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CALENDAR OF MEETINGS. 



April 26, 1913. — Meeting to perfect permanent organization. (I) A 

 draft of the constitution and by-laws was discussed and re- 

 ferred to a committee for further study. The following officers, 

 provisionally elected at the first meeting, were ratified, with 

 the exception of Miss Tyrrell who resigned, Miss Beans being 

 elected to fill the vacancy : President, Dr. W. L. Jepson ; First 

 Vice-President, Mr. Guy Smith; Second Vice-President, Dr. 

 W. F. Bade; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. D. W. de Veer; Corre- 

 sponding Secretary, Miss Rowena Beans. (II) Brief talk by Dr. 

 Jepson on "The Chaparral of California." 



September 12, 1913. — Regular meeting at Hotel Oakland. Lecture 

 by Prof. Dr. Carl Schroter of Zurich, Switzerland, on "The 

 Flora of the Alps." Illustrated by stereopticon views. 



October 14, 1913. — Business meeting. Reports of all Committees, 

 and informal discussion of plans for the year. 



November 8, 1913. — Regular meeting. Talk on "The Wild Flowers 

 of California," by Mrs. C. E. Cunningham, of Antioch. Dis- 

 play of water-color paintings of several hundred species of 

 native plants. 



December 13, 1913. — Regular meeting. Lecture by Dr. E. P. Mem- 

 ecke, Forest Pathologist of the United States Bureau of For- 

 estry, on "Forest Trees and their Diseases." Illustrated by 

 stereopticon views. 



March 21, 1914. — Special meeting. Report of Nominating Commit- 

 tee. Discussion on methods of care and preservation of her- 

 barium specimens and recording of field observations. 



April 18, 1914. — Annual meeting at California Academy of Sci- 

 ences, San Francisco. Election of Officers. Lecture by Mr. Carl 

 Purdy of Ukiah, on "Bulbous Plants." Illustrated by speci- 

 mens. 



September 26, 1914. — Regular meeting. Lecture by Mr. C. B. Brad- 

 ley on "Observations Concerning the Life and Habits of Se- 

 quoia gigantea." 



October 3, 1914. — Special meeting. Lecture by Dr. W. L. Jepson on 

 " Manzanitas. " Illustrated by stereopticon views. 



October 10, 1914. — Regular meeting. Lecture by Dr. H. M. Hall on 

 "Plant Ecology." Illustrated by stereopticon views, and speci- 

 mens from the exhibition of ecological formations then in 

 progress. 



