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During the early years of the Section, the meetings were held 

 at the rooms of the Academy, then located in the Reynolds Arcade. 

 When the Society changed its headquarters to the University of 

 Rochester, in 1889, on invitation of Mr. Streeter, the Botanica 

 Section met at his residence, and ever since that time his house has 

 been generously and hospitably opened to us. The Section has 

 greatly appreciated the privilege which has been so cordially and 

 generously accorded it for twenty-two years. There is no doubt that 

 this hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Streeter has had much to do with 

 the continued life of the Section, "as well as with the successful work 

 done, for Mr. Streeter' s extensive library and microscopical resources 

 have always been at the service of its members, and having a per- 

 manent meeting place has added to the feeling of stability, which is 

 essential to the success of any society. 



In 1896 the Academy published a List of Plants of Monroe 

 County and Adjacent Territory, prepared by a committee of the 

 Botanical Section. This list comprised 1208 species and varieties 

 of plants found growing without cultivation in Monroe County, 

 and 106 in adjoining counties, in all, 1314 species and varieties. 

 In 19x0, a committee of the Section prepared a Supplementary 

 List, which was published by the Academy. In this list the number 

 of plants reported in Monroe County (including the list of 1896) is 

 1387, the total number for Monroe County and vicinity being 1584. 



And the work has not ceased. The members of the Section 

 are still collecting and studying. We still have among our number 

 as enthusiastic and indefatigable workers as those who have passed 

 away. Already 40 or more additional species have been reported 

 since the Supplementary List was published in May, 191 1. The 

 recent work of prominent botanists on the Crataegus, Violets, 

 Ferns, Grasses and other groups has revealed many unsuspected 

 species, and has opened a field for renewed efforts among the 

 flowering plants of this vicinity, and in the cryptogams there is a 

 wide opportunity. The work on the mosses which Dr. Booth began 

 should be carried on to completion. 



Our herbarium now comprises more than 15,000 specimens. We 

 have been given the large collections of Mr. Fuller, Mr. Seelye, Dr. 

 Booth, Mrs. Streeter, and Mr. Hankenson. Other members of the 

 Section have been generous, and have contributed specimens from 



