1893.] Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 915 
President, Dr. D. H. Campbell, Leland Stanford Jr. University, 
Palo Alto, California; vice-president, Professor D. C. Eaton, Yale 
College, New Haven, Conn.; secretary-treasurer, W. T. Swingle, U. 
S. Sub-tropical Laboratory, Eustis, Florida. 
The committee on nomenclature then reported that they had recon. 
sidered all the remaining portions of the report which had been 
referred back to them, and were unable to bring in any other recom- 
mendations. On motion these remaining portions of the report were 
referred to the committe with power to act, and the committee was con- 
tinued 
The committee appointed at the Rochester meeting to consider the 
feasibility of establishing an American Botanical Society presented a 
majority report adverse to forming such an organization at the present 
time and place. Prof. C. R. Barnes then presented a minority report 
favoring the project, and outlined a plan of organization, providing 
for a committee of twenty-five to constitute the charter members. 
On motion the minority report was adopted by a vote of 21 to 10. 
The committee of twenty-five is as follows: J. C. Arthur, Lafayette. 
Ind.; G. F. Atkinson, Ithaca, N. Y.; L. H. Bailey, Ithaca, N. Y.; C. 
R. Barnes, Madison, Wis.; C. E. Bessey, Lincoln, Nebr.; Mrs. E. C. 
Britton, New York, N. Y.; N. L. Britton, New York, N. Y.; D. H. 
Campbell, Palo Alto, Cal.; J. M. Coulter, Lake Forest, Ill.; F. V. 
Coville, Washington, D. C.; D. C. Eaton, New Haven, Conn. ; W. G. 
Farlow, Cambridge, Mass.; E. L. Greene, Berkeley, Cal.; B. D. Hal- 
sted, New Brunswick, N. J.: Arthur Hollick, New York, N. Y.; Con- 
way Macmillan, Minneapolis, Minn.; B. L. Robinson, Cambridge, 
Mass.; C. S. Sargent, Brookline, Mass.; F. L. Scribner, Knoxville, 
Tenn.; J. D. Smith, New York, N. Y.; Roland Thaxter, Cambridge, 
Mass.; Wm. Trelease, St. Louis, Mo.; L. M. Underwood, Greencastle, 
Ind.; L. F. Ward, Washington, D. C.; W. P. Wilson, Philadelphia, 
Pa. The reading of papers was then resumed as follows: 
Dr. J. C. Arthur, * A self-rezistering auxanometer.” A relatively 
inexpensive instrument devised by the author. Dr. B. D. Halsted, 
“ A new Exobasidium on Andromeda.” Dr. B. D. Halsted, “ Phyllo- 
sticta following insect work.” Dr. B. D. Halsted, “ A white-smut new 
to America.” Dr. B. D. Halsted, “A water-loving Ascomycete.” 
Mr. W. T. Swingle, “ A new palm from Florida.” Mr. W. T. Swingle, 
“ The southernmost botanical laboratory in the United States.” Giv- 
ing a short account of the Sub-tropical Laboratory of the Division of 
Vegetable Pathology, lately established at Eustis, Florida, by the U. 
S. Department of Agriculture. A. B. Seymour, “Synonymy of Valsa 
