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utterly bankrupt. They were all inspired with that " vaulting ambi- 

 tion" 



»' "Which o'erleaps itself 

 And falls on 'tother side." 



The following officers were elected for the year : 



President — J. C. Evans, Harlem. 



Vice-President — J. A. Durkes, Weston. ^ 



Secretary — L. A. Goodman, Westport. 



Treasurer — D. S. Holman, Springfield. 



FRIDAY, 2 p. M. 



Report on Botany by Prof. S. M. Tracy and Prof. G. C. Broadhead, 

 Pleasant Hill. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS IN MISSOURI. 



BY G C. BROADHEAD, PLEASANT HILL. 



1st. Distribution of trees and shrubs. — If we draw a line from the 

 southwest to the northeast corner of Missouri, we will have two dis- 

 tricts, which, as they became more remote, present a marked differ- 

 ence in the character of the flora. Northwest of this line we know of 

 but three trees or shrubs not found eastwardly, viz. : The choke-cherry, 

 Bartrain's oak and the aspen. But there are a good many east ot this 

 line which do not extend westwardly or northwardly. Among them 

 we include (which do approach very nearly, and in some places passes 

 that line) the flowering dogwood, huckleberry, sassafras, alder, seven- 

 dark {a spircea) trumpet creeper, etc. 



