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in carrying on her studies on the bacteria of the milk supply was 
approved. 
The secretary read a communication from the Rice Institute 
of Texas inviting the president of the Torrey Club to be present 
at the dedicatory services of their new building. 
The scientific program consisted of informal reports by various 
members on the collections made during the summer. 
Professor R. A. Harper spoke of having collected a number of 
species of Boleti from the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 
Mr. Stetson mentioned several expeditions which he had con- 
ducted at Copake Falls and among the hills of Connecticut. 
Dr. Tracy Hazen gave a short account of his botanical investi- 
gations in Connecticut, and Dr. Southwick mentioned the work 
he had been doing along the line of establishing school gardens. 
Dr. M. A. Howe reported progress on his work on the marine 
algae. 
The secretary read a communication from David R. McCord, 
asking for information regarding the particular species of corn 
originally grown by the American Indians. 
Meeting adjourned. 
‘ В. О. DODGE, 
Secretary 
NEWS ITEMS 
Dr. E. D. Clark, one of the editorial board of the Torrey Club, 
has been appointed instructor in chemistry at the Cornell 
Medical College, where he will continue work on phyto-chemical 
problems. 
The Royal Bavarian Academy of Science has awarded its 
medal of merit to Dr. C. C. Hosséus for his work on the flora of 
Siam. 
А course of lectures on cryptogamic botany will be given this 
winter by Professor A. Vincent Osmun, of the Massachusetts 
Agricultural College, at the Museum of Natural History, Spring- 
field, Mass. A similar course in general botany was conducted 
