1006 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
36. Notes on a few parasitic fungi of the Pacific [North¬ 
west. J. J. Davis. 
37. Gasteromycetes of Wisconsin. R. H. Denniston. 
38. The life history of Coleochaete. C. E. Allen. 
39. Infection experiments with the mildew on the cucurbits. 
George M. Reed. 
40. The nature of the variation of the spore number in 
the ascus. R. A. Harper. 
41. Polar organization in the cells of Ispetes. W. Mar¬ 
quette. 
42. Cell and nuclear division in Basidiobolus. E. W. Ol¬ 
ive. 
43. On the permanence of the chromosomes in the calla and 
the elm. J. B. Overton. 
44. Spore formation in the primary uredo. A. H. Christ¬ 
man. 
45. The origin of the sex cells of Chrysemys. B. M. Al¬ 
len. 
Items of business were transacted as follows:— 
Thursday, February 8. 
Morning Session . 
The meeting was called to order by President J. J. Davis. 
The secretary’s report, which appears below, was read. 
The report of the treasurer was read by Mr. Denniston. 
Messrs. Slichter, Chandler and Wagner were appointed a com¬ 
mittee to audit the accounts of the treasurer. The reports of the 
treasurer and of the auditing committee appear in full in an¬ 
other place in this volume. 
The librarian made a verbal report, with the understanding 
that a written report would be submitted in time for publica¬ 
tion at the end of Volume XV of the Transactions. 
The report of the committee on membership was then read. 
The committee recommended the following-named persons 
for active membership: 
Bennet Mills Allen, Madison, 
James D. Barnett, [Norman, Oklahoma, 
