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At the sixth meeting he presented a preliminary catalogue of 

 the plants of the state. To this catalogue he made additions 

 each year, except 1877 and 1881, until 1889, when, so far as 

 I can learn, his last paper was presented. Professor Carruth 

 was assisted by many local collectors, the Academy furnishing 

 the unifying means. In 1881 B. B. Smyth began an extensive 

 series of contributions, particularly of the plants of the west- 

 ern portion of the state, which was continued until quite recent 

 times. In 1884 Professor Kellerman presented a preliminary 

 catalogue of the parasitic fungi of the state, with their host 

 plants. In 1888 and 1890 Professor Swingle presented a list 

 of Kansas species of Peronosporaceae. In 1894 Miss Reed pre- 

 sented an analytic key to Kansas mosses, with a list of the 

 known species, and to this she made subsequent additions. 

 Also, in 1894 Professor Hitchcock presented a list of the grasses 

 of Kansas. In 1910 B. B. Smyth and Mrs. L. C. R. Smyth 

 presented the first part of a revised catalogue of the plants of 

 Kansas, and in 1912 Mrs. L. C. R. Smyth presented the second 

 part, thus bringing the work up to date. This is a bare outline 

 of the systematic work done in botany. There were many 

 other contributors. However, I have given enough to show 

 that through the Kansas Academy of Science as a unifying 

 means the state has been given a fairly exhaustive catalogue 

 of the different forms of vegetable life, and that our Transac- 

 tions furnish the record of this work carried on for about 

 forty years. Our Transactions show also much work of a more 

 special character, and also work of a general educational na- 

 ture. The following titles illustrate this class of work: 



Black Rot of the Grape. Carpenter, 1887. 

 Hackberry Branch Knot. Kellerman, 1890. 

 Sorghum Smuts. Kellerman, 1891. 



Characteristics of the Sand Hill Flora. Carleton, 1889. 

 Kansas Forest Trees Identified by their Leaves and Fruit. Keller- 

 man, 1886. 



Artificial Key to Kansas Grasses. Kellerman, 1888. 

 Evolution of Leaves. Mrs. Kellerman, 1890. 



At the fourth meeting Professor Snow presented his first 

 list of the birds of Kansas, to which he made many later addi- 

 tions. Colonel Goss, Professor Lautz and others also contrib- 

 uted to this list, the contributions by Colonel Goss being very 

 extensive. So we have in our Transactions not only a very 

 complete list of the birds of the state, but an extensive series 

 of valuable papers on their habits and economic importance. 



