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In order to secure accuracy authors are requested to furnish 

 reporters with abstracts of their papers. 



All botanists, members of the Association, are requested, as 

 soon as they receive their Association badge and number, to re- 

 gister, as members of the Botanical Club, on special blanks pro- 

 vided at the desk of the Local Committee, and to see that their 

 names are entered in a special register kept open for that purpose. 

 They will also receive in addition to the Association badge a yel- 

 low ribbon to distinguish them as members of the Botanical Club. 



For the convenience of those attending the meetings arrange- 

 ments have been made with a competent caterer to furnish meals 

 —breakfast from 7 to 9, dinner from 12J to 2. and supper from 

 6 to 8— at the uniform price of fifty cents each meal, at the " Cent- 

 ral Dining Boom," in one of the University buildings on the 

 north side of the Campus. Meal tickets can be obtained at the 

 door of the Dining Boom. 



On Thursday evening, August 27, from 8 to 11 o'clock, the 

 members of the Association will be tendered a reception by the 

 citizens of Ann Arbor at the Court House, corner of Main and 

 Huron Streets. Members of the Association and members of the 

 Local Committee will be admitted on exhibiting their appro- 

 priate badges at the door. Other invited guests will be provided 

 with tickets of admission, which must be shown at the door. The 

 sub-committee on invitations to this reception consists of Presi- 

 dent Angell, Judge Cooley, and Judge Harriman. 



On Friday afternoon, from 5 to 7 o'clock, the members of the 

 Association are invited to a Lawn Party to be given on the Uni- 

 versity Campus, under direction of the Local Committee. 



Persons not members of the Association, but who have come 

 to Ann Arbor to attend the meetings, are requested to register 

 their names on arrival at the office of the Local Committee in a 

 special book provided for them. By so registering, persons not 

 members of the Association who are provided with the proper 

 railroad certificate, can secure the Local Secretary's signature 

 which will enable them to avail themselves of reduced rates on 

 the railroads for their return home. The Local Secretary will not 

 sign return certificates except for persons whose names are regis- 

 tered loith the Local Committee. 



EXCUBSIONS. 

 The Committee on Excursions make the following an- 

 nouncements : 



1. The Excursion to the Saginaw Valley, announced in the 



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first circular of the Local Committee, had to be abandoned in 

 consequence of a general and prolonged "strike" among the 

 laborers of the valley. 



a. By invitation of citizens of Detroit, an excursion will be 

 made on Saturday, August -29th, " to Detroit; and from there — 

 by boat,— to the Bock Salt Wells, at Marine City, and to the 

 Oakland Summer Besort on the St. Clair Biver." Dinner will 

 be served at the Oakland House, and a lunch on the steamer 

 during the return. The excursion is entirely free of expense to 

 those entitled to participate. The following is the programme 

 arranged: 



A special train of seven coaches, will leave Ann Arbor at 7 

 a. m., Standard Time, reaching Detroit at 8:15 a. m. The Steamer 

 will leave the Michigan Central B. R. Dock at 8:45, passing the 

 government improvements in Lake St. Clair, and arriving at 

 Marine City at 12:15 p. m. Mr. McEIroy, the proprietor of a large 

 salt manufactory, will- be prepared to receive the Excursion, and 

 will have his works on exhibition. The Excursion will leave 

 Marine City at 1:15 p. m., arriving at the Oakland House, St. 

 Clair, at 2 p. m., where the dinner will be served. 



At 3:30, the Excursion will leave St. Clair on the return. 

 Lunch will be served on the Steamer and Detroit will be reached 

 at 7 p. m. 



At 7:30 the train will start for Ann Arbor, arriving about 

 8:45. 



(Detroit time is 30 minutes faster than Central Standard 

 Time, and Ann Arbor time about 27 minutes faster.) 



Free tickets, not transferable, and good for the round trip, 

 will be issued to Members and Associate Members and invited 

 guests of the Association, at headquarters of the Excursion Com- 

 mittee, toall bearing the Association Badge. Applications should 

 be made as early as possible after the opening of the Session of 

 the Association. None admitted to the train without tickets. 



3. An excursion has been arranged for Wednesday, Septem- 

 ber 2d, to Mackinac Island; and subordinate excursions from 

 Mackinac to Petoskey, to the Sault Ste. Marie and to Marquette 

 in the Iron Region of Lake Superior. Those participating in this 

 Excursion may return directly from Mackinac or prolong their 

 visit there or on any of the side excursions, and return to Detroit, 

 at their convenience, at any time during the season. This is not 

 a free excursion ; but fares and hotel charges have been specially 

 reduced. 



