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[April 6, 



The Secretaries were authorized to publish with Mr. 

 Hale's paper on the Tutelo Indians a fac-simile photograph 

 of the old Tutelo Chief, the last of his tribe. (See No. 114.) 



The Committee on the Michaux Legacy reported as fol- 

 lows : 



" That the appropriation made for a course of lectures in Fairmount 

 Park for 1882 by Professor Rothrock, to wit, two hundred and eighty 

 ■dollars for the Professor, and fifty dollars for advertising, was duly received 

 from the Treasurer, and applied as intended. 



" The lectures, fourteen in number, Avere upon the subjects in the an- 

 nexed printed schedule ; and were attended by increased numbers of 

 citizens of both sexes. There is a growing interest in these subjects in 

 our community, amply to justify the Society's appropriation in that direc- 

 tion. The Committee recommend the same amounts to be voted for 1883, 

 for lectures as in Schedule No. 2, annexed." 



It was then, on recommendation of the Committee, 



Besolved, That an appropriation be made from the Michaux Legacy of 

 two hundred and eighty dollars for Professor Rothrock's lectures in Fair- 

 mount Park, and fifty dollars for advertising them, and that the Treasurer 

 be authorized to make payments under the direction of the Chairman of 

 the Committee on the Michaux Legacy. 



The following schedule of proposed lectures for 1883 was 

 appended to the report : 



F>'ee Lectures in Fairmount Park, on Botayiy and Tree Culture, by Professor 

 BotJirock, on Saturdays, at 4 P. M. 



April 21. The value of Science to Mankind. 



Young Plants ; how studied in life. 



Relations of Plants to National Prosperity. 



The Microscope ; what it is ; what it does ; how to use it. 



A thriving colony on a Spruce Tree. 



What the Leaves do, and how they do it. 



Wasted food. 



The Forests of the Sea. 



The American Forests, and their special importance. 

 " 22. American Timber, and its special value. 

 " 29. Old and new systems of Classification. 

 Oct. 6. Vegetable Units, and how they make the plant. 



The Curators reported the safe return of the Mexican 

 flutes borrowed by Mr. Cresson, and studied by Mr. Cox, 



