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Marshall Avery Howe, William Mansfield, Jean Broadhurst, 

 Philip Dowell, Alex. W. Evans, Tracy E. Hazen, William 

 Alphonso Murrill, Charles Louis Pollard, Herbert M. Richards, 

 Addison Brown, Fred J. Seaver, Norman Taylor, and N. L. 

 Britton. 



As a special committee for securing funds to provide speakers 

 on the second Tuesday evening of each month : Jean Broad- 

 hurst (chairman), Tracy E. Hazen, and N. L. Britton. 



A letter was read from Dr. Howard J. Banker of the depart- 

 ment of biology, DePauw University, making application for one 

 hundred and fifty dollars from the Esther Hermann Fund to aid 

 him in his studies on Hydnaceae. Dr. Banker proposes to visit 

 some of the European herbaria during the coming summer for 

 the purpose of studying type material of this family. 



This communication was approved and the secretary was in- 

 structed to forward it to the Council of the New York Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. 



The scientific program consisted of two papers, of which the 

 following are abstracts prepared by the speakers. 



"The U. S./ P^xperiment Station at Sitka, Alaska", by Miss 

 Jean Broadhurst : 



The visit to the Experiment Station at Sitka was made as a 

 side trip when returning from the Hawaiian Islands to the United 

 States, and afforded many striking contrasts fully summed up in 

 the expression "from tree ferns to glaciers." Following the 

 inland route from Seattle, the site of one of the most pleasing 

 American expositions, we spent twelve days on the steamer 

 Spokane, making stops at various points of interest : fishing vil- 

 lages ; Kasaan, a deserted Indian town with its ghostly totems ; 

 an Indian mission -settlement ; Muir Glacier; the Treadwell gold 

 mine, with the famous " Glory Hole " ; Juneau, the governmental 

 center and chief city ; Skagway, which was our " farthest north " 

 for the summer; and Sitka, which despite the rise of Juneau, still 

 holds its own with its old Russian fort and the Greek church 

 containing the famous Sitka Madonna. 



The weather was real Alaskan weather, partly cloudy and 

 mo-stly rainy. The short stops did not (after the special object 



