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no oranges or lemons, which must have been introduced into 

 Italy at a later date, probably by the Moors. 



Bread taken from the pyramids of Egypt still showed the 

 typical cell-structure of the barley -grains, and gave the well- 

 known starch-reaction, when treated with iodine, — after a 

 lapse of 4500 years. 



In the American mounds Dr. Wittmack found corn, pea- 

 nuts, apple-seeds, pumpkin-seeds, garden beans, etc. Europe 

 had always been considered the home of the garden-bean; 

 but Dr. Wittmack proved conclusively, that the garden-bean 

 originated in America. The New World is also the home of 

 corn, cotton, tobacco, potato, sweet potato, tomato, peanuts, 

 pumpkin, and squash, all of which have become articles of 

 economic importance in Europe as well as in America. 



May 16, 1904. 



Attendance, twenty-four. 



President Edwin Harrison in the chair. 



The following were elected active members: W. J. Mc- 

 Bride, Howard S. Reed, Herbert W. Wolff. 



Prof. W J McGee delivered a lecture on "Types of 

 Mankind at the Exposition." 



June 6, 1904. 



Attendance, thirty-two. 



Dr. A. Alt, presiding. 



President Edwin Harrison presented to the Academy a 

 portrait of Prof. Louis Agassiz. 



Mr. Henry A. Huston was elected an active member. 



Dr. A. Siebert delivered a lecture on " Liquid Light." 



Mr. Frederick Braun of New York exhibited a collection 

 of fossils (crinoids and trilobites). 



October 17, 1904. 



Attendance, twenty-eight. 

 Dr. A. Alt presiding. 



