Physiological Laboratory.

The principal researches con-ducted in the Laboratory during the past year have been those of—

H. Marshall Ward, on the Development of the Embryo-sac, published in the Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. xvii., pp. 519-546.

Prof. Church, continued Investigation on Albinism in Leaves, published in the Journal of the Chemical Society, January 1880.

The Laboratory has also been employed for the experimental demonstrations given to the employes of the Royal Gardens, see infra, p. 5, and for the examination of the University of London for the degree of Doctor of Science in the subject of Physiological Botany.