PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 92d regular meeting of the Botanical Society was held at the 

 Powhatan Hotel on Tuesday evening, December 2, 1913, at which a 

 dinner and special program were given in honor of the seventieth birth- 

 day of Dr. Edward Lee Greene. 



Dr. C. L. Shear presided. Mr. John H. Parker was elected to mem- 

 bership. The program was as follows: 



Personal experiences: Frederick V. Coville. Mr. Coville related 

 incidents in connection with his first meeting with. Dr. Greene at the 

 Madison Botanical Congress in 1893, and expressed a high appreciation 

 of his work, particularly of his Landmarks of Botanical History. 



Berkeleyan days: V. K. Chestnut. Mr. Chestnut spoke of his student 

 days at the University of California and of the inspiration received 

 from Dr. Greene by his botanical students. 



Botanical writings: A. S. Hitchcock. As a writer, Dr. Greene has 

 been prolific. Besides numerous papers in various periodicals, such as 

 the bulletins and the proceedings of the California Academy, Botanical 

 Gazette, Bulletin of the Torrey Club and Erythea, he has published several 

 books, notabl}' Flora Franciscana, Manual of the Botany of the Region 

 of San Francisco Bay, five volumes of Pittonia and two volumes of 

 Leaflets. 



The value of Dr. Greene's influence upon botanical thought does not 

 rest solely upon the large number of new species he has described, but 

 in that he has studied many groups of plants from Cruciferae to Com- 

 positae, from Viola, Rhus and Eschscholtzia to Boraginaceae and 

 Polemoniaceae, has revised many genera, sections and groups, dis- 

 cussed relationships, and set on their feet, as it were, species and genera 

 of early authors that had been relegated to oblivion by those that 

 followed. 



Reminiscences: Ivar Tidestrom. Mr. Tidestrom gave a brief ac- 

 count of Dr. Greene's earlier work, particularly his early collecting and 

 his work at Berkeley. 



Rocky Mountain flora: Prof. Aven Nelson. Dr. Greene's work in 

 the Rocky Mountain states was reviewed briefly and special emphasis 

 was laid on the influence of this work on that of the later botanists. 



Response: Dr. Greene. After expressing his appreciation of the 

 honor accorded him by the Botanical Society, Dr. Greene related a few 

 interesting incidents connected with his life, particularly his earl}- trips 

 of botanical exploration in the Southwest. 



P. L. Ricker, Corresponding Secretary. 



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