72 JOURNAL OF THK [March, 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Meeting of February 6th, 1885. — The Annual Reception. 



The first meeting of the Society in February is the Annual 

 Reception. At this meeting the regular order of business is 

 suspended, the President whose term of office has expired, de- 

 livers an Address, the newly elected officers assume their duties, 

 and an exhibition of microscopic objects is given for the enter- 

 tainment of the Society's guests. 



On the evening of February 6th, 1885, the Society gave its 

 seventh Annual Reception. For the accommodation and grati- 

 fication of its guests, the auditorium, with side-room, of Lyric 

 Hall, at No. 723 Sixth Avenue, and the services of Mr. C. W. 

 Stub and his orchestra, had been engaged for this occasion. 

 The President, in his Address, reviewed briefly the recent im- 

 provements in the construction of microscope-stands and ob- 

 jectives, and presented some thoughts on the capabilities of the 

 instrument and on certain parts of its field of work. The 

 Address is published in full in this number of the Journat . 



At the close of the Address, the doors of the side-room were 

 thrown open. In this room had been arranged sixteen round 

 tables, and on each were three microscopes with their objects. 

 The list of objects, with their linear magnification and the names 

 of their respective exhibitors, is given below. 



1. LIQUID-CAVITY IN A RUBY. X 50. 



Exhibited by G. F. KuNZ. 



2. MICROSCOPIC CRYSTALS OF GARNET. X 25. 



Exhibited by G. F. KuNZ. 



3. MULTIPLE IMAGES OF THE WORDS, II]]^ , FORMED BY 



EYE OF BEETLE. X 400. 

 Exhibited by F. W. Leggett. 



4. RADIAL LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF TAMARACK {Larix 



Amc7-icand), SHOWING MEDULLARY RAYS. X 550. 

 Exhibited by P. H. Dudley. 



5. THE CUCKOO-BEE (Chrysis); MOUNTED ENTIRE, IN 



GL YCERINE X 20. 



Exhibited by the Rev. J. L. Zabriskie. 



6. FLOWER OF CLAYTONIA VIRGINICA. X 25. 



Exhibited by F. Collingwood. 



