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number of candidates for membership became so great that this method 

 of holding meetings became impossible and the Botanical Seminar was 

 merged with the Washington Botanical Club to form the present Bo- 

 tanical Society of Washington. The speaker sketched briefly the 

 development of the work in plant pathology in Washington from the 

 early beginning, when the pathological work was a very small branch 

 of the botanist's duties, up to the present large body of investigators. 



Mr. David Fairchild, Lettefs from the hoys in Washington. This 

 consisted in the reading of actual letters from various early workers 

 in plant pathology and physiology and brought home to those present 

 the actual condition of things at that time more vividly than could 

 have been done in any other way. 



Dr. Edward L. Greene, The Washington Botanical Club. The 

 Washington Botanical Club was founded in 1898 with a very informal 

 organization quite similar to that of the Botanical Seminar. The 

 Botanical Club included more especially the workers in systematic 

 botany. Dr. Greene was the first president. In 1901 it was merged with 

 the Botanical Seminar to form the Botanical Society of Washington. 



Mr. F. V. CoviLLE, Systematic botany. Mr. Coville gave briefly 

 some of the more important features of systematic botany in Wash- 

 ington from the early days up to the present time, emphasizing the use 

 of types of species, which was a direct contribution of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. Walter T. Swingle, Early history of physiological and plant 

 breeding work in the Department of Agriculture. This briefly sketched 

 the beginning of the now extensive work in plant pathology and plant 

 breeding in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



On Tuesday, January 5, 19l£), at 8.30 p.m., the Botanical So- 

 ciety of Washington met in joint session with the Washington Academy 

 of Sciences in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Prof. J. C. 

 BosE gave an illustrated lecture on The response of plants. 



The 101st regular meeting cf the Botanical Society of Washing- 

 ton was held January 9, 1915, at 1.30 p.m., in the West Wing of 

 the new Department of Agriculture building. Thirty-four members 

 were present. Messrs. F. Tracy Hubbard, Howard S. Coe, Luther 

 P. Byars and Dr. L. O. Kunkel were unanimously elected to mem- 

 Ijership. The resignation of Mr. H. C. Gore as Treasurer of the Society 

 was accepted and Mr. C. E. Leighty was elected to that office. No 

 scientific program was presented. 



Perley Spaulding, Corresponding Secretary. 



