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Avenue (telephone Berkeley 3699) ; 1st Corresponding 
Secretary, Prof. C. B. Bradley, 2639 Durant Avenue, 
Berkeley; 2nd Corresponding Secretary, Miss Elizabeth 
H. Smith. 
All items for the “Nemophila.’ ’ should be sent to 
Miss Elizabeth V. E. Ferguson, No. 1 Mosswood Road, 
Berkeley (Tel. B. 4376), at least a week before it is 
to go to print. 
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. 
Field trips are not only for members, but for all 
interested in the native flora of California. Bring your 
friends with you for these trips. 
COLLECTION AND PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS 
OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 
In collecting material take the whole plant (including 
the root or underground organs) unless the plant is 
too large, in which case select representative parts. 
Place the specimen between a folded sheet, 11x16 inches 
when folded. Display the specimen as naturally as 
possible. It is well to throw in extra flowers or to 
dry them in a separate sheet. The fruit or pod should 
be taken when mature. If the plant is tall and slender, 
like a grass or reed, the whole plant may easily be in- 
cluded in a single sheet by folding once, or more than 
once in the form of N or M. If the plant is small the 
sheet should be filled with it. It is always desirable 
to have two or three sheets of a collection for purposes 
of comparison. 
The field press is a collecting frame or plant press 
11x16 inches in size held by stout leather straps. In 
such a field press plants are placed at once. When the 
