550 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



Branchiopoda I. ; Cladocera ctenopoda af G. 0. Sars, Christiania, 18G5 ; 

 Norge Forekommende Fossile, af Dr. Michael Sars, Med. 4, 1864 ; Mete- 

 orologische Beobachtungen, i. Band, 6 Lief., 1837-1863 ; Meterol. Jagttag- 

 elser, 1864, from the University of Christiania. Atti della Societa, Ital. 

 di Scienze Nat., vol. viii., fasc. 2, fogli 1-6, 7-12, Milano, 1865, from the 

 Society. XI. Bericht der Oberhessichen Gesellschaft, Giessen, 1865, 

 from the Society. Vereine fur Sachsen u. Thuringen in Halle : Zeitschrift, 

 Band 24-25, Berlin, 1864, from the Society. K. Bohm. Gesellschaft der 

 Wissenschaften in Prague : Sitzungsb. Jan.-Dec, 1864; Predneseni Jed- 

 natete, 1S63 ; Die Pharmacognostiche Sammluns des Apothekers, iii., No. 

 219, Prague, 1863, from the Society. Atti dell' I. R. Istituto Veneto, 

 Disp. 6-9, 1864-5, from the Society. M^moires de l'Academie Imp. des 

 Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen, 1863, from the Academy. Mit- 

 theil. aus dem Osterlande, Altenburg, 1865, from the Society. Wiirzbur- 

 ger Med. Zeitschrift. iv. Band, 3-5 Heft., from the Society. K. K. Geol. 

 Reichsanstait : Jahrb. xv. Band, No. 3, 1865, Wien, from the Society. 

 Soci^te" Imp. Zool. dAcclimatation : Bulletin, T. ii., Nos. 9-10, Paris, 

 from the Society. Dublin Quar. Jour, of Science, No. 20, 1865, from 

 the Editor. Rep. of Geol. Survey of Miami County, Kansas, by Prof. G. 

 C. Swallow and F. Hawn, from the Authors. Trans. Illinois State Horti- 

 cultural Soc. for 1864, from the Society. Geol. Survey of Canada : 

 Palaeozoic Fossils, by E. Billings, F.G.S., vol. i., 1861-1865, Montreal, 

 from the Author. 



Dr. Wislizenus submitted his Annual Report of observa- 

 tions on Atmospheric Electricity, illustrated by Diagrams, 

 for the year 1865. Referred to the Committee on Publica- 

 tion. 



Dr. Engelmann exhibited specimens of California pines, 

 with remarks upon the same; and also upon the yellow 

 water lily (Nwphar advena). 



The President read his Annual Address: 



To-day, the St. Louis Academy of Science closes the first decennium of 

 its existence, and on this, our tenth anniversary, we can look back on 

 the past history of our Institution with pleasure and pride, and with hope 

 and confidence in its prospects in the future. 



On the 10th of March, 1856, fifteen gentlemen founded this Academy. 

 I need not tell you with what unbounded zeal and with how fond antici- 

 pations — that is the character of all young societies — but I am proud to 

 say that not many of these anticipations have not been realized, and that 

 that zeal has not been evanescent. No; our present condition, the number 

 of members of our Academy, our museum, our library and our transactions, 

 are the living proofs of what those fifteen and their associates have done in 

 these ten years. And let me congratulate you that I see many of those 

 fifteen yet here this evening. Only one of them, our late lamented Presi- 

 dent, Dr. Prout, has been taken from among us by death, while two, I 

 believe, have left the city ; but twelve of them remain members, and 

 they are among the most steadfast and most zealous supporters of this 

 Institution. 



You are familiar with the history of the Academy. Very soon after 

 its foundation, the late Col. John O'Fallon granted us, through our mem- 

 ber, Dr. Chas. A. Pope, the most essential clement of existence, a local 

 habitation, the large hall of our museum ; and this hall in which we are 

 now assembled, was given us through the liberality of those gentlemen 

 free of charge, and later the adjoining library room was added. We 

 have been induced to believe that in the magnificent building now being 

 erected, and known as the O'Fallon Polytechnic Institute, rooms more 

 appropriate for our purposes will be set aside for our accommodation. 



