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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  Garrya 
  Vcatchil, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  Shrubby, 
  leaves 
  thick, 
  coriaceous, 
  oblong 
  or 
  sub-ovate 
  acute, 
  mucronate, 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  revolute, 
  subentire, 
  or 
  obsoletely 
  denticulate 
  (?), 
  upper 
  surface 
  sub-glab- 
  

   rous, 
  often 
  slightly 
  frosted, 
  hoary 
  with 
  short 
  stellar 
  wool, 
  or 
  shining 
  minutely 
  

   shagreened 
  surface 
  ; 
  beneath 
  densely 
  white 
  lanose, 
  1)^ 
  to 
  2 
  inche? 
  long, 
  5^ 
  to 
  % 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  broad, 
  petioles 
  short 
  (1-7 
  to 
  1-8 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  blade). 
  Young 
  

   branches 
  hoary. 
  Fruit 
  sessile 
  on 
  the 
  rachis, 
  in 
  crowded, 
  simple 
  or 
  compound 
  

   racemes, 
  densely 
  lanuginous, 
  1}^ 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  length; 
  bracts 
  subulate, 
  apex 
  

   elongated, 
  but 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fruit 
  ; 
  male 
  flowers 
  not 
  seen. 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Veatch, 
  on 
  Cerros 
  Island, 
  about 
  1858 
  or 
  '9. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  that 
  the 
  recent 
  dona- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  valuable 
  building 
  site 
  by 
  James 
  Lick 
  had 
  been 
  promptly 
  

   acknowledged 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  minute 
  

   of 
  proceedings, 
  appropriately 
  engrossed 
  and 
  framed, 
  had 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  personally 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Lick, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  

   President 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  At 
  a 
  special 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  

   held 
  at 
  their 
  rooms 
  February 
  18th. 
  ad. 
  1873, 
  to 
  take 
  action 
  upon 
  the 
  deed 
  of 
  

   property 
  made 
  by 
  James 
  Lick, 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Santa 
  Clara, 
  the 
  following 
  ex- 
  

   pression 
  of 
  the 
  sentiments 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  was 
  adopted. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  unexpected 
  and 
  unsolicited 
  gift 
  of 
  our 
  fellow-member, 
  James 
  Lick, 
  to 
  

   the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  beyond 
  our 
  sanguine 
  expectations, 
  

   that 
  we 
  cannot 
  express 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  adequate 
  words 
  our 
  heartfelt 
  thanks 
  for 
  this 
  

   maturely 
  considered 
  and 
  munificent 
  act. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  emulates 
  the 
  richest 
  bequests 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  for 
  assist- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  pursuit 
  of 
  knowledge, 
  and 
  places 
  every 
  devotee 
  of 
  science 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  world, 
  and 
  for 
  all 
  time, 
  under 
  the 
  deepest 
  obligations 
  to 
  the 
  donor. 
  

  

  ' 
  " 
  The 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  accepts 
  the 
  deed 
  with 
  its 
  conditions, 
  

   and 
  every 
  member 
  will 
  strive 
  to 
  prove 
  by 
  his 
  unremitting 
  efforts 
  to 
  fulfill 
  them, 
  

   that 
  the 
  desire 
  of 
  James 
  Lick 
  ' 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  diffusion 
  of 
  science 
  ' 
  is 
  deeply 
  

   appreciated. 
  Having 
  struggled 
  unaided, 
  but 
  hopefully, 
  for 
  twenty 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  

   cause 
  of 
  science 
  on 
  this 
  coast, 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  are 
  inspired 
  with 
  

   renewed 
  fiiith 
  in 
  their 
  efforts, 
  and 
  believe 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  awakened 
  thirst 
  for 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  research 
  and 
  knowledge, 
  which 
  will 
  prompt 
  our 
  citizeas 
  to 
  emulate 
  the 
  

   noble 
  example 
  of 
  James 
  Lick. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Trustees 
  in 
  a 
  body 
  will 
  wait 
  upon 
  our 
  benefactor 
  to 
  present 
  tiiese 
  senti- 
  

   ments, 
  and 
  to 
  offer 
  the 
  sincere 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  this 
  exhibition 
  of 
  his 
  

   munificent 
  liberality, 
  with 
  the 
  assurance 
  of 
  the 
  personal 
  efforts 
  of 
  every 
  member 
  

   to 
  faithfully 
  endeavor 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  his 
  wishes 
  in 
  the 
  spirit 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

   made. 
  

  

  " 
  George 
  Davidson, 
  President 
  ; 
  John 
  Hewston, 
  Jr., 
  Vice-President 
  ; 
  Charles 
  

   G. 
  Tale, 
  Secretary 
  ; 
  Elisha 
  Brooks, 
  Treasurer 
  ; 
  Robert 
  E. 
  C. 
  Stearns, 
  Oliver 
  

   Eldridge, 
  Thos. 
  P. 
  Madden, 
  David 
  D. 
  Col 
  ton. 
  Trustees." 
  

  

  