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REPORT OF FIELD TRIPS 



April 4, 1915. — Thousand Oaks. Leader, Miss Walker. The field 

 flowers of April, and especially Calochortus. 



April 11, 1915. — Lomita Park, San Mateo Co. Leader, Mrs. J. B. 

 Smith. The plants of that marshy district, especially Floerkea 

 douglasii and Ranunculus orthorhyncus. Field preparation of 

 herbarium specimens. 



April 17, 1915. — Miss Garber's private grounds, Claremont Park, 

 Berkeley. Leader, Miss Garber. The plants and shrubs under 

 cultivation. 



April 24, 1915. — Ingleside. Leader, Mrs. Inez R. Smith. 



May 2, 1915. — Point Bonita. Leader, Mr. John A. Imrie. Compara- 

 tive study of beach and marsh formations. 



May 22, 1915. — A small area in the Oakland hills near Dimond 

 Canon. Leader, Mr. C. W. Carruth. Study of Delphinium nudi- 

 caule (Red Larkspur). 



May 30, 1915. — Lomita Park. Leader, Miss M. Alice King. Plants of 

 the seaward hills. 



June 5, 1915. — Colma Canon. Leader, Mrs. Inez R. Smith. 



October 2, 1915.— Bay Farm Island. Leader, Mr. W. W. Carruth. 

 Plants of the Salt Marsh formation. 



November 6, 1915. — Beach at Fort Point. Leader, Prof. Setchell. 

 Study of sea plants. 



EXHIBITS 



May 14-15, 1915. — Special exhibit of Leguminosae. Plants in season 

 were shown in fresh bloom ; those not in season were shown in 

 herbarium specimens. All the genera native to California were 

 represented, some of them in a goodly number of species. In 

 addition, herbarium exhibits of several ecological formations 

 were made by individual members. 



October 16-17, 1915. — Exhibit of berries and berry-bearing shrubs. 

 Separate sections were given to the native and the exotic spe- 

 cies, and to scientific and artistic methods of arrangement and 

 grouping. The exhibit proved to be one of the most attractive 

 and popular that the Society had undertaken. 



\edby TajUr &Tarlor,San Francis, 



