there were undoubtedly very favorable prospects of discov- 

 ering tin deposits in our state. 



Circulars were distributed among the guests of the 

 Academy, containing an "S. O. S. Call" for aid in preventing 

 the dreaded white pine blister rust. Lists were also given of 

 the trees and shrubs in the Arboretum, of which there are 

 over 124 different varieties of the former and 110 of the 

 latter. 



Evening Session 



At the evening session which was held in the Congre- 

 gational Church at Thomaston, a paper was read by Miss 

 Carrie Ella Miller of the Stanton Bird Club on "The Birds of 

 Lewiston and Auburn, Me." A paper on Forestry Conserva- 

 tion and modern methods of reforestation was read by Prof. 

 Bernard E. Leete of Bates College. Prof. Edward H. Perkins 

 of Colby College gave a very interesting talk on the changes 

 of our coast line that have taken place during past cen- 

 turies. Prof. Barrington Moore of New York gave a brief 

 talk on the plant and animal life found on Mt. Desert Island, 

 in relation to their environments. 



Mrs. Abbott of Saco, was then asked to give another 

 talk on Mushrooms which was very interesting and instruc- 

 tive. The Camp Fire girls gathered some more Mushrooms 

 before leaving the Arboretum, and were fortunate in secur- 

 ing 10 species that were not on hand for the afternoon lec- 

 ture, making a total of 55 different species of mushrooms 

 found in the Arboretum on that day. 



The meeting was brought to a close after a brief message 

 from Mr. Lermond, Curator and Librarian of the Academy. 



The second day was given over to an excursion by 

 steamer to Monhegan and to Islesboro. Thirteen went to 

 Monhegan, one of the grandest spots on the coast of Maine. 

 They were received there by one of the Gardiner members 

 of the Academy, Mr. Bertrand H. Wentworth, who conducted 

 the party over the wild and beautiful little island. Several 

 went to Islesboro and a few remained to examine at leisure 

 Mr. Lermond's remarkable collections, the nucleus of the new 

 Museum. This collection will be fully described in a later ar- 

 ticle. The Rockland Courier-Gazette of August 27 gives the 

 evening program: In the evening an illustrated lecture was 

 given in the Baptist church at Rockland, by Prof. John M. 

 Briscoe of the University of Maine on "The White Pine 

 Blister Rust." Prof. Briscoe has made an extensive study 

 of this disease and is at present conducting crews of men 

 employed in the eradication, and is therefore able to speak 



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