INSTITUTE NOTES. 



During the coming season, 1916-1917, it has been decided 

 to hold two meetings of the Institute each month, the first 

 being devoted to business and miscellaneous scientific discus- 

 sion and the other to formal lectures on scientific matters of 

 current interest. Meetings will be held, during the season, 

 on the following dates: December 13th and 27th, January 

 loth and 25th, February 14th and 21st, March 14th and 21st, 

 April nth and i8th. May i6th and 30th. 



The Electrical Section, composed of Junior Members, with 

 Albert J. Williams, Jr., as President, is in flourishing condi- 

 tion. Regular meetings are held twice a month for the dis- 

 cussion of electrical subjects. Through the kindness of 

 Francis Beekley, the organizer of the Section, its members 

 have the use of a first class wireless outfit. 



Those desiring special back numbers of the Proceedings 

 may obtain the same upon application to the editor, provided 

 the supply is not too nearly exhausted. 



A number of the Institute members have been regular 

 attenders on the weekly Saturday outings of the Pennsylvania 

 Botanical Society and the Academy of Sciences. Delaware 

 County is a favorite locality for the botanists and geologists. 



The present number contains an interesting article by 

 Anna D. White on "Trailing Arbutus from Seed." The 

 writer is a member of the Lansdowne Natural History Club. 

 It is hoped that other members of the Delaware Valley Natu- 

 ralists' Union will likewise take the opportunity to make use 

 of the Proceedings. 



