November 30, 1901 344th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 72 persons present. 



William Palmer exhibited some plaster moulds of reptiles 

 and batrachians which had been used for the purpose of mis 

 representing facts by a newspaper writer. 



The following communications were presented: 



K. W. Nelson: A Naturalist in Yucatan. 



II. J. Webber: The Strand Flora of Florida. 



December 14, 1901 345th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 27 persons present. 



The following communications were presented: 



W. H. Holmes: Finds of Fossil Remains and Indian Imple 

 ments in a Spring at Afton, Indian Territory. 



W. A. Orton: The Wilt Disease of the Cowpea and its 

 Control.* 



Theo. Gill and 0. H. Townsend: The Largest Deep Sea Fish, j- 



William Palmer: A Study of Two 'Ghosts'. 



December 28, 1901 346th Meeting. 

 (TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING.) 



The President in the chair and 13 members present. 



The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and Treasurer 

 for the year 1901 were read and approved. The following offi 

 cers were then elected for the ensuing year: 



President F. A. Lucas. 



Vice-presidents: B. W. Kvermann, W. H. Ashmead, F. H. 

 Knowlton, T. S. Palmer. 



Recording Secretary: W. If. Osgood. 



Corresponding Secretary: T. W. Stan ton. 



Treasurer: David White. 



Members of the Council: A. F. Woods, C. L. Pollard, M. B. 

 Waite, H. J. Webber, W. P. Hay. 



*To be published as a bulletin Bureau Plant Industry, U. S. Dept., 

 Ajr?ic, 



fScienco, X. S. XIV. 987, Dec. 13, 1901. 



