XXIV BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



Professor Baird in Science, by Mr. William H. Dall, Pres- 

 ident of the Biological Society. 



The Personal Characteristics of Professor Baird, by 

 Mr. J. W. Powell, President of the Anthropological Society.* 



BOTANICAL SECTION. 



A preliminary meeting of persons interested in Botany took 

 place November 21, 1SS7, in the office of the Botanist of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. A second meeting was held December 

 5, at which a Botanical Section of the Biological Society was for- 

 mally organized. Dr. George Vasey was elected President, and 

 Mr. A. A. Crozier, Secretary. The first regular meeting was 

 held January 4, 18S8, when the following papers were read : 



1 . Recent Progress in the Study of Fresh-Water Alg^, 

 Prof. E. A. Burgess. 



2. A Case of Sewer Obstruction by Tree Roots, Prof. 

 F. H. Knowlton. 



3. Fungi of the Arid Regions, Prof. S. M. Tracy. 



4. Glceosporium of the Wax Bean, Miss E. A. Southworth. 



The Section is to meet monthlv. 



* These addresses, together with a portrait of Professor Baird, have been 

 printed in the Bulletin of the Philosophical Society, vol. x, pp. 41-77, 1SS8. 

 Also separately issued with independent pagination. 



