plants of the orchid Spiranthes cernua were exhibited, 

 and the incorrectness or incompleteness of the generic descrip- 

 tion in the manuals demonstrated, the specimens showing plain- 

 ly both a three-ranked and a one-ranked arrangement of the 

 flowers in the spike. It was stated by the collector that from 

 30 to 40 per cent of the plants in this vicinity displaj^ed the one- 

 ranked inflorescence. 



Discussion followed concerning lectures, a microscope, a 

 course of study and the assignment of special talks or papers. 

 Among the subjects suggested were these : Fungi, The Spore 

 Surface of Mushrooms, Histology, Grasses, Ecology. 

 The Council having recommended that the meetings of the sec- 

 tion hereafter be arranged so as to bring them on the first and 

 third, or the second and fourth occurrence of the accustomed 

 week day in the month, so as to avoid complications resulting 

 from the fifth occurrence of the day, it was voted that the meet- 

 ings of Section C be held on the first and third Tuesdaj-s in 

 each month during the season. 



It was voted to request Mrs. Maria L,. Clough to give a paper 

 or talk on " F'ungi " at the next meeting. 



Adjourned to October 15. 



Tuesday evening, October 15. Regular meeting ; the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. 



After an informal talk by Mr. Burnham on apparatus for mi- 

 croscopic work, Mrs. Clough led the section in a study of 

 Mushrooms, describing their place in the natural order of de- 

 velopment, and the habits of the poisonous and edible species. 



