274 PROCEEDINGS AND PROGRAMS 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The eleventh annual meeting of the Botanical Society of Washington 

 was held in the Bureau of Chemistry building Tuesday, October 24, 

 1911, President W. J. Spillman presiding. 



The reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, and the Executive Commit- 

 tee showed that the Society is in a flourishing condition. Eight pro- 

 gram meetings were held during the year with an average attendance 

 of thirty-nine. Nineteen new members were added during the season, 

 while five were lost by reason of removal from Washington and vicinity. 



Officers as follows were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, W. A. Orton; Vice-President, A. S. Hitchcock; Recording 

 Secretary, Edw. C. Johnson; Corresponding Secretary, W. W. Stock- 

 berger; Treasurer, F. L. Lewton; Vice-President in the Academy of 

 Sciences, W. R. Maxon. 



At the 74th meeting of the society, at the Cosmos Club, October 10, 

 1911. at 8 P. M., the following papers were read: The wilting coefficient 

 for different plants and its indirect determination. L. J. Briggs and H. L. 

 Shantz. (See this Journal 1 : 228. 1911.) The forest of Arden, a dream. 

 H. C. Skeels. Edw. C. Johnson, Secretary, pro tempore. 



PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 



WASHINGTON SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS 



December 5, 8 P. M. C. & P. Telephone Company's Hall. Discus- 

 sion of Oyster Fisheries, in which Dr. H. F. Moore, Bureau of Fisheries, 

 Dr. Caswell Grave, Scientific Member of the Maryland Shellfish Com- 

 mission, and Mr. C. C. Yates, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, will 

 participate. 



December 19, 8 P. M. Cosmos Club Hall. Annual meeting and elec- 

 tion of officers. Mr. George W. Littlehales will give a paper on the 

 relation of the engineer to the advance of civilization. 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



701st Meeting and 41st Annual Meeting. December 9, 1911. Cosmos 

 Club at 8.15. Reports and election of officers. 



