1887.] NEW-YORK MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Meeting of December 3D, 1886. 



The Vice-President, Mr. P. H. Dudley, in the chair. 



Sixty-three persons present. 



On motion the regular order of business was suspended. 



Prof. Samuel Lockwood, Ph. D., was introduced to the Society, 

 and delivered a lecture entitled, " The Life of a Diatom." This 

 lecture was profusely illustrated by lantern slides, of remarkable 

 excellence, by Prof. W. Stratford, of the College of the City of 

 New York. The slides were exhibited by the lime-light, show- 

 ing among many noted objects, Habishaw's photograph oi Pleu- 

 rosigma, with lines one-third of an inch broad, and beautifully 

 clear, and views of Mr. Christian's new and very curious dia- 

 toms. The lecture is published in this Journal, in the number 

 for December, 1886, pp. 135-142. 



Meeting of December 17TH, 1886. 



The President, the Rev. J. L. Zabriskie, in the chair. 



Forty-one persons present. 



On motion the regular order of business was suspended. 



The President introduced Prof. Samuel Lockwood, Ph. D., 

 who read a paper entitled, " Raising Diatoms in the Laboratory;" 

 giving methods and results of experiments made upon sea-water, 

 and extending through several years ; the objects being raised 

 from spores, and carried through their entire life career. This 

 paper was illustrated by numerous slides, shown under the 

 microscope, and is published with an accompanying plate in this 

 Journal, in the supplemental number for December, 1886, pp. 

 153-166. 



Meeting of January 7th, 1887. — The Annual Meeting. 



The Vice-President, Mr. P. H. Dudley, in the chair. 

 Twenty-four persons present. 



The special committee, appointed to nominate a list of officers 

 for the ensuing year presented their report. 



