1906.] 
NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
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West Indies and 100 Characeoe from the herbarium of the late Dr. T. F. 
Allen. 
Specimens have been presented by Dr. Ida A. Keller and Messrs. 
Joseph Crawford, Charles S. Williamson, Bayard Long, Benjamin H. 
Smith, Stewardson Brown, Samuel S. Van Pelt, Dr. John W. Harsh- 
berger, Witmer Stone and the Philadelphia Botanical Club, from vari- 
ous parts of the eastern United States, amounting to about the same 
number. 
The Section has purchased the following: From Mr. A. A. Heller, 
2,400 Californian plants; from Dr. Charles H. Shaw, 545 British Colum- 
bian plants; from A. O. Garrett, 100 Utah plants; from Dr. J. W. 
Blankinship, 583 Montana plants. 
Through the liberality of Mrs. Charles Schaeffer, the Conservator 
was enabled to spend the months of June and July collecting in the 
Canadian Rocky Mountains, in the provinces of Alberta and British 
Columbia. More than 4,000 specimens were made, covered by over 
800 numbers. Several sets of duplicates of this collection will be 
available for exchange. 
Valuable assistance has been rendered by Miss Ada Allen in mounting 
specimens and Francis W. Pennell in cataloging and arranging sama 
The Philadelphia Botanical Club has continued to hold its meetings 
at the Academy during the year, about 1,800 sheets having been added 
to the local Herbarium, which has been assiduously cared for by Mr. 
Samuel S. Van Pelt, its curator. 
At the annual meeting of the Botanical Section the following were 
elected to serve as its officers for the coming year : 
Director, . . . . 
Vice-Director, . 
Recorder, 
Treasurer and Conservator, . 
Benjamin Ii. Smith. 
Joseph Crawford. 
Charles S. Williamson. 
Stewardson Brown. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Stewardson Brown, 
Conservator. 
The Ornithological Section. 
During the past year the remainder of the mounted birds, with the 
exception of the song birds and ostriches, were removed to the new 
building and placed in the cases provided for them, all of the specimens 
