184 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



August 18, 1862. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Eight members present. 



The following donation to the library was received : Bull. 

 de la Soc. Imp. d'Acclitn., T. IX., Paris, May, 1862, from the 

 /Society. 



Dr. Shumard deposited in the name of Dr. J. J. McDowell 

 a collection of specimens in Natural History, consisting of 

 birds, reptiles, bones of Mastodon, etc. 



Dr. Hilgard exhibited specimens of Vernonia, which he 

 referred to different forms of V. Novel or acensis and V. fas- 

 tigiata, and explained their distinctive characters and their 

 variability. 



Mr. Gustavus Adolphus Kcenig was elected an Associate 

 Member. 



/September 1, 1862. 

 The President, Dr. Exgelmann, in the chair. 



Ten members present. 



Dr. Pollak presented a Report of the West. Sanitary Com- 

 mission on Gen. Military Hospital, St. Louis. 



September 20, 1862. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Six members present. 



The following publications were received : Bull, de la Soc. 

 Imp. zool. d'Acclimatation, Paris, No. 7, Juillet, 1802, from 

 the Society; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., July & Aug, 1862, 

 from, the Society. 



Mi - . Buehler presented through Dr. Hilgard a colored en- 

 graving of Baron Von Humboldt. 



Dr. Engelmann read a letter from Dr. C. C. Parry to Prof. 

 J. Torrey, communicated by the latter gentleman, giving a 

 detailed account of his ascent of Pike's Peak. Referred to 

 Publication Committee. 



