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glaciers. Mr. King, in his paper, says it was possible that glaciers 

 may be discovered upon Mount Baker ; but this question was set- 

 tled by Mr. Coleman, of the Alpine Club, who ascended the moun- 

 tain in 1869. He published, in Harper's Magazine of that year, a 

 description of glaciers on Mount Baker, and gave illustrations of 

 them. 



He also stated that he had received a letter from Professor W. 

 P. Blake, in Avhich he corrects the statement which had been made 

 in the papers recently, that the Western Union Telegraph Com- 

 pany had made the first discovery of glaciers on the Stickeen river, 

 in 1865. Professor Blake published a description of the same glac- 

 iers in 1863. 



Professor Davidson then read extracts from the letters of some 

 members of the expedition to the Mediterranean to observe the 

 solar ecHpse in December last, and made a statement of the results 

 of the expedition. 



Professor Bolander stated that one hundred and forty species of 

 grasses were now known on this coast since 1861. Only fourteen 

 species had been observed before the Geological Survey. This was 

 probably owing to the rapidity with which the observers went over 

 the ground. Among the total number he included several species 

 that were cultivated, such as timothy and grasses used for lawns. 

 He had recently found a species w^hich he believed to be identical 

 with that found by Dr. Hooker, at Magellan Bay, when he was on 

 his expedition to the Antarctic continent with Captain Ross. It is 

 distinguished by a remarkably vivid green color, and the Professor 

 recommended it to the attention of persons who intended making 

 lawns. This species grows abundantly from Cisco to the summit, 

 and stock raisers spoke of it as being of especial value for grazing. 

 The grasses around Mono Lake he regarded as identical with those 

 which were natives of Chile. 



