274 Proceedings of Societies. [zoe 



October ly, i8g2. President Harkness in the chair. 



Additions to the museum were reported from F. A. Marriott, Jr., 

 Mrs. C. A. Boland, Frank Miller, Dr. J. G. Cooper, Capt. Hult- 

 man, Geo. E. Twitchell and Thomas C. Johnston. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Thomas C. Johnston for 

 his donation of a valuable ethnological collection from the South 

 Sea Islands. 



The Secretar}^ read an announcement of the discovery by H. W. 

 Fairbanks of Proehis ellipticus Meek, a trilobite from the Waverly 

 Group, in Shasta County, California, identified by Captain A. W. 

 Vogdes. 



Lieutenant John P. Finle3^ delivered a lecture on Phases of Pacific 

 Coast Weather and Violent Local Storms, illustrated with stereop- 

 ticon views. . 



A vote of thanks was tendered Lieutenant Finley. 



California Botanical Club. September 5 , 18^2. Dr. Hark- 

 ness in the chair. 



The following were elected to membership: Miss Alice J. Mer- 

 ritt, Mrs. H. W. Hansen, Thomas Hatch, J. W. Blankinship, Dr. 

 Ferdinand A. Hassler, Miss M. B. Harvey, Mrs. M. E. P. Mc- 

 Cowen. 



September 2g, i8g2. President Campbell in the chair. 



Professor Douglas H. Campbell delivered a lecture on a Trip to 

 the Hawaiian Islands, of which the following is a brief outline: 



On first arriving in Honolulu one is struck by the great variety of 

 tropical vegetation in the city. Of these tropical growths the 

 palms are especially noticeable, the finest of all being the royal 

 palm, Oreodoxa regia. Of the other showy plants the various legu- 

 minous trees with showy flowers were conspicuous, and of these 

 the handsomest was Poinciana regia. 



An examination of the shore region outside the city shows that 

 practically none of the garden plants are indigenous, and that the 

 vegetation native to the site of the city is very scanty. In the val- 

 leys back of the town, however, where the rainfall is very heavy, 

 vegetation is abundant and varied. 



The cane and rice plantations in the vicinity of the city, as well 

 as elsewhere in the islands, are conspicuous features, and, with taro, 

 constitute the staple crops. Cocoanuts are found everj-where 

 near the sea, and banana and pineapple plantations are common. 



