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Belding, Robt. A. A. Wright, M. Braverman, B. C. Winston, Geo. 
W. Dunn and Melville Attwood. 
The Librarian reported 140 additions to the Library. 
Dr. H. H. Behr read a paper on “ Botanical Reminiscences.”’ 
Walter E. Bryant read a paper entitled ‘‘ A Provisional List of 
the Land Mammals of California.” : 
The Secretary read an account of the discovery of precious opals 
near Moscow, State of Washington, and exhibited specimens in the 
matrix presented by Melville Attwood. 
The following communication was read: 
SAN Francisco, March 2, 1891. 
To the Officers and Members of the California Academy of Sciences: 
I hereby present to this Academy my collection of Fungi, now in this building, 
in the gathering and identification of which I have devoted the major portion of 
my time during the past fifteen years. The collection consists of between 10,000 
and 11,000 numbers, which are catalogued by the card system, nearly 13,000 sepa- 
rate cards having been required for the work. : 
The catalogue is arranged for immediate use and the specimens are already in 
convenient receptacles. 
Yours respectfully, H. W. HARKNESS. 
A vote of thanks was unanimously tendered to Dr. Harkness for 
his valuable gift. 
The report of the Director of the Museum, which had been de- 
ferred from a previous meeting, was read and filed. 
April 6, r89r._ There not being a sufficient number of members 
present the meeting was merely called to order and adjourned. 
CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL CLUB. 
In response to a call from Dr. H. W. Harkness, Dr. H. H. Behr, 
Dr. Gustav Eisen, T. S. Brandegee, Mrs. Mary W. Kincaid, Miss 
Agnes M. Manning and Mrs. Katharine Brandegee, a meeting was 
held at one Pp. M., on March 7, 1891, in the herbarium room of 
the California Academy of Sciences. 
_ The meeting was called to order by Dr. H. W. Harkness, who 
briefly explained that the objects of the proposed Club were to pro- 
mote the study of plants, especially those found on the Pacific Coast 
of North America, and by bringing into more intimate relations the 
botanists of the Coast to arouse a greater interest in so rich a field 
of science. All persons joining the Club were invited to meet the 
botanical curator of the California Academy in the herbarium room 
