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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XIV, No. 5, 
Katmi showed devastation every where. The eruption occured 
just after the leaves on the trees had opened. As the result the 
growth for 1912 and the leaf buds that would have opened in 1913 
were killed so the trees looked dead altho the wood was not injured 
and probably in another year many of the trees will put out leaves 
and go on growing. Equisetum seemed to be the plant that came 
up first thru the lava. The Indians thought that it had been 
thrown up by the volcano. 
Prof. Barrows showed a number of guinea pigs. The agoute 
type is black haired, tipped with red. If the agoute is absent 
black results. He has had trouble in getting pure black. Among 
others he showed a silver agoute. If the chocolate is absent in 
the color coat red results and if red is absent yellow results. If 
yellow is modified cream results. He had a tricolor in which the 
inheritance is hard to work out. The other color coats are strictly 
Mendelian but the spots are seemingly not. 
Mr. Meckstroth reviewed two papers on plant variation from 
the New York Botanical Garden. One was on the leaf variation 
in hybrid violets and the other a bud variation of the white mar¬ 
gined Pelargonium. He had a number of slides to illustrate his 
review. The cross in the violets was made between the bird-foot 
and several entire leafed species. The result was intermediate. 
Observations were made of a wheel bug sent to Prof. Osborn 
and new for the state. The report of wild pigeons found in Mich¬ 
igan was spoken of and criticized. Prof. Alfred R. Wallace’s 
death was noted. A Zamia that is in bloom in the green house 
was mentioned. L. W. Durrell told of his new stippeling machine 
and said that he would demonstrate it after the meeting. 
The meeting was then adjourned. 
Blanche McAvoy, Secretary. 
Date of Publication, March 23, 1914. 
