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YERBA BUENA LEAVES. 
Dr. Harold St. John, Assistant Professor of Botany 
in the Washington State College at Pullman, visited the 
University of California Herbarium and the bay region 
in December. 
Dr. Arthur Eames, Assistant Professor of Botany, 
New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell, passed 
through Berkeley December 27 on his way to the South 
Seas where he is to pursue botanical explorations until 
next fall. 
Dr. Margaret Ferguson, Professor of Botany in 
Wellesly College, who has been in Berkeley since August, 
left for Australia on January 25, for three months 
botanical travel. 
Annual dues, $1.00 are payable. Please remit to the 
Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Ehlers, 2741 Prince St., Berk- 
eley. Phone Berk. 5014W. 
THE ANNUAL DINNER. 
The annual dinner of the Society was held at the 
Y. W. C. A. Cottage, Berkeley, on Saturday evening, 
January 29. There were fifty-two members present. Dr. 
J. P. Bennett acted as toastmaster and called first upon 
Mr. Furniss, chairman of the Camping Trip Committee. 
“We are very much interested in our annual out- 
ings,” said Mr. Furniss. “The next one is to be in 
Mendocino County, as guests of Mr. Purdy of Ukiah, on 
the 28th, 29th and 30th of May. We have our own 
commissary and the commissary is making a name for 
itself with dishes which have become famous. One is the 
Mulligan Stew made famous by Miss Ehlers. And we 
have grilled steaks that make you wonder how it is that 
you never get such steaks at home. Mountain salmon, 
too, although some were a little suspicious and thought 
it was venison. 
“Our first trip was to the Montgomery Grove, about 
fourteen miles west of Ukiah — a wonderful spot almost 
in a primitive state. The next year we went into the 
Santa Cruz Mountains and climbed Mt. Umunhum. This 
coming year the trip to Mr. Purdy’s mountain garden is 
to be a special event in the Society’s life. There is no 
doubt that Mr. Purdy has a remarkable collection of 
remarkable plants. A mile and a half of stream runs 
through the terraces. Mr. Purdy in his modest way says 
he will accompany us, and that means a whole lot.” 
“Sometimes the interests of a man has a good deal 
to do with where he lives,” said the Toastmaster. “This 
is true of Mr. Smith who has come to California to study 
Lupines.’ ’ 
“It is a great pleasure,” replied Mr. Smith, “to be 
with you this evening as Californians. It is true that I 
have come from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast to study. 
I am not quite as new to California as I am to most of 
you. In 1904 I left Indiana and spent four years here 
before I returned to the East. It is a great satisfaction 
