1897.] Botany. 905 
A phosphorescent mosquito (Chironomus sp.), by Charles E. Bessey, 
noting phosphorence upon all parts of the insect which, while living, 
was evidently suffering from some disease. No hyphe or bacteria 
were found after careful examination, although the presence of the lat- 
ter is suspected. 
Photographs of the Botanical Gardens of the Michigan Agricultural 
College were shown by W. J. Beal. 
_ Charts of fungi and large sheets of preparations of weeds, to be used 
in botanical lectures before distant audiences were shown by W., J. 
Beal. 
Dicranum spurium and some other mosses, by R. H. True, noting 
certain structural peculiarities. 
Sensitive stamens in Opuntia, by Charles E. Bessey, ( O. fragilis and 
O. missoouriensis). 
Some south Michigan Oaks, by Messrs. Britton and Wheeler, being 
the report of a committee which visited some oaks near the city. The 
trees in question may belong to the species Quercus texana and Q. mich- 
auxii, but further study is necessary. 
On a method of preserving chlorophyll-bearing tissues, by A. F. 
Woods. After precipitating the chlorophyll with copper, the material 
(as leaves, etc.) may be preserved indefinitely in glycerine jelly. 
Why moss-eapsules nod, by R. H. True, concluding that while the 
curvature is geotropic, the direction is influenced by light. 
The botanical garden of the University of Michigan was spoken of 
by V. M. Spalding. 
Frost injury to fruit trees and the falling of Ailanthus leaves were 
discussed by A. D. Selby. 
Professor Conway MacMillan, of the University of Minnesota, Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota, was elected President for the ensuing year. 
Professor C. B. Waldron, of the University of North Dakota, Fargo, 
N. D., Vice-President. 
A. B. Seymour, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Secretary. 
CHARLES E. Bessey. 
The Botanical Society of America held its third Annual Meet- 
ing in Toronto, August 17th and 18th. The address of the retiring 
President, Prof. C. E. Bessey, upon the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of 
the Angiosperms, will be published in full by the Society. The fol- 
lowing papers were read: 
B. L. Robinson: Ecblastesis in Lepidium apetalum. 
J. C. Arthur: Movement of protoplasm in ceenocytic hyphe. 
