CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 1 



Founding and objects 10 



Membership 18 



Propositions for promoting the objects of the Institute 23 



Management and officers 30 



Meeting places 32 



Meetings, communications and publications 34 



Botanic garden 37 



Museum 54 



Library 61 



Miscellaneous 62 



American Pharmacopoeia 62 



Meridian of Washington, National observatory, weights and measures 62 



United States Exploring Expedition 65 



Appendix 67 



Constitution, 1816 67 



Act of incorporation, 1818 71 



Constitutional ordinance, 1820 73 



Washington Botanical Society 75 



Index 79 



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