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Botany at the A. A, A. S, 
By ARTHUR HOLLICK, 
Botany and botanists assumed an unusual prominence at the 
Washington meeting of the A. A. A. S. The address of the re- 
tiring President of the Association, Geo. L. Goodale, on ‘“ The 
Possibilities of Economic Botany” and that of Vice-President 
John M. Coulter, before Section F., on “ The Future of System- 
atic Botany,” were two of the salient events of the meeting. The 
subject of the complimentary lecture, tendered by the Associa- 
tion to the citizens of Washington, was “‘ Illustrations of Heredi- 
ty in Plant Hybrids,” by John M. Macfarlane, of Edinburgh. 
Sixteen of the forty-eight papers read before Section F. were 
upon botanical subjects. Ninety-seven members and associates 
registered as botanists. The Botanical Club of Washington, by 
reason of its souvenirs to the visiting botanists, is to be credited 
with having produced the handsomest and most enduring me- 
mentos of the occasion, and the Division of Forestry gave them 
a work which will serve as a guide in determining the trees and 
shrubs in the public grounds of Washington for a generation to 
come, Finally, the fact that the botanists appealed to the Asso- 
ciation for recognition in a separate section, in addition to the 
continuance of the Botanical Club, is evidence of their growing 
strength and argues well for the future. 
Proceedings of the Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S. 
: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20th. 
Vice-President L. M. Underwood in the chair. 
The following was offered by B. E. Fernow, and on motion 
of J. C. Arthur was referred to Section F. for proper presentation 
to and with a request for action by the Association: 
Whereas, The arborescent flora of the United States excels in variety of useful 
plants any country of the earth under one government. 
Whereas, The District of Columbia and the capital of the nation are climatical- 
ly so situated that nearly all the species of the North, South, East and West may be 
grown there in the open, or with the minimum of protection. 
Whereas, The interest in arboriculture and forestry, although growing rapidly, 
requires an advancement of knowledge, and still more the fostering care of the Gov- 
ernment. 
Whereas, The capital is destined to become a center of learning and instruc- 
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