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within the White Mountain region of our own state, the charac- 

 teristic flora of the Merrimack valley is practically unrepresented. 

 The botanists in the vicinity of the seacoast also, while they have 

 made many valuable contributions to the knowledge of plants m 

 their peculiar and restricted area, have done and can do nothing 

 to relieve us of the burden of original investigation within our 

 own area. The " Preliminary list of Plants " published herewith 

 represents the first step towards the accomplishment of a sys- 

 tematic and exhaustive investigation of the flora of central south- 

 ern New Hampshire. 



REPORTS OF MEETINGS— 1899. 



Monday evening, February 6th. At the call of the chairman 

 of the preliminary meeting of January 17th the first regular meet- 

 ing of the section was held at the rooms of the Institute, for the 

 purpose of organization, Mr. Luther C. Baldwin in the chair. Mr. 



E. H. Fogg, Mr. F. W. Batchelder and Miss May W. Davis were 

 appointed a committee to nominate officers, and reported the fol- 

 lowing names : President, Mrs. Alberta A. McLeod ; Vice Presi- 

 dent, Mrs. Clara E. Williams ; Secretary, Miss Ellen E. Connor ; 

 Treasurer, Miss Ellen F. Wiggin ; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. 



F. W. Batchelder ; Executive Committee, Mr. Luther C. Bald- 

 win, Miss Isabelle R. Daniels, Miss Susan Richardson. 



The report of the committee was accepted and the officers nom- 

 inated were unanimously elected by ballot. 



Mrs. Bessie Burn ham and Miss Theodora Richardson were ap- 

 pointed a committee to draw up by-laws and report at the next 

 meeting. 



It was voted to hold meetings for the present every Tuesday 

 evening at 7.45 P. M. Adjourned to February 14th. 



