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In accordance with the plan for dn itinerary approved by the 
Board of Managers of the Wild Flower Preservation Society of 
America and indorsed by you, I left Washington on May 3 and 
visited successively the following cities, lecturing on the topic 
“Vanishing Wild Flowers,” with the aid of my own lantern 
slides for illustrative purposes. The local institution or organi- 
zation under whose auspices each lecture was given is mentioned 
in the right-hand column. 
May 4, Columbus, Ohio. Botanical Department, Ohio State 
University. 
May 5, 4 p. m., Cincinnati, Ohio. Mathesis Club. . 
May 5, 8 p. m., Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati Society of Nat- 
ural Histo 
May 5, Ceawiordavilie; Ind. Botanical Department, Wabash 
College 
ay 7, La Fayette, Ind. Botanical Department, Purdue Uni- 
versity. 
May 8, Chicago, Ill. Extension Division, University of Chi- 
cago. 
May 9g, Sandusky, Ohio. Department of Biology, Sandusky 
High School. 
May 11, Cleveland, Ohio. Botanical Club. 
ay 12, Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo Naturalist’s Field Club and 
Buffalo Academy of Sciences. 
- «May 13, Syracuse, N. Y. Syracuse Botany Club and Syra- 
cuse Historical Society. 
May 16, New York, N. Y. New York Botanical Garden. 
The audiences ranged in number from about 60 to 400, the 
average being not far from 200. In each city visited the subject 
was received with every indication of interest, and the press 
notices were very gratifying. A full supply of the Society’s cir- 
culars and copies of the Stokes fund prize essays were placed in 
the hall for distribution in advance of each lecture, and this liter- 
ature was taken freely by those in attendance. In this way the 
subject must have been brought to the attention of many indi- 
viduals besides those who were present at the lectures. Between 
forty and fifty enrollments of new members for the Wild Flower 
