on ordinary blank newspaper.
For the protophyta I took Fig. 145
of your Botany: for the gygospores
Fig. 160; for oospores Fig. 175, 177,
[180?], and 71 from 176; for the carpospores
Fig. 216, 217, and Fig. 71 from DeBary's
[Mor. & Phys. des Pilge?], also III IV & V of Fig. 188
of your Botany. The paper was received
with the greatest enthusiasm, and
many questions were asked during
its delivery, and it was followed
by a discussion that lasted nearly
an hour, and as it showed no
signs of abating the Pres. of [the?]
meeting then interrupted and called
for the next paper. The whole time
occupied was nearly two hours.
They were profuse with their
praises before I had finished
my paper, and as soon as I
sat down they gave me a very
hearty [vote?] of thanks. At the
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[time?] [as?] afterward they said everything
to show their appreciation. The paper
belongs to the Agric. Soc., but the
Hort. Soc. wish to also publish
it, and although they wished to
[make?] it complete finally concluded
that the Agr. Soc. should publish
it in full with the illustrations,
and the Hort. Soc. should give
an abstract of the
