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concentrated hydrochloric acid, and then mixed with 5 cc.of a satu- 

 rated solution of hydrogen sulphide. This concentration of hydro- 

 chloric acid serves to keep the tin in solution but does not prevent the 

 antimony from reacting with the hydrogen sulphide. The antimony 

 standards are prepared simultaneously with the carrying out of the 

 determination and are subjected to exactly the same treatment as the 

 unknown. (Author's abstract.) 



The 262nd meeting was held at the New National Museum as a 

 joint meeting with the Washington Society of Engineers, May 24, 

 1916. The illustrated lecture of the evening was given by Mr. Joseph 

 Steinmetz, President of tht Aero Club of Pennsylvania, on The ma- 

 chine shop and the chemical laboratory as related to national preparedness 

 for defense. 



E. C. McKelvy, Secretary. 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 114th regular meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly 

 Hall of the Cosmos Club, Tuesday, October 3, 1916. Twenty-four 

 members and six guests were present. The program consisted of the 

 following papers: 



Dr. C. A. Davis, an appreciation. David White: To be published 

 elsewhere. 



R. M. Meade, an appreciation. F. L. Lewton: 



Rowland Montgomery Meade, a most promising young botanist 

 connected with the United States Department of Agriculture, died at 

 San Antonio, Texas, June 25, 1916, a few weeks after his twenty- 

 seventh birthday. He was born at Clyde, New York, May 16, 1889, 

 graduated at the high school of his home town, and on the recom- 

 mendation of Mr. O. F. Cook was appointed, March 15, 1905, as an 

 assistant in experiments with boll-weevil resistant cotton. In 1907, 

 as field agent, he accompanied Mr. Cook to Guatemala, to aid him in 

 his studies of tropical species of cotton and his experiments with cot- 

 ton insects. On July 1, 1908, after passing a civil service examination, 

 he was appointed a Scientific Assistant in the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, and he continued his investigations in connection with the 

 cotton plant in Texas, Arizona, and California. In December, 1908, 

 he was elected to membership in the Botanical Society of Washington. 

 On March 1, 1916, he was appointed superintendent of the experi- 

 mental farm at San Antonio, Texas, under the office of Western Irri- 

 gation Agriculture. It was while performing his duties under this 

 assignment that he was stricken with amoebic dysentery and died 

 after an illness of ten days. He leaves a wife and an infant son. All 

 those who came in contact with Roland Meade were attracted by his 

 personal charm and sunny temperament and recognized his mental 

 alertness, which gave promise for a bright future. His interest in grow- 

 ing plants was intense. He looked upon them as real living things, 



