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Botanic Garden was made and commented on by the 
director. 
February 1. In the absence of the regular officers, Henry 
S. Conard was elected chairman for the evening. 
Miss E. O. Abbot reported that the bill “Providing means 
of acquiring title to two groves of Sequoia gigantea in the 
State of California, with a view to making National Parks 
thereof,’ passed the Senate, January, Igo01I, and was re- 
ferred by the House of Representatives to its Committee 
on Public Lands. She also read from the preliminary report 
of the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding forests of the 
Southern Appalachian Mountain region. The report 
throughout was decidedly commendatory. 
In introducing the second communication, the chairman 
drew attention to the valuable electric projection lantern, 
donated by Mrs. E. J. Bartol, an honorary life member of 
the Society. 
Miss E. A. Simons then demonstrated by means of the 
lantern, the microscopic structure of several exceptional 
plant stems, including those of Akebia, Clematis, Wistaria, 
Bignonta, Bougainvillea, ete. 
Mrs. Dr. Banes then gave an account of the work under- 
taken during 1900 at the Spring Garden Street Summer 
Playground. The preparation and allocation of plant beds, 
the cultivation of flowers and fruits in these, and the prac- 
tical results secured for the 3,600 children who more or less 
frequented the garden, were described in graphic manner. 
February 15. Dr. Henry Leffmann, in the absence of the 
chairman, presided. Dr. Macfarlane described the recent 
trip to Florida of members of the Society and advanced 
students of the Botanical Department. Botanical collec- 
tions were successively made at Jacksonville, St. Augustine, 
Palm Beach and Miami. Special attention was called to the 
interesting habitats and luxuriant growths of such ferns as 
Aneimia adtantifolia, Acrostichum aureum and Blechnum. 
Miss Simon, of Temple College, then gave observations 
