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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. X, No. 8, 
1897- 1898 — Pres., J. A. Bownocker; Vice Pres., F. L. Stevens; 
Sec., E. B. Williamson. 
1898- 1899 — Pres., W. R. Lazenby; Vice Pres., J. H. Schaffner, 
Sec., E. L. Fullmer. 
1899- 1900 — Pres., J. H. Schaffner; Vice Pres., J. S. Hine: 
Sec., F. L. Landacre. 
MEETINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Orton Hall, March 7, 1910. 
The club was called to order bv the President, and the minutes 
of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
Mr. T. M. Thompson, George T. Caldwell, V. L. Nelson, and 
W. C. Lasseter were elected to membership. 
Dr. E. F. McCampbell then gave an illustrated lecture on 
“ Impressions of Mexico.” Dr. McCampbell visited Mexico Citv 
last December in order to study typhus fever. He gave some 
account of the country and its people, and spoke more particu- 
larly of the study of typhus fever and observations of conditions 
in Mexican hospitals. 
A large number of visitors were present. 
Orton Hall, April 11 1910. 
The Club was called to order by the President and the minutes 
of the previous meeting read, and approved. 
Mr. O. E. Hatton and J. W. McBurnev were elected to mem- 
bership. 
Prof. J. C. Hambleton spoke of his work on the genus Anasa. 
This is typically a Mexican, and Central American genus. There 
are six species found in the United States. Prof. Hambleton has 
found a specimen which he thinks belongs to a new species. 
Prof. Lazenby then gave an account of his investigations of 
Catalpa growth. There are four species of Catalpa, two foreign, 
and two native, the Southern, and Western or Hardy Catalpa. 
The tree is not, strictlv speaking, native to Ohio, but has become 
quite popular for planting for commercial purposes. It makes 
a rapid growth, and has a great variety of uses. 
Mr. B. F. Wells told of a trip with Prof. Griggs in Hocking 
County during the spring vacation. 
Prof. Schaffner spoke of the revision of the State Herbarium. 
Two hundred species were removed from the list. 
Prof. Lazenby made some remarks on the effect of limestone 
upon the distribution of plants. 
M. G. Dickey Secretarv. 
Date of Publication, June 9, 1910. 
