June, 1902 .] 
Meeting of the Biological Club. 
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MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Townshend Hall, April 8th, 1902. 
The Club was called to order by the president and the minutes 
of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The paper of the evening was given by Prof. Cook, who 
described the various marine biological laboratories of the United 
States, and illustrated by means of lantern slides from views taken 
at the laboratories and in their vicinities. The first laboratory of 
this kind was established on Penekese Island by Prof. Agassiz in 
1873. It closed in 1875. Next a laboratory was opened at Annis- 
qjian, Massachusetts, by Dr. Hyatt. This is supported by the 
Woman’s Educational .Society of Boston and the Boston Society 
of Natural History. 
The marine biological laboratory at Wood's Holl was estab- 
lished in 1888. The first year there were nine investigators and 
eight students. Now the attendance is about a hundred and fifty 
each year. The U. S. Fish Commission station is also located at 
Wood’s Holl and Penekese Island is about 13 miles distant. Two 
other laboratories are situated on the Atlantic Coast, one at Casco 
Bay, Me., under the direction of Prof. Kingsley, and the other 
at Cold Springs Harbor, Long Island. On the Pacific Coast there 
are two laboratories, one of which is controlled by Leland Stan- 
ford Jr. University. This is at Pacific Grove, California, and was 
established in 1892. The University of Minnesota started a lab- 
oratory on Vancouver Island in 1901. 
Orton Hall, May 5, 1902. 
President Mills being absent, the meeting was called to order 
by the Vice-President, Mr. Morse. The first paper was by Mr. 
Davis, and was a review of experiments performed by students 
in horticulture on the absorption of water by seeds. Prof. Hine 
gave notes on the life histories of some of the Tabanidae, and 
mentioned some means of combatting them, which have been 
tried with more or less success. Prof. Schaffner. spoke of the 
conjugation of Spirogyra and of the development of sex in the 
lower algae. The Club adjourned to meet the first Monday 
evening in June. 
Orton Hall, June 2, 1902. 
Under the head of “Personal Observations,’’ Prof. Schaffner 
mentioned some woody plants which he has lately found to self- 
prune. He also gave some notes on the anatomy of flowers of 
Castalia and Nymphaea. Prof. Cook explained the formation of 
