466 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Professor Josiah P. Cooke read a joajDer by Mr. F. A. 

 Gooch on a new species of Vermiculite. 



Professor Asa Gray presented by title a paper on a " Re- 

 vision of the North American Thistles ; and the Characters 

 of certain New Species of Plants." 



It was voted that the meeting in August be adjourned to 

 the second Tuesday in October. 



Six hundred and seventy-second Meeting. 



October 13, 1874. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from Professor 

 W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, England, and J. P. Joule, of 

 Manchester, acknowledging their election as Foreign Hono- 

 rary Members of the Academy. 



The President announced the death of Messrs. Fairbairn, 

 Guizot, and Elie de Beaumont, Foreign Honorary Members, 

 and of Messrs. George Derby, Jeffries Wj^man, Francis C. 

 Lowell, and Benjamin R. Curtis, Resident Fellows of the. 

 Academy. 



Dr. George E. Ellis stated that the tomb of Rumford, 

 near Paris, suffered severe injuries during the war ; and, in 

 accordance with his motion, it was voted to refer to the 

 Rumford Committee the question whether it was advisable 

 to appropriate any money from the Rumford Fund towards 

 the cost of repairing the monument. 



A paper was presented by title, " On the Hexatomic Com- 

 jjounds of Cobalt," by Professor Wolcott Gibbs. 



Professor Asa Gray presented, by title, " Contributions to 

 the Botany of the United States, chiefly of the Northern 

 Regions;" a continuation of the paper read by title at the 

 preceding meeting. 



Professor E. C. Pickering presented a communication on 

 Graphical Integration. 



