CASH ACCOUNT. FEBRUARY. 



N. E. NATURALISTS CONVENE 



Federation Opens Annual Meeting at 

 Children's Museum, Cambridge — Exhibit 

 Tonight and Tomorrow- 

 Delegates from a dozen branches of tho 

 New England Federation of Natural His- 

 tory societies gathered in Cambridge today 

 for the opening day of the, annual exhibi- 

 tion ond business meeting of the organiza- 

 tion, to bo held this year in the Museum for 

 Children, Jarvls street. Inspection of vari- 

 ous exhibits was scheduled for this after- 

 noon, when tea was' served between four 

 and Ave o'clock. A social program has 

 been arranged for this evening, when Wal- 

 ter Deane of the New England Botanical 

 Club, and L. B. Fletcher of Brookfine will 

 deliver informal lectures, and the public 

 will be welcomed. 



Tho business session of tho federation 

 will open at ten o'clock tomorroy morning. 

 John Ritchie, president, ahd J. II. Emerton, 

 secretary, will be in charge. The exhibi- 

 tion will close tomorrow evening. Princi- 

 pal exhibits this year will include numerous 

 specimens of plants developed from seeds 

 gathered in wool-waste by Miss Emily 

 Fletcher of Westford ; seedlings in various 

 stages of development arranged by Walter 

 Deane ; and a large collection of drawings 

 cf mushrooms, and spore-prints made un- 

 der the supervision of Mrs. E. B. Blackford 

 of the Boston Mycoioglcal Club. J. H. 

 Emerton will display his collection of New 

 England spiders, Including actual speci- 

 mens and numerous drawings and charts; 

 and Emile Williams of the New England 

 Botanical Club -will show a collection of 

 photographs of trees of the Pacido coast. 



