454 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [FEBRUARY 1 
part, in American herbaria at all. Before the accession of the Klatt colle 
tion, the Composite of the Gray Herbarium were estimated at about 3! 
mounted sheets, many of which hold two to five specimens. 
THE WASHINGTON BOTANICAL CLUB was organized by a gathe 
botanists held at the residence of one of its members November 11, I 
The limit of membership was fixed at twenty, and it was determined that 
meetings, for the present at least, should be of a distinctly social and in 
nature, with free opportunity for discussion and the general interche 
ideas, Ata subsequent meeting, held December 14, the organizati 
perfected by the election of Professor Edward L. Greene as Presiden 
At the December meeting the following resolutions, commemorative 
late Gilbert H. Hicks, were unanimously adopted: 
“Tt is with extreme sorrow and heartfelt regret that we learn of the 
of our friend and colleague, Mr. Gilbert H. Hicks. To all of us he was 
intimately as an earnest co-worker in the field of science, and a genial 
ber of our social organizations. His energy, earnestness, and cons¢i 
ness in scientific work commanded our approval, and secured reco 
him in all circles as an able investigator. He had already done mu 
advance knowledge in his chosen line of work, and we feel that the cal 
people, and not only science has lost by his death, but all tillers of t 
those who plow, sow, and reap, have lost a true friend and counselor. 
‘Yet to us, his daily associates, the loss is greatest. We S$ 
cheery greetings, his companionship, his counsel. It is thus with fe 
deepest sorrow and regret that we have learned that he has been té 
us while yet in the prime and vigor of early manhood. To his so” 
family we desire to express our heartfelt sympathy and condolence 
iin how inexpressibly great the loss has been to them, and we me 
em. 
‘Resolved that a copy of the above resolutions be sent to the : 
the deceased, and to the leading botanical magazines in this ou 
CHARLES Louis PoLiarp, Secretary. 4 
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