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Proceedings began with an informal dinner, at which 
the outlanders had an opportunity to get acquainted 
with one another, as well as with the cookery for which 
Philadelphia is justly renowned. All hands then re- 
paired to the Academy, where Dr. Benedict read a paper 
by Paul C. Standley on the Ferns of New Mexico, which 
AT THE PHILADELPHIA MEETING 
om left to right—Stewardson Brown, J. cott, C. H. Bissell, L 
S. Sopkins ©. A. Weatherby, Herman berg aaa Long, R. C. Ber 
dict, E. J. Winslov 
was abundantly illustrated with herbarium specimens of 
the species mentioned, loaned by the National Her- 
barium, and with excellent photographs of them in their 
native haunts. Mr. Redles followed with an informal 
and highly entertaining talk about his experiences in 
fern-hunting in the vicinity of Philadelphia, speaking 
with especial feeling of the hardships, in the way of heat, 
