November 30, 1901 — 344th Meeting. 



'J'hp President in the chair and 7^} ^"^•''^'^'i^ ])resent. 



William Palmer exhibited some plaster moulds of reptiles 

 and batrachians which had been used for the purpose of mis- 

 representing facts by a newspaper writer. 



The following communications were presented: 



K. \V. Nelson: A Naturalist in Yucatan. 



II. .1. Webber: The Strand Flora of Florida. 



December 14, 1901— 345th Meeting. 



Tiie President in the chair and 27 persons present. 



The following communications were presented: 



W. H. Holmes: Finds of Fossil Remains and Indian Imple- 

 ments in a Spring at Afton, Indian Territory. 



W. A. Orton: The Wilt Disease of the Cowpea and its 

 Control." 



Theo. Gill and V. M. Townsend: The Largest Deep Sea Fish, f 



AVilliam Palmer: A Study of Two '(Thosts\ 



December 28, 1901 — 346th Meeting. 



(tWKNTY-SKCOXI) a XX tat, jrKKTING.) 



The President in the chair and 13 members present. 



The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and Treasurer 

 for the year 1901 were read and approved. The following offi- 

 cers were then elected for the ensuing year: 



President F. A. Lucas. 



Vice-presidents: B. W. Evermann, W. TL Ashmead, F. 11. 

 Knowlton, T. S. Palmer. 



Recording Secretary: W. H. Osgood. 



Corresponding Secretary: 1\ W. Stanton. 



Treasurer: David White. 



Members of the Council:" A. F. Woods, C. L. Pollard, M. K. 

 Waite, H. J. Webber, W. P. Hay. 



*To be published as a bulletin Bureau Plant Industry, U. S. Dept., 

 Agric. 



fScipnce. N. S. XIV. !):',7. Dec. V.\. 190]. 



