MINUTKS OF MEETINGS. 



August 6, 1908. — Regular Monthly Meeting, President 

 T. Chalkley Palmer presiding. Reports of Curators and Oflfi- 

 cers. The committee in charge of the construction of steps 

 at the rear door of the Hall reported the work completed and 

 that the proper report concerning the same had been sent to 

 the Deputy State Factory Inspector. The report of the Pub- 

 lication Committee for the three years which had passed since 

 the beginning of the publication of the Proceedings was 

 presented, accepted and ordered spread upon the minutes. 

 At the conclusion of the business portion of the meeting, Dr. 

 Trimble Pratt, on behalf of Dr. Howard H. Furness, of Wal- 

 lingford, presented to the Institute a number of veiy fine spe- 

 cimens of pitcher plants, of the genus Nepenthes^ from Sara- 

 wak, Borneo. These plants were collected by Mr. William 

 H. Furness, 3rd, during his travels in 1897. The donation 

 was heartily appreciated by the members, and considerable 

 discussion took place regarding these strange plants. After 

 further discussion iipon minor scientific matters the meeting 

 adjourned. 



September 3, igo8. — Regular Monthly Meeting, with 

 the President, T. Chalkley Palmer, in the chair. The usual 

 monthly reports of Curators and Officers were received. After 

 the usual business matters of the meeting had been disposed 

 of, the discussion of current scientific matters was taken up. 

 C. M. Broomall presented specimens from a fossil tree stump 

 now on the grounds of the former Shortledge Academy, in 

 Media. Inc^uiry brought out the fact that this stump had 

 been brought from the coal regions of Pennsylvania about 

 1886 and placed in the ground on the lawn of the Academy 

 in such a position as to have the appearance of an ordinary 

 tree stump. One of the fragments chipped from the stump 

 shows the impress of a fossil leaf upon it. Dr. K. M. Under- 

 bill presented specimens of sandstone rock from the Des 

 Moines River Cliffs, Marion County, Iowa. IC. \'. Streeper, 



