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BIOLOGICAL SECTION. 



At the regular meeting" of the Biological section, Tuesday evening, 

 I\ov. 19th, Miss Edith Claypool of Throop Polytechnic Institute, gave an 

 account of the work of Prof. Simon Henry Gage, Professor of Anatomy, 

 Cornell University. 



The account included a reference to his early life, how by hard work 

 he made his way through college and that this capacity for work together 

 with technical knowledge of photography gained then, contributed ma- 

 terially to his eminent success as a teacher of Anatomy. 



A review of his published works was given with special reference 

 to "Anatomical Technology" and ''L^se of the Microscope." Among 

 his original contributions to science his studies on the lake lampreys have 

 been the most valuable., 



A description was given of the laboratories and the laboratory 

 methods used at Cornell L'niversity in Prof. Gage's department. He was 

 one of the pioneers in requiring individual work of students in the prep- 

 aration of histological material for their own studies. Some sets of slides 

 of the normal animal tissues were shown to demonstrate what the aver- 

 age student was able to accomplish in this laborator3^ 



Dr. Frank Gordon, Secretory. 



BOTANICAL SECTION. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Botanical section was held on 

 I\Ionday, December 23rd. at eight o'clock in the evening, in room 85 

 Temple block, the usual time and place. The following gentlemen were" 

 present ; ]\Iessrs. Ernest Braunton and H. S. Budd, and Drs. Adolf 

 Kraemer. Carl Schwalbe and Anstruther Davidson. 



IMost of the evening was occupied in looking over and discussing an 

 extremeh' interesting collection of Euphorbiaceae submitted by Mr. Budd, 

 and some plants from San Diego, shown by Dr. Kraemer. 



Dr. Davidson presented to the section for the herbarium, a new and 

 handsome species of Zauschneria collected by him in Arizona and pub- 

 lished by him in this Bulletin as Z. Arisonica. After discussing this plant 

 as compared with Z. Calif ornica, there being no formal business to be 

 transacted, the meeting adjourned until January 27th, 1902. 



Louis A. Greata, Secretary. 



GEOLOGICAL SECTION 



This Section met at the rooms of the Southwestern Miners' Associa- 

 tion, Tuesday evening, November 26th, 1901, George W. Parsons, pre- 

 siding. 



The subject for discussion was: "Quicksilver, its occurrence. Pro- 

 duction and L'ses," by Mr. R. S. Baverstock. 



The speaker stated that California had extensive quicksilver re- 

 sources, San Francisco being the center of the quicksilver producing 

 district. He stated that the principal producing quicksilver district at 

 the present tune was San Luis Obispo County, and that Los Angeles cap- 

 ital had awakened to the importance of securing a part of the trade. Mr. 

 Baverstock also stated that a man who had been working Santa Barbara 

 sand for gold, obtained a few flasks of quicksilver which he disposed of 



