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Botanic Garden was made and commented on by the 

 director. 



February i. In the absence of the regular officers, Henry 

 S. Conard was elected chairman for the evening. 



Miss E. O. Abbot reported that the bill "Providing means 

 of acquiring title to two groves of Sequoia gigantca in the 

 State of California, with a view to making National Parks 

 thereof," passed the Senate, January, 1901, and was re- 

 ferred by the House of Representatives to its Committee 

 on Public Lands. She also read from the preliminary report 

 of the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding forests of the 

 Southern Appalachian Mountain region. The report 

 throughout was decidedly commendatory. 



In introducing the second communication, the chairman 

 drew attention to the valuable electric projection lantern, 

 donated by Mrs. E. J. Bartol, an honorary life member of 

 the Society. 



Miss E. A. Simons then demonstrated by means of the 

 lantern, the microscopic structure of several exceptional 

 plant stems, including those of Akebia, Clematis. Wistaria, 

 Bignonia, BougainviUea, etc. 



Mrs. Dr. Banes then gave an account of the work under- 

 taken during 1900 at the Spring Garden Street Summer 

 Playground. The preparation and allocation of plant beds, 

 the cultivation of flowers and fruits in these, and the prac- 

 tical results secured for the 3.600 children who more or less 

 frequented the garden, were described in graphic manner. 



February 15. Dr. Henry Leffmann, in the absence of the 

 chairman, presided. Dr. Macfarlane described the recent 

 trip to Florida of members of the Society and advanced 

 students of the Botanical Department. Botanical collec- 

 tions were successively made at Jacksonville, St. Augustine, 

 Palm Beach and Miami. Special attention was called to the 

 interesting habitats and luxuriant growths of such ferns as 

 Aneitnia adiantifolia, Acrostichuin aureum and Blechmmi. 



Miss Simon, of Temple College, then gave observations 



