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THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



THE GRAY MEMORIAL BOTANICAL CHAPTER 



OF THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



Three years ago the Gray Memorial 

 Botanical Chapter was formed as a Cor- 

 responding Chapter of the Agassiz As- 

 sociation. 



Its object is to encourage and aid the 

 study of Nature's plant secrets through 

 the mutual co-operation of its members. 

 To accomplish this, semi-annual reports 

 are sent the rounds of the Chapter which 

 is composed of five divisions, represent- 

 ing different sections of the United 

 States. These reports are often accom- 

 panied by original drawings, and may 

 relate to the flora of a region visited, 

 describe or detail the life history of a 

 plant with original observations thereon, 

 or contain any matter of botanical in- 

 terest. 



Our members reside in twenty States 

 and Territories, in localities represent- 

 ing very diverse floras. Some of them 

 are teachers of science, while others 

 are occupied with business or housekeep- 

 ing affairs. 



A great deal of enthusiasm is enkin- 

 dled and much benefit derived from the 

 Chapter, especially by those, who, de- 

 prived of college and laboratory privi- 

 leges, are earnest students and ardent 

 lovers of plant life, yet often find, in 

 their solitary studies, many '•knotty" 

 points. 



It is the design of the Chapter to aid 

 in the solution of such problems and, 

 especially, to popularize a science which 

 to many people is only a forbidding 

 terra incognita abounding in technical 

 terms and descriptions. 



Since the discontinuance c^f The Siviss 

 Cross, the official organ of the Agassiz 

 Association, the Chapter has keenly felt 

 the need of a medium for communicat- 

 ing with its members and others who 

 might become interested. An arrange- 

 ment has been made with the proprie- 



tors of the Ornithologist and Botanist 

 whereby we hope to advance our mutual 

 interests. To this end we invite all the 

 readers of this magazine who are earnest 

 students of botany, to become members 

 of our Chapter. The annual fee is one 

 dollar which will include paper for re- 

 ports and a yearly subscription to the 

 Ornithologist and Botanist. 



A circular more fully describing our 

 plans will be sent to any one who will 

 send a two cent stamp for reply. 



The reports will continue to circulate 

 as heretofore, while some of the shorter 

 ones or extracts therefrom, as well as 

 botanical notes of various kinds will be 

 inserted from time to time. Unless 

 otherwise stated only original matter 

 will appear on this page which we hope 

 to cram as full of interesting original 

 observations as it will hold. 



We want the Gray Memorial Botanical 

 Chapter to be the best botanical society 

 and this page the most valuable one 

 devoted to botany in this country. 



Will you contribute to these results ? 

 G. H. Hicks, President. 



OFFICERS. 



President. G. H. Hicks, Agricultural 

 College P. 0.. Mich. ■ 



Gen. Sec'y, E. L. Byington, M. A., 

 Fort Collins. Colo. 



Treasurer, Miss H. H. Keyes, Water- 

 town. N. Y. 



Member of Executive Council, J. M. 

 Holzinger. B. S., Dept. of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



DIVISION SECRETARIES. 



A— Miss C. G. DuBois, 9 Hillside 

 Ave., Waterbury, Conn. 



B— J. M. Holzinger, B. S., Dept. of 

 Agriculture, Washington: D. C. 



C— Chas. A. Davis, M. A., Alma. 

 Mich. 



D_ W. S. Moffatt, M. D., 177 Dear- 

 born St., Chicago, 111. 



E— E. R. Drew, B. S.. 492 24th St., 

 Oakland, Calif. 



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