1898.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 517 



The herbarium of the Philadelphia Botanical Club has not hereto- 

 fore been referred to, and I wish, therefore, to here call special 

 attention to the excellent work being done by the members of this 

 organization. 



The plants comprising this collection are from points within a 

 radius of about a hundred miles of the city, including Pennsylvania 

 east from the Susquehanna River and south of the Blue Ridge, all 

 of New Jersey south of the same range of mountains, and the north- 

 ern counties of Delaware and eastern Maryland. 



The lack of specimens of our local plants in the herbarium of the 

 Academy, created the necessity of such a collection, Avhich now 

 numbers many thousand specimens from all sections of the district 

 and it is hoped in time to make it the most complete collection of 

 its kind extant. 



The noteworthy additions to the herbarium during the year 

 have been a collection of Japanese plants presented through Miss A. 

 C. Hartshorne, a collection of South African plants purchased and 

 presented by Mr. Thomas Meehan, and many plants our own con- 

 tinent presented by Messrs. Joseph Crawford, C. F. Saunders and 

 Stewardson Brown. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Stewardson Brown, 

 Conservator. 



REPORT OF THE MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOG- 

 ICAL SECTION. 



The Director of the Mineralogical and Geological Section of the 

 Academy would respectfully report that meetings have been held 

 regularly during the year, except during the summer ; that the 

 attendance has been good, and the interest manifested encouraging. 



On May 21st the Section under the leadership of Prof. Fred. B. 

 Peck of Lafayette College visited a number of interesting localities 

 around Easton, Pa. 



Additions to the museum have been valuable but not as numerous 

 as in former years. 



The following officers were duly elected for the coming year : — 



Director, ...... Theodore D. Rand. 



Vice-Director. 

 Recorder, 

 Conservator, 

 Treasurer, 



W. W. JefFeris. 

 Charles SchafFer. 

 W. W. Jefferis. 

 John Ford. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Theo. D. Rand. 



Director. 



