1879.] ^U 



The death of Dr. George B. Wood, President of the So- 

 ciety since 1859, at his residence in Philadelphia, on the 30th 

 nit,, aged 82 years (on the 13th nit.), was announced by Mr. 

 Fraley, with appropriate remarks, who then moved the fol- 

 lowing resolutions: 



Resolved, That Dr. Alfred Stille be requested to prepare and publicly de- 

 liver an eulogium on the life and character of Dr. George B. AVood, late 

 President of the Society ; and that a Committee of five members be ap- 

 pointed to make proper arrangements for the delivery of said eulogium. 



Resolved, That as a testimonial of the respect of the Society for the 

 memory of Dr. Wood, and of its regret for his death, the President's Chair 

 be draped in mourning for six months. 



Dr. Rogers, in seconding the motion, spoke of his own in- 

 timate relations with the deceased, and his two other illus- 

 trious contemporaries, Dr. Samuel Jackson, and Dr. Hugh 

 L. Hodge, and eulogized the noble characters of this trio of 

 great men. 



Mr. Eli K. Price said that he remembered the two occa- 

 sions on which were delivered the public eulogium on Dr. 

 Caspar Wistar, fourth President of the Society, by his suc- 

 cessor, Chief Justice Tilghman, and the equally eloquent 

 eulogium on the latter pronounced in a solemn public meet- 

 ing of the Society by Horace Binney, and he considered the 

 present occasion one that deserved the attention of the So- 

 ciety, in an equal degree. 



The motion being carried, the Committee of five was ap- 

 pointed as follows : Mr. Fraley, Mr. E. K. Price, Dr. R. E. 

 Rogers, Prof. P. E. Chase, and Dr. Jos. Leidy. 



The Secretary read extracts from a private letter from Mr. 

 Leo Lesqucreux, dated Columbus, Ohio, March 22, an- 

 nouncing the important discovery of a specimen of Cordaites 

 bearing its fruit, a Cordaicarpus. The discovery was made 

 in examining the last box of specimens of coal plants from 

 the Darlington slate bed, sent by Mr. Mansfield, of Cannel- 

 ton, Beaver County, Western Pennsylvania. 



The following is an extract from the letter : 



" Mr. Mansfield continues his systematic explorations with wonderful 



