Present: Messrs. Beeman, Collins, Keese, O'Brien, Parsons and 

 Spalding. 



The President and Vice-Presidents being absent, Mr. Spalding wass 

 elected Chairman. 



The record of the meeting of December 13, 1916, was read and ap- 

 proved. 



Mr. A. Campbell Johnston, of Garvanza, was elected a member of 

 the Academy. 



Whereas, Mr. Louis de Schweinitz has made a gift of money to the 

 Treasury of this Academy, the Secretary was requested to express to Mr. 

 de Schweinitz our appreciation and thanks for his generous donation, and 

 the Treasurer was instructed to add said sum to the Bulletin endowment 

 fund. 



The Treasurer reported that the $600.00 Bond of the Empire Se- 

 curities Company had been called in and paid, and he was authorized to 

 loan said amount and any other funds that may be available for addition 

 to the endowment aforesaid to the Mortgage Guarantee Company of Los 

 Angeles, at the rate of 5^ per centum per annum, interest payable quar- 

 terly; and also to pay the note of this Academy for $100.00 now out- 

 standing. 



Messrs. Spalding, Benton and Keese were elected a Committee to con- 

 sult with Mr. G. Allan Hancock, Prof. Hector Alliot, the Board of 

 County Supervisors and the Board of Governors of *he County Museum 

 at Exposition Park, relating to the disposition of our La Brea fossils 

 and other scientific collections now loaned to said Museum. 



Meeting adjourned. 



HoLDRiDGE OzRO CoLLiNs, Secretary. 



BOTANICAL SECTION 



I HE first meeting of the Botanical Section for the season 1916-17 

 -*- was held in the Alusic Room of the Public Library, October 26, 1916. 

 Sixteen persons were present. 



Mr. Moxley showed some plants from Idaho, collected by Mrs. 

 Bertha H. Fuller ; some collected at Hot Springs, Tulare Co., Cal., by 

 Miss Mary A. Moxley, and some collected at La Crescenta, Cal., by Dr. 

 Davidson. An interesting specimen of Boschniakia strohilacea Gray, col- 

 lected by Mr. Burlew on Mt. San Antonio, was shown. Specimens of 

 Ericameria citneata Gray and Rasownofskya occidentalis (Engelm.) 

 Kuntze, collected in the higher altitudes of the San Gabriel Mountains 

 by Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., were also shown. 



Mr. J. C. Oliver, discoverer of H elianthtis Oliveri Gray, was present 

 and gave some interesting reminiscences concerning its discovery. 



Mr. Henry Hillman made some interesting comments concerning the 

 office of hairs and thorns in desert plants, as he had observed them. 



The Botanical Section of the Southern California Academy of Sci- 

 ences met on Thursday evening, November 23, 1916, in the Music Room 

 of the Los Angeles Public Library. 



On account of the illness of Dr. Davidson it was necessary to elect 

 a chairman for the year, Mr. Geo. L. Moxley being elected to that office, 

 and Mr. Theodore Payne, Secretary. 



Mr. Moxley spoke briefly on the status of our Cheilanthcs. He also 

 showed a specimen of a curious leaved Ficus, species unknown. 



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