lo communicate with Prof. Bailey and secure him, if practicable, for a 

 lecture for the January meeting. 



Academy Meeting. 



At a meeting of the Academy held in the Auditorium of the Poly- 

 technic High School, January 6,' 1913. Mr. Geo. W. Parsons presided 

 in the absence of the president. 



Prof. Watts announced the loan to the academy of mineral specimens 

 from the State Mineralogist. On motion the matter of obtaining neces- 

 sary cases for this display was referred to the Geological Section of the 

 Academy. Prof. Knight announced that at the next meeting, the first 

 Monday in February, Mr. Bailey would be the lecturer. It was also 

 announced that Dr. Konkright has a topographical yiew of the Panama 

 Canal on exhibition on the fourth floor of the Bullock store and inyited 

 the members of the Academy to yisit it. It was announced that Prof. 

 Kelsey would attempt to organize an astronomical class at the High 

 School and inyited those interested to attend. The speaker of the 

 eyeuing was Mr. Arthur B. Benton who deliyered a lecture on the Fran- 

 ciscan Missions of Califoruia illustrated by numerous lautern slides. 



Henry Hehre died in Los Angeles, at his nursery, 5621 Central Aye., 

 on Friday, September 13, 1912, at the age of 65 years. He was at his 

 gardens m La Crescenta, and was working on a reseryoir when he fell 

 in on the concrete bottom sustaining broken bones and internal injuries. 

 He was brought down to Los Angeles, where he died in about fifteen 

 minutes; the accident occurred about 7 o'clock in the morning. Mr. 

 Hehre was born at Brieg, Germany, on the Oder Eiyer; left there when 

 quite young, trayeling considerably; was married in England and came 

 to Cincinnati where he remained about fifteen years, engaged in making 

 baskets. He then came to Los Angeles, where he has resided for seyen- 

 teen years, engaged in the making of baskets^^but taking up gardening 

 and the collection of plants of great rarity from all parts of the world. 

 He was a yery ambitious student in horticulture and had in yiew a 

 great botanical garden at La Crescenta. His father was a gardener in 

 Germany; and he was always fond of plants, from the student's stand- 

 ]ioint rather than for commercialism. This community has lost a deyoted 

 student of scence, and his one published contribution, printed in the 

 July number of our Bulletin, is of such interest, that it will serye to 

 keep his memory fresh. 



F. GRINNELL. Jr. 



Mr. Collins, Editor of the Bulletin and Secretary of the Academy 

 is at present on a tour around the world and incidentally enjoying a 

 much needed rest. He has not forgotten the Academy howeyer, as the 

 scientific papers he has sent to the library from his yarious stopping 

 points haye made eyident. 



We sincerely hope that the condition of his health and appetite is 

 such that he will apjtreciate being "East of Suez." 



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