112 Proceedings of Societies. 
Dr. Cooper read a paper on ‘“‘ The Shells of the Gulf of 
California.” 
March 31, 1893. President Cooper in the chair. 
Dr. Eisen read a paper on ‘‘ The Anatomy of Certain Earth- 
worms.” 
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Alphonse de Candolle died on the fourth day April, 1893, in 
the eighty-seventh year of his age. The whole botanical world 
feels his loss. 
Dr. George Vasey, Chief Botanist of the Department of 
Agriculture at Washington, died at his home on March 4, 1893. 
His specialty was Grasses, but he contributed also to other 
departments of Botany. For twenty-one years he was Curator 
of the National Herbarium and his influence has been felt 
throughout the whole country. 
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