NEMOPHILA 
Meeting and Field Guide 
CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL SOCIETY 
AUG. 24, 1920 NUMBER 9 
The purpose of the Society is to promote the botanical study 
and investigation of California plants , to diffuse knowledge con- 
cerning them , and by lectures , field- trips , exhibitions and publica- 
tions to deepen interest in the native flora amongst the people of 
California . 
FIELD TRIPS AND MEETINGS 
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 8:00 p. m. Room 11, Wheeler 
Hall, University of California, Berkeley. Lecture on 
the Redwoods of California, by Dr. Willis L. Jepson, 
Councillor of the Save the Redwoods League. Under 
auspices University Forestry Club. Illustrated by 
lantern slides. Members of this society are specially 
invited. 
Sunday, Sept. 5. Lake Merced. Take car 12 at 
Ferry Building, San Francisco ; go to gate of the Spring 
Valley Water Company beyond fountain on Sloate 
Boulevard, Meet there, 10 a. m. Bring lunch. Leader, 
Miss Alice King. 
Saturday, Sept. il. Regular Meeting, 8:00 p. m. 
Room 212, Agriculture Hall, University of California, 
Berkeley. Professor C. B. Bradley will present the 
results of his study of the phyllotaxy of the Date 
Palm. 
Sunday, Sept. 19. Sea Cliff Dahlia Gardens, Aviary 
and Land’s End, San Francisco. Take C car to Cali- 
fornia St. and 26th Ave. Meet there 10:80 a. m. Bring 
lunch. Leader, Mrs. Ynes M. de Reygades.. 
Sunday, Oct. 3. San Pablo Reservoir. Meet at 
University and Shattuck Aves., Berkeley, 9 a. m. Take 
Euclid Ave. (Oragmont) car going east on University 
Ave. Go to end of line. Follow trail to reservoir. 
Lunch. Return by Telegraph trail to end of Northbrae 
car line. Eight miles. Leader, Mr. George C. Bartlett. 
YERBA BUENA LEAVES 
Dr. J. E. Kirkwood, Professor of Botany at the 
University of Montana, who has been doing research 
work at the University of California Herbarium during 
the past year, has returned to his post at Missoula. 
Dr. F. J. Smiley, Assistant Professor of Economic 
Botany in the University of California, has resigned 
to become Professor of Botany in Occidental College, 
Los Angeles. 
