504 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



A biographical notice of Henry Hobson Richardson, by 

 the Rev, Phillips Brooks, was read by the Corresponding 

 Secretary. 



Seven liuutlred and ninety-sixth Meeting. 



November 10, 1886. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Professor Pickering presented a paper entitled, — 



Observations of the Light of the Stars. By Paul Stroobant. 



Remarks were made by Professors Samuel P. Langley, 

 Charles A. Young, and E. C. Pickering upon the wedge pho- 

 tometer, and the subject was discussed at length by Messrs. 

 Davis, W. H. Pickering, A. Hall, Peters, and Edmands. 



Professor Cleveland Abbe alluded to the experiments on 

 ventilation described by Dr. Morrill Wyman. 



Seven hundred and ninety-seventli Meeting. 



December 8, 1886. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Professor Farlow presented, by title, a communication 

 entitled, — 



On certain Cultures of Gymnosporangium, with Notes on 

 certain Rcestelise. By Roland Thaxter. 



Mr. Sereno Watson presented, by title, the following : — 



Contributions to North American Botany: Revisions of 

 Portiilacacese, Malvaceae, etc., with some Miscellanea. By 

 Asa Gray. 



Seven hundred and ninety-eighth Meeting. 



January 12, 1887. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Rumford Committee submitted a report recommending 

 several appropriations from the income of the Rumford Fund, 

 and it was accordingly 



