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ersed. The cross-section indicated would run from an altitude of 500 

 feet to that of over 10,000 feet, thence down to 6,500 feet. 



Disposition of Material. — It is understood that all material secured 

 by the expedition would become at once the property of the University 

 of California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and would hence be- 

 long to the State of California. This resulting material would con- 

 sist of representative series of specimens of the mammals, birds, and 

 reptiles of the area explored, and of the field-notes, photographs and 

 maps secured by the members of the party. All this material would 

 become the basis of the proposed published general account of the 

 natural history of the region, and of such other scientific papers as 

 prove warranted at once, and as time goes on and material from ad- 

 jacent areas accumulates. 



Equipment. — The staff of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is well 

 qualified to put through the proposed program by reason of its six years 

 experience in making similar surveys in different parts of the west. 

 Reference to our published reports upon (i) the San Bernardino 

 Mountains, (2) the San Jacinto Mountains, (3) the Pine Forest 

 Mountains of Nevada, (4 to 6) the three Alexander Expeditions to 

 southern Alaska, and (7) Vancouver Island will, it is believed, show 

 what we are equipped to carry on work of this sort with economy in 

 cost, efficiency in method, and scientific accuracy in compilation of re- 

 sults. 



Activities of the California Botanical Society 

 In early September the Society began an active season, devoted 

 chiefly to field work. Up to the first of December a trip to some 

 place of especial botanical interest was made nearly every week. 



On October 9th and loth an exhibit of plants representative of va- 

 rious ecological formations was arranged. Salt marsh, sand dune, 

 chaparral, and other plant groups were shown as they are associated 

 in nature. A lecture by Dr. H. M. Hall impressed upon the listeners 

 the depth of purpose in the exhibit, and showed the place which 

 the study of ecology has come to occupy in modern botanical research. 



The season closed December 12th with an informal dinner arranged 

 in honor of Mr. S. B. Parish of San Bernardino and Mrs. Parish. 

 Mr. Parish has been engaged in botanical work for many years and 

 remembers the visits to CaHfornia of such eminent botanists as Sir 

 Joseph Hooker, Prof. Asa Gray, Prof. Pringle, and others. His 

 reminiscences of these visits proved alive with interest and humor, 

 and the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed by the members present. 



