1892. ] NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 9 
Sweet Corn is believed to have been brought to Mass. in 1779 
by Lieut. Bagnall on his return from Sullivan’s Expedition up 
the Susquehanna and Western N. Y, and then became widely 
distributed by Connecticut settlers, as I know, throughout the 
Western States and beyond the Mississippi to its early homes. 
Meeting adjourned. 
Srarep MEETING. 
October 17th, 1892. 
The President, Dr. Huppanp, in the chair. 
Thirty five persons present. 
The minutes of October 10th were read and approved. 
The Secretary proposed as a Resident Member ; Frederic S. 
Lee, of Columbia College. The nomination was referred to the 
Council. 
There being no further business the Academy adjourned. 
The Biological Section then organized with Prof. Henry L. 
Osborn in the chair and Dr. Bashford Dean as Secretary. 
The following is an abstract of the proceedings: 
The papers of the evening were:— 
‘‘Dionaea. Its life habits under native conditions. From 
observations made near Wilmington, N.C.,” by Bashford Dean. 
DIONAEA. 
Its life habits under native conditions. From observations 
made near Wilmington, N.C. (April, 1891.) 
By Basurorp Dean. 
Accounts hitherto given throw but little light upon the 
actual life habits of Dionaea, and give but a general idea 
of a locality, which perhaps is of a peculiar character to account 
for an extremely restricted range. The observations of the Rev. 
Dr. Curtis, * and of Dr. Canby, + both at Wilmington, preceded 
* Boston Journal of Nat. Hist., V. 1, 123, 1837, and Catalogue of Plants Growing 
Spontaneously around Wilmington, 1834. 
+t Gardoner’s Monthly, Phil., Aug. 1868, 
