lii Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



March 15, 1909. 



President Trelease in the chair; attendance 100. 

 A paper on the "Birds of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den," by Mr. Otto Widmann, was read. 

 The following resolution was passed : 



On the recommendation of its Entomological Section, and with 

 the approval of the Council, the Academy of Science of St. Louis, on 

 duly seconded and passed motion at its regular meeting of the fifteenth 

 of March, 1909, respectfully urges on the members of the General 

 Assembly of the State of Missouri, the importance of passing House 

 Bill No. 575, and Senate Bill No. 197, providing for adequate inspec- 

 tion of nursery stock. 



At the present moment the entire orchard and nursery industry 

 of the State is imperiled by a threatened introduction of the dreaded 

 brown-tail moth, in the bare restriction of which New England has 

 for years waged a costly warfare. Nothing but adequately planned 

 and efficiently administered state inspection can protect this impor- 

 tant industry of Missouri in the present or future crises; and no other 

 action can prevent neighboring states from defending themselves by 

 restricting importations of Missouri nursery and orchard stock. 



The following were elected to membership : Ernes1> 

 Robert Buckley, H. A. Buehler, R. S. Colnon, Frank P. 

 Crunden, E. G. Eberle, James H. Ferris, J. D. Filley, 

 Cecil D. Gregg, William E. Guy, Arthur 0. Lovejoy, 

 Richard McCulloch, Albert T. Perkins. 



April 5, 1909. 



Professor Nipher in the chair ; attendance 65. 



Professor Winthrop Holt Chenery presented a paper, 

 illustrated with lantern slides, on "The Relation of the 

 Physiography of the Iberian Peninsula to the Develop- 

 ment of the Spanish People." 



The paper attempted to survey the more important physical 

 aspects of the Spanish-Portuguese peninsula, as they have affected the 

 development of the people from the dawn of history until the end of 

 the Middle Ages. In the absence of previous studies of this type upon 

 Spain, the materials had been gathered from various sources, too 

 numerous to be cited in an abstract. 



Orography, geology and climate were treated at some length. The 

 continental, mountain-girt topography of the peninsula, with its con- 

 sequent diversity of climates, was emphasized, as also the controlling 



