The Washington Botanical Club. 



The Washington Botanical Club was organized by a gathering 

 of botanists held at the residence of one of its members, Nov^em- 

 ber 1 1, 1898. The limit of membership was fixed at twenty, and 

 it was determined that the meetings should be for the present, at 

 least, of a distinctly social and informal nature, witli free scope for 

 discussion and the general interchange of ideas. At a subsequent 

 meeting held December 14th, the organization w^as perfected by 

 the election of Professor Edward L. Greene as President and Mr, 

 Charles Louis Pollard as Secretary. The Club is to hold monthly 



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sessions, devoting itself chiefly to systematic and ecological work, 

 the field of physiology and vegetable pathology being covered by 

 the already existing Tiotanical Seminar. At the December meet- 

 ing the following resolutions, commemorative of the late Gilbert 



H. Hicks were unanimously adopted and ordered printed in the 

 leading botanical journals of the countiy. 



'' It is with extreme sorrow and heartfelt regret that we learn 

 of the death of our friend and colleague, Mr. Gilbert H. Hicks. 

 To all of us he was known intimately as an earnest co-worker in 

 the field of science and a genial member of our social organiza- 

 tions. His energy, earnestness and conscientiousness in scientific 

 work commanded our approval, and secured recognition for him 

 in all scientific circles as an able investigator. He had already 

 done much to advance knowledge in his chosen line of work, and 

 w^e feel that the cause of science has lost greatly by his untimely 

 death. 



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been so directed as to yield results of the greatest practical value 

 in the production of food crops, and was intended to lighten, in 

 some degree, the burden of struggling humanity. As a botanist, 

 his keen appreciation of practical problems and his extensive 

 knowledge of plant life well fitted him for this work for the peo- 

 ple, and not only science has lost by his death, but all tillers of 

 the soil, those who plow, sow and reap, have lost a true friend and 

 counsellor. 



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