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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XII, No. 3, 
MEETINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Orton Hall, May 1, 1911. 
The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. 
Dachnowski, and the minutes of the previous meeting read and 
approved. The major paper of the evening was by Prof. J. H. 
Schaffner, who gave an interesting and instructive address on 
“The Classification of the Flowering Plants,” presenting in 
general outline his own system of classification and arrangement. 
He emphasized the importance of working from a strictly evolu- 
tionary standpoint out of which a natural phyletic arrangement 
of the various large groups is bound to come. The actual working 
out of the phyletic groups is a most difficult problem but this 
should not in the least minimize its importance. Concerning 
plant organs and structures as a basis for classification, attention 
must constantly be given to their progressive development, 
segregation of parts, degeneration and their degree of specialization. 
The season made it possible for the speaker to illustrate his 
address with numerous flowers both cultivated and wild. 
The next paper of the evening was by Mr. Wencil J. Kostir on 
“Evolutionary Thought in the Nineteenth Century”; The 
speaker gave a very concise yet thorough resume of the rise and 
development of modem evolutionary conceptions and presented 
the present day ideas relative to the important factors of the 
evolutionary process. This paper was the last of a series contin- 
ued through the year on the History of Biology. 
A short business meeting was held in which, on motion by 
Prof. Schaffner, the president was directed to appoint a nominating 
committee of three to select editors for the Ohio Naturalist 
for the ensuing year. No further business being presented the 
society adjourned. 
Bertram W. Wells, Secretary. 
Orton Hall, October 2, 1911. 
The Biological Club met with President Dachnowski, presiding. 
C. L. Metcalf was appointed secretary pro tern. Messrs. Metcalf, 
King and Fulton were named as a committee to nominate a staff 
for the Ohio Naturalist. The reading of the minutes of the 
previous meeting was postponed. On motion the chair appointed 
Prof. Hine, Miss Detmers and Mr. Kostir a committee to nominate 
officers for the Club. 
The program of the evening consisted of reports of summer 
work or observations. Prof Schaffner gave a short discussion of 
nutation habits of plants. Prof. Hine spoke of the Southern 
