1887.] new-york microscopical society. 9 



Meeting of February iBth, 1887. 



On account of a severe storm only seven persons were present. 

 There being no quorum the meeting was informal. 



Annual Reception of 1887. 



The Ninth Annual Reception of the Society was held at Lyric 

 Hall, 723 Sixth Avenue, on the evening of March 4th, 1887. 



Regularly disposed in the large auditorium were ten tables, 

 holding fifty-two microscopes, with their respective objects, dis- 

 played and explained by thirty-four exhibiting members. The 

 large adjoining hall, in which was stationed an excellent 

 orchestra, afforded additional space for the movement and social 

 intercourse of a larger number of visitors than had ever been 

 welcomed on any previous similar occasion. 



THE objects exhibited WERE AS FOLLOWS : 



1. Widmannstatten Figures on Meteoric Iron, from Glorieta 

 Mountain, New Mexico : by George F. Kunz. 



2. Essonite, or Cinnamon Garnet : by George F. Kunz. 



3. Cyclosis in Nitella : by W. R. Mitchell. 



4. Trichina spiralis : by L. Schoney, M. D. 



5. Platino-cyanide of Magnesium : by G. S. Woolman. 



6. Fern-leaf Gold Crystals : by G. S. Woolman. 



7. Spiral Fibre from the Fruit-stalk of the Banana {Musa 

 sapientum), by polarized light : by the Rev. J. L. Zabriskie, 



8. Brownian Movement : by H. L. Brevoort. 



9. Plant-hairs of Sea Buck-Thorn {Hippophae rhamnoides) : 

 by C. F. Cox. 



10. Plant-hairs of Yellow Water-Lily {Nuphar advena) : by C. 

 F. Cox. 



11. Spider's Silk ; shown in comparison with No. 120 spool 

 cotton : by F. W. Devoe. 



12. Cyclosis in Vallisneria : by F. W. Devoe. 



13. Arranged Diatoms : by F. W. Devoe. 



14. Head of a Moth : by William Wales. 



15. Globules of Copper, ejected from a Siberian Volcano : by 

 ^William Wales. 



16. Tongue of House-fly {Musca domestica) : by William 

 Wales. 



