THEJOURNAL 



OF THE 



Cincinnati oociety of Natural History. 



VOL. X. CINCINNATI, JANUARY, 1888. No. 4. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Business Meeting, October 4, 1887. 



Vice-President Fisher in the chair, 18 members present. 



The minutes for the July meeting were read and approved. 



Dr. A. N. ElUs and Prof. J. M. Snodgrass were elected active 

 members. 



The following named persons were proposed for membership : 

 Active, Mrs. Pauline Esselborn ; Honorary, Prof. John S. New- 

 berry, of Columbia College, New York ; Corresponding Mr. W. R. 

 Leighton, Leavenworth, Kansas. 



Mr. Karl Langenbeck was elected Secretary in place of Mr. 

 Knight resigned. 



The following short paper was read by Mr. W. H. Knight : 



Gen. Thomas L. Young's White or American Elm— (Ulmus 

 Americana, L.) — by Adolph Leue. 



"This species of trees was considered by Michauxas the grand- 

 est vegetable in America. It attains a height of from 90 to 120 

 feet with a trunk of from 5 to 7 and even more feet in diameter. 

 The wood, which is very tough and difficult to split, is largely used 

 for wheel stock and saddle trees. The early settlers, however, had 

 no use for this tree because they could not split the logs into rails, 

 and when sawed into lumber it would spring and was prone to de- 

 cay. Consequently the older trees were generally girdled and the 

 younger ones were cut down. 



Of the older specimens which were spared, one of the most 

 remarkable that has come to my notice in this section of the State, 

 may be seen growing on the grounds of Gen. Thomas L. Young, 

 and shading his residence on Colerain Avenue, south of Bates 

 Avenue, in this city. 



