Minutes of Spring Meeting 13 



preciation for their hearty co-operation and helpfulness in making this 

 annual field meeting a fitting memorial of the birth of the Academy 

 here 37 years ago. 



W. M. Blanchard, 

 E. B. Williamson, 



Committee. 



President Behrens then turned the meeting over to a round-table 

 discussion of the "Problem of the Conservation of Wild Life". Among 

 those that took part in the discussion were D. M. Mottier, H. S. Jack- 

 son and Amos Butler. At the close of the discussion the following com- 

 mittee was appointed to investigate and propose means best feasible 

 for the preservation of the wild flowers of the state: D. M. Mottier, 

 M. W. Lyon, H. S. Jackson, C. C. Beam. 



Adjourned at 2:45 P. M. to attend the afternoon field trip. 



Walter N. Hess, 

 Chas. a. Behrens, Secretary. 



President. 



