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Mar. 6. — Studies among the Lower Fungi Prof. Lucien M. Underwood. 



" 13. — Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms Prof. Smith Ely Jelliffe. 



" 20. — The Haunts and Habits of Ferns . . . .Prof. Lucien M. Underwood. 



" 27. — Medicinal Plants Prof. Smith Ely Jelliffe. 



Dec. 4. — The Formation and Structure of Volcanic" 



Rocks or Lavas 



" 11. — The Formation and Structure of Granites 



and Marbles, and similar Rocks 



" 18. — The Rocks and Minerals of Greater New 



York and vicinity 



.Prof. James F. Kemp. 



New York Botanical Garden Lectures, 1897. 



A Study of the Economic Features of the Lower Orinoco Region. 



Henry M. Rusby, M.D. 



LiNNiEAN Society Lectures, 1897. 



Jan. 14. — -Four Months in the Sierra Madre of Mexico. . Prof. William Libby. 



Feb. 13. — A Little Journey in Yucatan Mr. Frank M. Chapman. 



Mar. 11. — Life in the Nacimiento Desert. of New Mexico. .Dr. J. L. Wortman. 



Dec. 2. — Public Meeting of the Audubon Society of the State of New York. 



Board of Education Lectures, 1897. 



Jan. 5. — Giant Sun and His Family. Miss Mary Proctor. 



-Spain, the Land and the People Prof. Charles Sprague Smith. 



-The "X" Rays Mr. W. J. Clarke. 



-Burns and Scotland Mr. Chas. H. Govan. 



-The Science of the Weather Mr. E. B. Dunn. 



-Norway Miss R. Boyesen. 



-Westminster Abbey Miss Lucy R. Bliss. 



-Holland Mr. W. E. Griffis. 



-Switzerland Prof. H. E. Northrup. 



-Japan Mr. A. C. Maclay. 



-Persia Mr. W. R. Stocking. 



-Our Old Navy, No. 1 ) , , „ w r, , 



-Our New Navy, No. 2 } Mn Henr y W ' Ra y mond - 



-Athens, Ancient and Modern Dr. Clarence H. Young. 



-Constantinople Mr. W. R. Stocking. 



-Cruising in the Mediterranean Mrs. M. L. Selden. 



-Cities by the Blue Danube Mr. John B. Devins. 



-Russia Mr. Paul Sturtevant Howe. 



-Life in Jerusalem Mr. Peter von Filkenstein Mamreoy. 



-Egypt Mr. W. Jay Peck. 



-India Mr. J. B. Hamilton. 



-New Zealand Mr. Sidney Dickinson. 



New York Entomological Society Lectures, 1897. 



Apr. 10. — Protective Coloring and Mimicry of Animals, with Special 



Reference to Insects Prof. Lyman A. Best. 



24. — The Study of Insects : Their Structure and Formation. 



Dr. E. G. Love. 





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