48 JOURNAL OF THE [April, 



Meeting of December i6th, 1892. 



The President, Mr. J. D, Hyatt, in the chair. 



Twenty-two persons present. 



The Committee on Nominations, appointed at the last meet- 

 ing, reported their nominations of officers for the coming year, 

 and the report was adopted. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a communication addressed 

 to Mr. Charles F. Cox, by Mr. Frank B. Carter, of Montclair, 

 N. J., offering to the Society the rare opportunity of purchasing 

 sets of slides of the Radiolaria obtained from the material col- 

 lected by the "Challenger Expedition," prepared and now for 

 sale by Prof. Haeckel, of Germany. 



Dr. F. D. Skeel read an article in the Medical Record^ issued 

 this day on Photomicrography by Dr. Robert M. Fuller, and 

 exhibited numerous photomicrographs, and also photographic 

 views of the apparatus by which they were taken. 



objects exhibited. 



1. Section of tabular Quartz from Thomaston, Georgia : by 

 James Walker. 



2. Section of rock-mass, formed by the pressure of the ex- 

 plosive in the bottom of a drill hole: by James Walker. 



3. Transverse section of the stem of Helianthus annuiis: by 

 F. D. Skeel. 



4. Transverse section of the stem of Sassafras officinale: by 

 F. D. Skeel. 



5. Satin leaf from Cape Town, Africa: by F. W. Devoe. 



6. Section of oolitic Chert from England: by J. D. Hyatt. 



7. Tulip wood, in natural condition, showing tracheids and 

 medullary rays : by T. B. Briggs. 



Meeting of January 6th, 1893. 



The President, Mr. J. D. Hyatt, in the chair. 



Twenty-two persons present. 



The Treasurer and the Librarian presented their annual re- 

 ports, and the reports were adopted. 



The President appointed Messrs. William E. Damon and F. 

 W. Leggett tellers of the election. At the closing of the polls 



