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on hickory, maple and oak leaves, commenting on the remark- 

 able variety of the forms of galls made by the minute insects. 

 He had bred a good many of these insects, and found that 

 in successive }^ears a good many different forms came from 

 the galls. 



October 21, 1901. 



Dr. Green was elected chairman pro tern. About forty-five 

 persons were present. 



The Council reported that on a report of the nominating 

 committee, 156 ballots having been cast, Mr. Robert Moore 

 had in June been declared elected President of the Academy 

 for the remainder of the current year; that the Academy had 

 been represented at a meeting of representatives of various 

 bodies called by the President of the Missouri Historical So- 

 ciety to take steps toward securing a permanent home for the 

 Academy and other bodies ; that through the death of Colonel 

 George E. Leighton, Mr. Edward Walsh, Jr., Dr. E. S. 

 Lemoine, and Mr. Adolph Herthel, the Academy had lost 

 four members ; and that the names of Messrs. J. M. Coulter, 

 F. M. Hugunin, E. T. Jester, and G. H. Pegram had been 

 removed from the list of members. 



Professor F. E. Nipher delivered an address of popular and 

 technical as well as scientific interest on Progress made in 

 physics during the nineteenth century. 



Mr. G. Pauls exhibited a number of varieties of grapes 

 cultivated by him, among them a seedling of superior value, 

 the Dora, and a large suite of specimens illustrating the 

 coloring of autumnal foliage. 



A communication from a committee representing the Mis- 

 souri Historical Society and other bodies was read, request- 

 ing action by the Academy, and on motion the following 

 preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted : — 



Whereas, It is understood that an effort is being made to secure, among 

 the buildings needed for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, one of fire- 

 proof material, suitably located, and to be used after the Exposition for the 

 housing in an accessible and instructive manner of the libraries and collec- 

 tions of the Missouri Historical Society, The Academy of Science of St. 

 Louis, and other organizations devoted to history, archaeology, natural his- 

 tory and other pure and applied sciences, and for meeting places for such 

 organizations, 



