1896.] Botany. 825 
42, A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Turgor. By E. B. Cope- 
land. 
The Botanical Club. This vigorous organization fully justified its 
existence again. About forty papers were read. Many of these, of 
course, were notes, but others were of considerable value. Among the 
more important of these were the following: 
The Distribution of Phoradendron flavescens, Polypodium polypod- 
oides and Bignonia erucigera in Ohio. By W. A. Kellerman 
A Method of Distributing Fungi in Pure Cultures. By L. R. Jones. 
Notes on Some Mosses. By Mrs. E. G. Britton. 
Notes on Iris. By David F. Day. 
An Improved Paraffin Bath. By F. C. Newcombe. 
Notes on Oaks. By W. W. Rowlee. 
Some Notes on Potato-Leaf Fungi. By L. R. Jones. 
A Method of Preventing Condensation of Water in Culture Dishes. 
By H. L. Russell. 
Notes on the Flora of Colorado Springs, Colorado. By Charles E. 
Bessey. 
On a Species of Epipactis. By Elias J. Durand. 
A Report Upon the National Herbarium. By C. L. Pollard. 
Schizaea pusilla from Newfoundland. By Mrs. E. G. Britton. 
Photosyntax vs Photosynthesis. By ©. R. Barnes. 
The Distribution of Pinus ponderosa in Nebraska. By Charles E. 
Bessey. 
Some Curious Sunflowers. By J. F. Cowell. 
Notes on Species of Mnium. By Mrs. E. G. Britton. 
The Canyon Flora of the Plains. By See E. Bessey. 
The Turgor of Mosses. By E. B. Co 
ana Apparatus for Spraying and Hiatt Plants. By A. P. 
Anders 
The Beadkats of Pseudoparenchyma in Higher Fungi. By Elias J. 
Durand. 
Note on the Hosts of Comandra umbellata and C. pallida. By Her- 
man von Schrenk. 
The Submerged Leaves of Salvinia natans. By Conway MacMillan. 
Nuclear Budding in Cypripedium. By Conway MacMillan. 
An Unusual Adaptation of Conifers for Wind Protection. By Con- 
way MacMillan. 
Some Plants New to the Rochester Flora. By Florence Beckwith. 
The Committee on Nomenclature made a report recommending that : 
