Gibbes; and for an invitation sent to him in 1852 to be present at 

 the opening of the Museum at the College of Charleston, framed 

 beside an invitation sent to Miss Gibbes in 1908 on the occasion 

 of the opening of the Museum hbrary in the present building. 

 Miss Henrietta Murdoch has given the National Geographic Mag- 

 azine and a set of Bradford Torrey's books, and Mr. Fitzhugh 

 Salley has again given a subscription to the Auk. A framed 

 hthographic copy of Audubon's plate of the Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak has been presented by Mr. Caspar Chisolm and hung in the 

 reading room. 



BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 



Particular attention has been given this year to a survey of 

 native and naturalized trees growing wild in the vicinity of Char- 

 leston, with the result that fifty-six species have been added to 

 the records, making a total of one hundred and one. One hun- 

 dred and forty-five species of plants, exclusive of trees, have also 

 been recorded, and much material on hand has not been worked 

 up. The oaks and pines have received special study, and con- 

 siderable time has been given to examination of exotic species 

 found about Charleston but not included in the survey. 



The most laborious achievement of the department is a survey 

 of the street trees of Charleston, carried out under the direction 

 of Miss Bragg, by members of the Natural History Society. This 

 survey involved an inspection of every street tree within the city 

 Umits and the fiUng of a report upon its condition. A summary 

 of the results was published in the Bulletin for May, and has 

 proved most useful in subsequent tree work. 



Important additions to the records of butterflies, spiders, am- 

 phibians, and reptiles have been made by the younger members 

 of the Natural History Society. Over half of the frogs and toads 

 known to occur in the coast region have been received and a large 

 number of unidentified spiders is awaiting study. A total of 

 nineteen species of snakes and eighteen of mammals is now re- 

 corded. In considering these figures it should be remembered 

 that no systematic means of collecting have been available and 



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