American Flora, The Occurrence of a Siberian Labiate {Elsholtzia 
cruciatd) in Canada, a notice of Dr. Morong's South American 
Work, and a description of a new genus of Vacciniaceae from Brazil 
(Rusbya), by N. L. Britton ; The Work of the Botanical Division of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, by F. V. Coville ; On the Oc- 
currence of Chlorophyll, in the Embryo of Celastrus scandens, Studies 
in Nuclear Division and The Culture of Aquatics in the Laboratory, 
by D. H. Campbell ; The Management of a South Exposure for the 
Laboratory, by J. C. Arthur. The veteran Canadian collector, John 
Macoun, discussed methods of work in the field, in which he stated that 
he had long since abandoned the use of the tin collecting box, using 
instead a portable press supplied with strong straps, and into this he 
places his specimens at once as found. 
Dr. N. L. Britton was elected President for the ensuing year, Pro- 
fessor F. L. Scribner, Vice-President, and Professor Charles R. Barnes, 
of Madison, Wis., Secretary. 
At the close of the meeting resolutions were adopted urging the 
governing body of the University of Toronto to favor the plans of 
Professor Wright for the establishment of a Botanic Garden upon the 
University grounds. 
In the meetings of Section ¥, the best paper was the address by 
Vice-President Goodale, in which he gave a summary of the recent 
advances in our knowledge of protoplasm and the anatomy of the 
vegetable cell. This address created much enthusiasm, and gave 
strength to the movement which finally resulted in the election of Dr. 
Ooodale to the presidency of the Association. 
Of strictly botanical papers read in the daily sessions there were 
twenty, as follows : 
J. C. Arthur.— "A Bacterial Disease of Carnations," in which the 
author announced the discovery of a new micrococcus which produces 
one of the common diseases of carnations. 
W. J. Beal. — "Notes on Seedlings of Elymiis virginicus,'' noting 
the fact that glaucousness appears to be hereditary in this species. 
W. J. Beal. — "Notes on Bird's-Eye Ma])le," illustrated by speci- 
mens, reaching the conclusion that the "bird's-eye" structure is due 
N. L. Britton.— " On the Genus Eleocharis in America," "On 
the Tropical Distribution of Certain Sedges," " On the Flora of New 
Jersey," "The New Botanical Laboratory of Barnard College." 
T. J. BuRRiLL. — "A Bacterial Disease of Indian Corn." The af- 
fected plants are smaller, yellow and slender. The bacteria are slightly 
