No. 5. —PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 
MAY 7, 1902. 
In place of the usual Curator’s report, the President presented, on 
behalf of the Museum committee, the reports of the museum assist¬ 
ants on the work done by them in the museum during the past 
year. 
The following reports were also made : — 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE TEACHERS’ SCHOOL OF 
SCIENCE, PROF. GEORGE H. BARTON. 
Lowell Free Courses. 
Field courses. For the first time, field courses of instruction in 
botany and zoology were established during the past year; that in 
botany, under the charge of Mr. Hollis Webster, began on April 13, 
1901, with an attendance of about sixty persons. Unfortunately, 
stormy weather interfei’ed seriously with the course, but it was 
carried on with a fair degree of satisfaction, having an average 
attendance of about 20 during the ten lessons given. 
The lessons were confined to the city limits of Boston, being 
given at the Arnold Arboretum, West Roxbury pastures, on Mt. 
Bellevue, Stony Brook reservation. City Point, Castle island, and the 
Neponset marshes. 
During the autumn the course was continued with an almost 
uniform attendance of 40 persons. Very many of those taking the 
course have expressed very great satisfaction with it and the benefit 
derived from it. 
The lessons, ten in number, were given at the Arnold Arboretum, 
Muddy pond, Brighton, Neponset marshes, Blue Hill reservation, 
and Prospect hill, Waltham. 
The topics treated in the lessons were widely varied. At the 
Arboretum, shrubs and trees were treated as to family relationship 
and specific differences, and also as to structure and habit as 
illustrating general principles of form and growth. 
