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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: Scientific research, the promotion 

 of science, public education, and the maintenance 

 of the Science Museum, Steinhart Aquarium, 

 Morrison Planetarium, and MailHard Memorial 

 Library. 



Membership: Anyone interested in the advan- 

 cement of science. Regular members, 1,212; 

 Student, 67 ; Life, 223 ; Honorary, 21 ; Fellows, 

 161; Patrons, 62i; Associate, 17; Corresponding, 

 8; Benefactor, 1. Total membership 1,773. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Publications: Academy News Letter, monthly, 

 free to all members. Pacific Discovery, bi- 

 monthly, $3. 



Library: 100,000 volumes. 



477. California Arboretum Foundation, Inc. 



301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, Calif. 

 President: Ralph D. Cornell, 3723 Wilshire 

 Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, Calif. Term expires 

 May 17, 1961. 



History: Incorporated February 20, 1948. 



Purpose: To conduct special historical, hor- 

 ticultural, and botanical research and educational 

 projects at Los Angeles State and County 

 Arboretum ; to publish botanical and horti- 

 cultural papers. 



Membership: Requires interest in supporting 

 aims and objectives of Los Angeles State and 

 County Arboretum. Total membership 650. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual contribution to 

 arboretum Hbrary; grants in support of arbore- 

 tum research, and of development of special 

 arboretum facilities (greenhouses for orchid 

 propagation, etc.). 



Publications: Lasca Leaves, quarterly, current 

 volume: 10, free to members. Editor: Louis 

 B. Martin. Lasca News, quarterly. Editor : Elsie 

 L. Murray. Lasca Miscellanea, current volume : 

 8. 



Library: 15,767 volumes on botanical and 

 horticultural subjects. Cooperatively held and 

 maintained by California Arboretum Foundation 

 and Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. 



478. California Botanical Society. Department 

 of Botany, University of California, Berkeley 

 4, Calif. President: H. G. Baker. Term 

 expires January 1961. Corresponding Secre- 

 tary: Francia Chisaki. Term expires January 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1916; incorporated 1935. 

 Committee on publication. 



Purpose: To promote botanical study and 

 investigation of plants and to disseminate knowl- 

 edge concerning them. 



Membership: Open to all persons interested 

 in botany; activities are such that membership 

 is very largely composed of professional biolo- 

 gists. Total membership 569. 



Meetings: Annual and monthly, October 

 through May. 



Profession activities: Field excursions; Sym- 

 posia with emphasis on taxonomic botany, plant 

 geography, and ecology. 



Publications: Madroiio, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 15, $6. Editor : Herbert L. Mason. 



479. California Federation of Mineralogical 

 Societies, Inc. P. O. Box 687, Mentone, Calif. 

 President: Mrs. Veryle Carnahan, 9531 Mina 

 Avenue, Whittier, Calif. Term expires June 

 1961. Secretary: Mrs. Marge Wakeman, 

 10129 Hildreth Avenue, South Gate, Calif. 

 Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized January 1936; incorpor- 

 ated 1946. Member of American Federation 

 of Mineralogical Societies. 



Purpose: To disseminate knowledge of miner- 

 alogy and the earth sciences, and to advance 

 the lapidary art. 



Membership: Open to any gem and mineral 

 society, subject to approval of Board of Direc- 

 tors of the Federation. Member societies, 166; 

 individual members, 11,617. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Ribbons awarded 1st, 

 2nd, and 3rd places in competitive exhibits at 

 annual show, participating in scholarship fund 

 to be awarded to student specializing in earth 

 science courses. 



Publications: Gems & Minerals, monthly, 

 members $1.50, others $4.20. Editor: Don 

 MacLachlan. 



480. California Horticultural Society. Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 

 18, Cahf. President: Thomas W. Russ, 7169 

 Sayre Drive, Oakland, Calif. Term expires 

 January 1961. Secretary: Elizabeth McClin- 

 tock. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Organized February 25, 1934; incor- 

 porated. 



Purpose: Stimulation of greater interest in 

 plants and furtherance of horticultural knowl- 

 edge. 



Membership: Open to all interested in the aim 

 of the society. Total membership 450. 



Meetings: Monthly, except July and Decem- 

 ber. 



Professional activities: Annual awards of 

 merit for new and unusual plant material. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 21, $2.50, free to members. Editor: 



