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CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 



March 20, 1915. — A business meeting for nomination of officers was 

 held at the home of Dr. W. F. Bade. After the business was 

 transacted, Dr. Bade gave an informal talk on his observations 

 of bird and plant life in the Sierras, illustrating by stereopti- 

 con views. 



April 10, 1915. — Annual meeting at Oakland Public Museum. Elec- 

 tion of officers. Lecture by Prof. William T. Home — Subject, 

 "Prevention of Cruelty to Trees." Prof. Home told how the 

 dissemination and practical application of knowledge regarding 

 the trees of our streets, parks, and orchards might prevent a 

 large part of the disease to which they are subject, and of the 

 retarded growth, malformation, and death which results from 

 disease. 



May 15, 1915. — Regular meeting at Oakland Public Museum. Round- 

 table discussion of methods of procedure in collecting and pre- 

 paring herbarium material, illustrated by specimens from the 

 current exhibit by the Society. Discussion of plans for develop- 

 ment of the Botanical Society Herbarium. 



REPORT OF FIELD TRIPS 



April 11, 1914. — The party went by train to Felton, in the Santa 

 Cruz Mountains, Dr. T. H. Goodspeed being the leader, with the 

 special object of studying Trillium sessile. The floor under de- 

 ciduous trees covering a flat along the river was rich in the 

 number and variety of the individuals of this species. Some 

 seedlings of the first season, plants of two seasons, and those of 

 three or more were studied for their distinguishing character- 

 istics. 



April 25, 1914. — The field party on this date was taken over the 

 private grounds of the leader, Mr. Duncan McDuffie, on the 

 Tunnel Road, Berkeley, where a study was made of certain 

 native shrubs growing naturally or that had been transplanted 

 along the arroyo running through the grounds and of liliaceous 

 plants which were being tried under cultivation. 



May 3, 1914.— The leader, Mr. C. W. Carruth, led the trip to Mor- 

 aga Ridge, near Pinehurst. Along the summit of the ridge grows 

 the Knobcone Pine (Pinus tuber culata) , the only locality for 

 it in the San Francisco Bay region. The rocky ridge furnishes 

 this species a characteristic habitat. 



May 9, 1914. — The trip to Telegraph Canon, Berkeley, was under 

 the guidance of Dr. Bade, who called special attention to char- 



