68 



The book closes with a list of measurements of large speci- 

 mens of Indiana trees, a table of specific gravities of woods, 

 two state maps, and an index. 



Typographical errors are very few, print and 'paper lare 

 good, half-tones are well executed, and the cloth binding is 

 substantial. Both the author and the Department of Conser- 

 vation are to be congratulated on the work. 



H. A. Gleason 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 Meeting of February 25 



Announcement was made of the death on January 30 of Dr. 

 George T. Stevens, of this city. Dr. Stevens had done much 

 to make general an interest in botany, especially through his 

 illustrated " Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Northeastern 

 United States." Dr. W. A. Murrill. under the title of Notes 

 on Fungi, remarked 'on 'the recent finding of |undeTground 

 fimgi, chiefly truffles in the United States, and on their method 

 of collecting them. He also called attention to a curious 

 double specimen of the cultivated mushroom, an illustrated 

 account of which has since appeared in Mycologia 13: 119- 

 122. 



Mr. R. S. Williams gave an account of mosses recentlv 

 received from the district of Kaietur Falls, in British Gui- 

 ana. Of eleven species, one, a Macromitrium; proved to be 

 undescribed. 



Dr. J. K. Small discussed the species of palmetto, Sahal, in the 

 south giving the history of the discovery of each, and showing 

 specimens of his own collecting. 



Meeting of March 6 

 Dr. H. A. Gleason gave an illustrated lecture on the Big Trees 

 of California. He showed an extensive series of views and de- 

 scribed the vast size and something of the past history of Se- 

 quoia gigantca. He strongly urged the need of bringing more 

 of these giants into park reserves. 



