PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 94th regular meeting of the Botanical Society of Washington 

 was held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Tuesday, February 

 3, 1914. Messrs. Raymond B. Wilcox, Arno Viehoever, and Henry 

 Pittier were elected to membership. 



The scientific program was as follows : 



Brief notes and reviews of literature. Dr. David Griffiths reviewed 

 a prospectus of a stock company which has been organized in Australia 

 for the purpose of eradicating the cactus, which is there considered a 

 serious pest. Mr. S. C. Stuntz called attention to the return from 

 Brazil of Mr. A. D. Shamel, who has been there with Messrs. Dorsett 

 and Poponoe, who are studying methods of tropical fruit culture and 

 introducing the varieties that maj^ be of value in this country. Mr. 

 Shamel brought back over 1100 photographs which have thus far been 

 taken by them, and prints of these ^vill soon be available for study at 

 the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction for those who are 

 interested. 



Dr. R. H. True: A report on the Atlanta meeting of the Botanical 

 Society of America. Dr. True gave a report on the attendance at the 

 meetings and number and character of the papers read before the 

 different sections, with special notes regarding those of a botanical 

 character. 



Dr. H. Hasselbring: The relation between transpiration and the 

 absorption of inorganic constituents by plants. (Published in Bot. Gaz. 

 57: 72-73. January, 1914.) 



Mr. G. N. Collins: A hybrid between Tripsacum and Euchlaena 

 (uith lantern). (See this Journal, p. 114.) 



Dr. Walter H. Evans: An attempt at revegetation on Kodiak Island, 

 Alaska. The conditions on Kodiak Island following the eruption of 

 IVIount Katmai in May, 1912, were described and an account was given 

 of experiments in restoring the meadows and pastures of the experiment 

 station on that island. 



The level land was covered ^vith the ash, or, more correctly, the 

 debris from the explosion, to a depth of 12 to 14 inches, and practically 

 all vegetation was destroyed. The only natural revegetation was where 

 hummocks of earth brought the original soil nearer the surface or where 

 plants came through cracks that formed in the deposit during the sum- 

 mer season. In these places fireweed, Epilobium anguslifolium, and 



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