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YERBA BUENA LEAVES 
E. B. Babcock, Professor of Genetics in the Uni- 
versity of California, is now doing Y. M. 0. A. work 
in France. 
Miss Anna M. Lute, formerly in charge of the U. S. 
Seed-testing station at Berkeley, is now in the Branch 
Seed Laboratory, at Perdue University, Lafayette, 
Indiana. 
Dr. Helen M. Gilkey, is assistant Professor of 
Botany in the Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis, 
Oregon. 
Dr. Janet Perkins, for many years a member of Dr. 
Adolf Engler’s staff at the Botanical Garden at Steglitz 
near Berlin, was present at the meeting of the Society 
on Feb. 8. Dr. Perkins said: “The lecture of the 
evening was well prepared and interestingly delivered. 
The Society may well take pride in its organization.” 
The officers of the Society are: Prof. P. B. Kennedy, 
President; Mr. A. L. Walker, 1st Vice-President; Mrs. 
Inez Ray Smith, 2nd Vice-President ; Miss Anna E. 
Ehlers, Secretary-Treasurer, 2520 Durant Ave., Berke- 
ley; Prof. C. B. Bradley, Corresponding Secretary, 2689 
Durant Ave., Berkeley; Mr. C. W. Carruth, 2nd Cor- 
responding Secretary, 2824 13th Ave., Oakland. 
The Publication Committee has appointed as Editor 
of Nemophila, Miss Elizabeth Ferguson, 1 Mosswood 
Road, Berkeley, (Tel. B. 4876), to whom items for the 
meetings and field trips should be sent. 
Madrono, the illustrated magazine of the Society, 
is for sale by the Secretary. Nos. 1 and 2, 50 cents 
each; No. 3, 25 cents. All members who are not in 
arrears for dues are sent the current issue free. 
The dues of the Society are only one dollar per 
year. Any one who is in sympathy with the objects of 
the Society may become a candidate for membership. If 
you are a member and do not receive the meeting notices 
it is because you are two years behind on dues. Send 
your dollar to the Secretary, Miss Ehlers, 2520 Durant 
Avenue, Berkeley. 
