TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Monthly Meeting held on November 18th, 1891, Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, Mr. Z. Kobert exhibited specimens of various 

 granites, &c., from l'Ancresse, one specimen being of particu- 

 lar interest, as it contained a mass of gneiss embedded in the 

 granite. The specimens were presented by the exhibitor to 

 the museum. 



The Chairman announced that the monthly meetings 

 would in future be held on the second Wednesday of each 

 month, and that that day might be regarded as fixed for both 

 the winter and summer sessions. He also stated that in 

 order to increase the usefulness of the Society and to bring a 

 larger number of members into active work, the Council 

 had decided to form further sections after the plan of the 

 Geological Section, which had proved so successful since its 

 establishment early in the year. These would be as follows, 

 the gentlemen whose names were appended having consented 

 to act as secretaries : Botany, Mr. T. C. Koyle ; Entomology, 

 Mr. W. A. Luff; and Folk Lore, Mr. J. L. Pitts. 



The main business of the evening was a general discussion 

 on "Flowers and their origin," and in order to ensure a 

 methodical treatment of the subject it had been arranged 

 that different points should be dealt with by various members. 

 Mr. Koyle described the structure of flowers generally, with 

 their variations ; Mr. Marquand showed the effects of locality 

 and the result of climatic influences ; Mr. Kose dealt with the 

 interesting topic of insect fertilisation ; Mr. Sharp read extracts 

 bearing on the effects of culture on flowers ; and Mr. Collenette 

 treated the subject from a geological point of view. On all 

 these points, and on others which were afterwards introduced, 

 a great deal of valuable information was elicited, and a general 

 desire was expressed that from time to time other subjects 

 might be dealt with in a similar instructive manner. 



