Meetings of Scientific Societies Held in the 

 Science Museum. 



Springfield Botanical Society* 



1903-1904. 



May 8. Evolution of sex. Frank E. Watson. 



15. Ecology. Miss Anna E. Smith. 



22. Fungous diseases of plants. Prof. George E. Stone. 



29. Mosses. Miss Martha Goldthwait. 

 June 5. Stomata. Mrs. W. C. Brown. 



12. Symbiosis. Mrs. M. L. Owen. 



19. Bacteria. H. C. Emerson, M.D. 



26. The movement of sap. Mrs. S. O. Allen. 



July 31. Cornus. Miss W. C. Sanborn. 



Aug. 7. Nutrition of a tree. Miss Lucia A. Coleman. 



14. Review of ferns. Frank Bishop. 



28. Weeds. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham. 



Sept. 4. Relations of animals to plants. George Dimmock, Ph.D. 



11. Alga^. W. H. Chapin, M.D. 



18. Parasitism. Miss Ida J. Rich. 



25. Mushrooms. Miss E. J. Steele. 



Oct. 2. Distribution of seeds by wind and water. Miss Chloe St. John. 



9. Distribution of seeds in other ways than by Avind or water. Mrs. 

 Charles T. Leonard. 



16. Conditions necessary for the l)est development of some species of 



our native trees. W. F. Gale. 



23. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins. 



30. A general exhiliition of seeds. 



Nov. 21. Plant life in Bermuda. Frank E. Watson. 



Dec. 12, Jan. 9, Feb. 13, and March 12. Practical study of mosses. 



Apr. 15. Annual meeting. 



22. Some local mosses. W. H. Chapin, M.D. 



25. Lecture at Art Museum. Vanishing wild flowers. C. L. Pollard. 



29. Coloration of flowers, Mrs. Maria L. Owen. 



Spring-field Geological Club* 



1904. 



Mar. 18. Wilbraham soapstone quarry.— Indian pottery and implements 

 found. W. H. Chapin, M.D. 



Apr. 22. Tourmalines found at Mount Mica, near Paris, Me. Walter G. Whit- 

 man. 



