Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Penn= 
sylvania for Sessions 1901-1903. 
January 4, 1901. Provost C. C. Harrison, Honorary 
President of the Society, occupied the chair during the 
earlier part of the meeting, and later vacated it in favor of 
Dr. Adolph Miller, who was re-elected Acting President. In 
opening the meeting, the Honorary President expressed his 
great interest in and sympathy with the work of the Society, 
whose members had done so much alike for the dissemina- 
tion of an interest in botanical science, and for the develop- 
ment of the Botanic Garden. 
The election of office-bearers for I901 was then proceeded 
with, and the following were duly elected: 
Honorary President, ex-officio.—Provost C. C. Harrison. 
Acting President—Dr. A. W. Miller. 
Vice-Presidents.—Dr. S. C. Schmucker, Miss M. L. Dock. 
Curator, ex-otiicio.—Professor Macfarlane. 
Recording Secretary.—Professor Macfarlane. 
Corresponding Secretary—Miss E. O. Abbot. 
Treasurer.—R. C. Banes, M. A. 
Council_—Roberts Le Boutillier, Dr. J. W. Harshberger, 
Dr. Henry Leffmann, Miss H. R. Marshall, Dr. Jane V. 
Myers, T. Chalkley Palmer, Mrs. S. T. Rorer, Mrs. M. E. 
Williams, Miss Anna Yarnall, Miss Marion Mackenzie, 
Henry S. Conard, M. A., and Dr. A. F. K. Krout. 
Dr. Leffmann, acting as substitute speaker for Dr. S. C. 
Schmucker, spoke on “Plants in Ancient History” and sug- 
gested that by a study of the historical development of 
botanical science, valuable information might be gained as 
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