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Mr. Eli K. Price read the following report as Chairman of 

 the Committee on the Michaux Legacy : — 



" The course of lectures in Fairuiount Park was successfully delivered 

 by Dr. Rothrock in 1881, according to annexed statement.* The audience 

 was interested and highly respectable ; the number varying from two to 

 four hundred. 



" I recommend the continuance of the lectures for the present year ; 

 and that an appropriation be made of two hundred and eighty dollars 

 ($280) for the lecturer, and fifty dollars ($50) for advertising. The course 

 will be according to annexed schedule in manuscript." f 



On motion it was ordered that an appropriation of $330 be 

 made for the above objects, payable out of ihe Michaux Legacy. 



Pending nominations Nos. 935 and 951 to 958 were read, and 

 the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting^ April 31, 1883. 



Present, 8 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair, 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Glasgow 

 Philosophical Society (107-108); the Royal Geological Society 

 of Ireland, Dublin (XV, 3 ; 107-108) ; and the Franklin Insti- 

 tute, Philadelphia (108-109). 



* In 1881, from April 23d to June 18th, on Saturdays at 4 t. m. :— Subjects— 



I. How and why we study Botany; 2. The Plants we Eat; 3. The PJants we 

 Drink; 4. The Plants we Wear; 5. How we and the Plants Breathe and How 

 we lielp each other ; 6 and 7. Diseases of Plants. 



II. From September 10th to October 8th ".—8. Strange Marriage among Plants ; 

 9. Forestry in Europe ; 10. Want of Forestry in America and its Consequences ; 



II. How Trees are made; 12. How Plants Travel: 13. Weeds: 14. Botany for 

 Winter. 



t In 1882, on Saturdays, at iv. m., from April 22d to June 3d. Subjects— 1, 2. 

 Phxnts which have influenced Human History. 3, 4. How Plants are Construct- 

 ed. 5, 6. How Plants are Organized. 7. Meat-eating Plants. 



II. September 9 to October 21,-8. How Vegetation protects the Earth and in- 

 fluences Rain-fall. 9. What the Roots do and how they do it. 10. American 

 Timber and its special value. 11,12. Sick Plants. 13. Strength and Durability 

 of Timber. 14. Tlie Plants eaten by other Nations. 



