1914.] MINUTES. xix 



Stated Meeting May i, 1914. 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Thomas McCrae, of Philadelphia, a newly elected member, 

 subscribed the Laws and was admitted into the Society. 

 Letters accepting membership were received from : 

 Charles Greeley Abbot, S.B., Washington. 

 Bradley Moore Davis, A.M., Ph.D., Philadelphia. 

 Thomas McCrae, A.B., M.D., Philadelphia. 

 Samuel James Meltzer, M.D., LL.D., New York. 

 William Albert Noyes, Ph.D., LL.D., Urbana, 111. 

 Stewart Paton, M.D., Princeton. 

 Richard Mills Pearce, Jr., M.D., Philadelphia. 

 Palmer Chamberlaine Ricketts, C.E., LL.D., Troy. 

 Frederick Eugene Wright, Ph.D., Washington. 

 The list of donations to the library was laid upon the table and 

 thanks were ordered for them. 



The decease was announced of George F. Baer, at Philadelphia, 

 on April 26, 1914, in the 72d year of his age. 



Prof. J. Russell Smith read a paper on " Tree Breeding with Re- 

 lation to Conservation and the Food Supply," which was discussed 

 by Prof. Bradley M. Davis and Dr. Keen. 



Hon. Charlemagne Tower, Chairman, presented and read at 

 length the report of the Committee on the Date of Origin of the 

 Society. 



On motion, by unanimous vote, the report was accepted ;, the year 

 1727 was declared to be the date of foundation of the Society, in 

 accordance with the finding of the committee ; and the committee 

 was discharged with the thanks of the Society for its exhaustive 

 report. 



Stated Meeting October 2, 19 14. 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President in the Chair. 



Dr. Richard Mills Pearce, a newly elected member, subscribed 

 the Laws and was admitted into the Society. 



Letters accepting membership were received from : 

 James Wilson Bright, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Baltimore. 



