THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



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ident; C. Murphy, vice-president; C. 

 Lewis, secretary; 1\. Sayre, treasurer. 

 Twenty-three members. 



Friends' Academy Chapter, Locust 

 Valley, Long Island, New York. Of- 

 ficers : George Waymouth, president; 

 Annie llart, vice-president; Louise 

 Paine, secretary; Douglas Beyea, treas- 

 urer. Seventeen members. 



Springfield Chapter, International V. 

 M. C. A. Training School, Springfield, 

 Massachusetts. Officers: S. Fred 

 Wright, president ; John D. Brook, 

 vice-president ; E. AY. Benson Malcom- 

 son, secretary ; II. E. Volley, treasurer. 

 Nineteen members. 



Mount Bluff Chapter, Island Pond, 

 Vermont. Officers: Mrs. M. T. Sad- 

 leir, president; Mrs. F. A. Elkins, vice- 



THE ARBUTUS BUDS AND LEAVES 

 LAST NOVEMBER 



nresident ; Miss Sadie M. King, record- 

 ing secretary and treasurer; Miss Leta 

 J. Eaton, corresponding secretary. 



THE ARBUTUS AS IT WAS IN BUD LAST 

 NOVEMBER 



Have Been Ready Several Months. 



CONTRIBUTION FROM ST. GABRIEL'S 



CHAPTER (NO. IOI3), I'KKKSKILL, 



NEW YORK. 



November 20th, 1908. "We are 

 mailing to you to-day the specimens 

 which you asked us to find. We hope 

 they will serve your purpose." 



The specimens accompanying that 

 letter are illustrated herewith and 

 show that the leaves and the flower 

 buds of arbutus were in readiness last 

 November for blooming this spring. 

 It takes only a few warm days now 

 for them to unfold in all their beautv. 



