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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  19 
  

  

  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ACADEMY 
  AND 
  AFFILIATED 
  

  

  SOCIETIES 
  

  

  BOTANICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  

  

  157th 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  157th 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Cosmos 
  Club, 
  February 
  7, 
  1922. 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  Safford 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  chair 
  and 
  86 
  members 
  and 
  guests 
  were 
  present. 
  

   Senor 
  Carlos 
  A. 
  VallEJO, 
  of 
  the 
  Argentine 
  Embassy, 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  member. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  D. 
  N. 
  Shoemaker 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Van 
  Fleet, 
  

   formerly 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Society, 
  and 
  gave 
  a 
  r^sum^ 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  

   and 
  work. 
  Dr. 
  Van 
  Fleet 
  was 
  bom 
  at 
  Piermont, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  June 
  18, 
  1857, 
  and 
  

   died 
  at 
  Miami, 
  Florida, 
  January 
  26, 
  1922. 
  He 
  was 
  educated 
  in 
  medicine, 
  

   and 
  kept 
  up 
  his 
  medical 
  practice 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  until 
  1893. 
  From 
  that 
  

   time 
  on 
  his 
  interests 
  were 
  largely 
  in 
  horticulture, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  improvement 
  by 
  hybridization 
  of 
  hardy 
  roses 
  and 
  gladioli, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  of 
  cannas, 
  strawberries, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  cultivated 
  plants. 
  

  

  A. 
  S. 
  Hitchcock: 
  Botanical 
  and 
  agricultural 
  notes 
  from 
  the 
  Orient 
  (illus- 
  

   trated) 
  . 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hitchcock 
  left 
  San 
  Francisco 
  May 
  3 
  for 
  Manila, 
  stopping 
  6 
  days 
  in 
  

   Honolulu 
  and 
  arriving 
  at 
  his 
  destination 
  June 
  2, 
  One 
  month 
  was 
  spent 
  on 
  

   the 
  island 
  of 
  Luzon, 
  mostly 
  at 
  Manila, 
  but 
  a 
  trip 
  was 
  also 
  made 
  to 
  Los 
  Banos, 
  

   the 
  seat 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  and 
  Baguio 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  north- 
  

   em 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  The 
  month 
  of 
  July 
  was 
  spent 
  in 
  Japan 
  at 
  Yokohama, 
  

   Tokyo, 
  Nikko, 
  Kyoto, 
  Lake 
  Hakone 
  and 
  Mt. 
  Fuji. 
  From 
  a 
  botanical 
  

   standpoint 
  Mt. 
  Fuji 
  was 
  disappointing. 
  

  

  During 
  August 
  Dr. 
  Hitchcock 
  visited 
  Nanking 
  in 
  China, 
  making 
  his 
  head- 
  

   quarters 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Nanking, 
  and 
  Kuling, 
  a 
  mountain 
  resort 
  much 
  

   frequented 
  by 
  the 
  missionaries 
  of 
  central 
  China. 
  About 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  Canton 
  staying 
  at 
  the 
  Canton 
  Christian 
  College. 
  He 
  made 
  

   trips 
  from 
  here 
  to 
  Yingtak 
  and 
  Shiuchow 
  on 
  the 
  North 
  River, 
  to 
  Lohfau 
  

   mountain 
  northeast 
  of 
  Canton, 
  to 
  Whampoa, 
  a 
  place 
  visited 
  by 
  the 
  Wilkes 
  

   Expedition, 
  and 
  to 
  Macao, 
  a 
  Portuguese 
  possession 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  locality 
  occu- 
  

   pied 
  by 
  Europeans 
  in 
  southeast 
  Asia. 
  Collections 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  at 
  Hong 
  

   Kong, 
  the 
  gateway 
  to 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  China. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  impressive 
  things 
  in 
  Chinese 
  agriculture 
  was 
  the 
  extent 
  

   to 
  which 
  the 
  valleys 
  were 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  intensive 
  manner, 
  while 
  the 
  

   hills 
  or 
  lands 
  just 
  above 
  and 
  adjoining 
  the 
  valleys 
  which 
  grow 
  an 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  grass, 
  had 
  no 
  stock 
  grazing 
  upon 
  them, 
  partly 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  fear 
  of 
  bandits. 
  

   This 
  grass, 
  however, 
  did 
  serve 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  fuel 
  for 
  cooking. 
  

  

  An 
  excursion 
  of 
  about 
  5 
  weeks 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  Indo-China 
  and 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Hainan. 
  French 
  Indo-China 
  was 
  entered 
  at 
  Haiphong 
  in 
  Tonkin. 
  Dr. 
  

   Hitchcock 
  went 
  by 
  rail 
  to 
  Hanoi 
  and 
  Vinh 
  and 
  by 
  autobus 
  to 
  Hue, 
  the 
  capital 
  

   of 
  Annam. 
  Here 
  he 
  made 
  collections 
  of 
  grasses 
  chiefly 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  in- 
  

   terpreting 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Loureiro, 
  a 
  Portuguese 
  botanist 
  who 
  lived 
  here 
  and 
  in 
  

   1790 
  published 
  a 
  flora 
  of 
  Indo-China. 
  After 
  going 
  to 
  Tourane 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  

   he 
  returned 
  to 
  Haiphong 
  and 
  sailed 
  for 
  Hainan. 
  This 
  large 
  island 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  

   tropics 
  off 
  the 
  south 
  coast 
  of 
  China 
  and 
  is 
  seldom 
  visited 
  and 
  little 
  known. 
  

   About 
  ten 
  days 
  were 
  spent 
  here 
  mostly 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  Kachek 
  and 
  the 
  

   foothills 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  mountains. 
  After 
  returning 
  to 
  Canton 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  

  

  