Notes and Correspondence 

 NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE 



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In addition to longer articles suitable for the body of the magazine, the editor 

 would be glad to receive brief memoranda of noteworthy trips or explorations, 

 together with brief comments and suggestions on any topics of general interest to 

 the Club. Descriptive or narrative articles, or notes concerning the animals, birds, 

 Ush, forests, trails, geology, botany, etc., of the mountains, will be acceptable. 



The oMce of the Sierra Club is Room 402 Mills Building, San Francisco, where 

 all Club members are welcome, and where all the maps, photographs, and other 

 records of the Club are kept. 



The Club would like to secure additional copies of those numbers of the Sierra 

 Club Bulletin which are noted in the list in this number as being out of print, 

 and we hope any member having copies will send them to the Secretary. 



Activities of the California Botanical Society 



The California Botanical Society, organized in April, 1913^ with 

 Dr. W. L. Jepson as president, reports a busy and profitable half 

 year. The Society desires to promote botanical knowledge in a gen- 

 uinely scientific spirit, at the same time the ornamental and esthetic 

 aspects of plant study are not overlooked. 



The society's activities include lectures by expert botanists, field 

 trips, and exhibits for the purpose of familiarizing the members with 

 California plant life. At present some members of the society are 

 organizing a study class and will devote all possible time to increasing 

 their scientific information under the direction of a trained botanist. 



Two lecturers of note have appeared before the society recently: 

 Dr. E. P. Meinecke of the United State Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 who gave an illustrated lecture on "Forest Trees and Their Diseases," 

 a very instructive discourse which was highly appreciated by the lis- 

 teners ; and Prof. Dr. Carl Schroter of Zurich, who spoke on "The 

 Flora of the Alps," showing a large number of excellent stereopticon 

 views. This fine lecture will be pubHshed with illustrations in the first 

 journal of the Botanical Society,, to be issued in April. 



Prof. Schroter came as a member of the International Phytogeo- 

 graphic excursion which visited the Bay region in September. The 

 society embraced the opportunity for entertaining the entire personnel 

 of the excursion at a banquet at the Hotel Oakland. Seventy-five mem- 

 bers and guests were present at the dinner, and several hundred per- 

 sons listened to Prof. Schroter's lecture. It was a notable occasion on 

 account of the presence of many famous botanists, among them Dr. 

 Engler of Berlin. 



Several excursions have been made to nearby points to study plants 

 in their native habitats. In October an exhibit was held at the Oak- 

 land Public Museum, where 300 species of native plants were shown 

 in flower or fruit. 



Mrs. D. W. de Veer, Secretary. 



