SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. <,'S 



The addresses were interspersed with excellent music, the following 

 selections being finely rendered : Piano solo, Schubert-Liszt, by Miss 

 Mary L. O'Donoghue; vocal solo, by Mrs. Beatrice Hubbell Plummer; 

 violin solo, Vieuxtemps, by Miss Laura Mabel Johnson. 



Wm. H. Knight. 

 (N.B. — The Secretary was occupied with duties incidental to the recep- 

 tion. At his request, therefore, the above minutes were compiled by Mr. 



Knight.) 



BOTANICAL SECTION. 

 At the regular meeting Messrs. Johnston and Braunton showed spec 

 mens of Gillias. Dr. Davidson distributed specimens of Ainniaina coccinea 

 Nasturtium ciirvisiliqua, and Spergularia gracilis, from Bixby Slough. 

 The secretary distributed a fungus collected at Hueneme by Mr. Theo. 

 Payne which he had forwarded to Mr. I^loyd who replied as follows: "The 

 plant is Baiterea Digiieli described in the Journal de Botanique some three 

 or four years ago from specimens from California. It is in my opinion the 

 same plant that was re-described last summer under the name Batterca 

 laciniata. It is needless to say that as I have never had specimens of this 

 plant previously I am more than grateful for them." 



The members reported the following plaees visited since the last 

 regular meeting, viz: Rubio, Millards, Santa Monica Canyons, Cienega 

 and Ballona. 



Specimens of Mycenastrum spinulosum and Morchella conica have 

 been received from Mr. Payne. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Los Angeles, California, May lo, 1902. 

 A meeting of the Board of Directors Was held this evening at 940 Fig- 

 ueroa street. President Comstock occupied the chair. 



The following applications for membership were acted upon favorably : 



E. Bennet Adams. W. J. Schaefle. Prof. F. P. Brackett, 



R. H. Behrens. D.;L. Durand. James R. Rogers, Ph. D. 



H. A. Behrens. Mark R. Lamb. Samuel S. Partello, M.D. 



- Wm. J. Canfield. Alfred Fellows, M.D 



A committee of two, consisting of the President and Secretary, was 

 appointed to procure a suitable hall for the meetings of the Academy and 

 its .Sections for the ensuing year. 



There being no further business the meeting stood adojurned. 



B. R. Baumgardt, Secretary. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1902. 



A meeting of the Board of Directors was, held this afternoon. Presi- 

 dent Comstock in the chair. 



The minutes of the meeting held June 10 were read and approved. 



The report of the "Committee on Publication of Mr. A. L. Ban- 

 croft's Paper on Modernized English" was received. 



The following Resolution was introduced and carried : 



"That it is the sense of this Board that it is inexpedient at the pres- 

 ent time to proceed with the publication of Mr. Bancroft's paper on 

 'Modernized English from the Standpoint of Its Usefulness,' or to form a 

 Section within the Academy to be devoted to Philological Subjects." 



Mr. Tabor called the Board's attention to the fact that the Academy 

 was not yet incorporated, and made a motion that a committee of three 



