216 proceedings of the academy of [1892^ 



May 3. 

 The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the chair. 

 Forty-six persons present. 



In Memory of Dr. Sereno Watson — The following resolutions 

 were received from the Botanical Section and unanimously 

 adopted : — 



Whereas — The Botanical Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia has learned with profound regret of the 

 death of Dr. Sereno Watson of Cambridge, Mass., and desirous of 

 placing on record its sense of this great loss, in consequence of which 

 botanical science througout the world suffers, therefore. 



Resolved. — That we recognize his invaluable services in the dis- 

 semination of a knowledge of American botany, a work to which 

 he had given his undivided attention for many years and which has 

 rendered his name famous wherever the study of plants and plant 

 life has been cultivated. 



Resolved. — That a copy of this minute be forwarded to the 

 President of Harvard University and to the Gray Herbarium at 

 Harvard with which he was so long associated, and that the same 

 he offered for publication in the Proceedings of this Academy. 



May 10. 

 The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the chair. 



Forty-two persons present. 



The deaths of D. B. Cummins, a member, and of Dr. C. A. 

 Dohru, a correspondent, were announced. 



May 17. 

 The President, General Isaac J. AVistar, in the chair. 

 Forty-three persons present. 



May 24. 



The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the chair. 

 Forty-three persons present. 



