ELISHA MITCHP:LL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. Ill) 



18. The Distril)ntion of Boracic Acid Aiiumg Plants. J. 8. Callison. 



19. Three New Masses of Meteoric Iron. Geo. V. Kimz. 



20. Two New Meteoric Irons. F. P. Venable. 



21. New and Improved Methods of Analysis. S. J. Hinsdale. 



22. List and Description of North Carolina Meteorites. F. P. Venahle. 

 The Secretary reported as the result of the meeting of the Council the 



election of the following Corres[)onding Members; 



Marcus Benjamin, P]sq., New York City. 



Geo. F. Knnz, Esq., New York City. 



Professor A. Giard, Paris. 



By order of the Council all officers were to continue holding their offices 

 until the December meeting, so that in the future their terms should begin 

 and close with the year. 



FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING. 



Person Hall, September 16, 1890. 



23. On the Germination of Some of the Graminese; A Resume of the paper 

 by Brown and Morris. F. P. Venable. 



24. Report on the Meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. J. W. Gore. 



FIFTY- SIXTH MEETING. 



Person Hall, October 14, 1890. 



26. The Discoverer of Oxygen; A Discussion of Berthelot's paper and 

 Thorpe's reply. F. P. Venable. 



27. A Raining Tree in the Campus of the University. P. Dalrymple. 



28. Some Notes on Aluminium. J. V. Lewis. 



29. The New Object Glass for tlie Great Telescope at the University of 

 South California. J. W. Gore. 



30. Exhibition of Specimens and Photographs. J. A. Holmes. 



FIFTY-SEVENTH MEETING. 



Person Hall, November 11, 1890. 



31. Reports as to Koch's Lymph. V. S. Bryant. 

 82. Improvements in Explosives. F. P. Venable. 



33. The Croton Aqueduct. VVm. Cain. 



34. A New Method of Propelling Ships. J. W. Gore. 



FIFTY EIGHTH MEETING. 



Person Hall, December 2, 1890. 



35. Problems of the Atlantic Coastal Plane. J. A. Holmes. 



36. Some Erysiphere from Carolina and Alabama. Geo. F. Atkinson. 



37. Action of Phosphorus on Certain Salts. Gaston Battle. 



38. Lead Bromo-Nitrate. H. L. Miller. 



39. On Lead Chloro-Brouiides. F, P. Venable. 



40. Adulterated Spirits of Turpentine. S. J. Hinsdale. 



