MINUTES OF MEETINCS. II3 



February 28, 1907. — Adjourned meeling. Lecture on 

 "An Kvening willi the English Poets," by Hon. John B. 

 Robinson . 



March 7, 1907. — Regular monthly meeting, President 

 T. C. Palmer presiding. Usual reports of committees and 

 curators and routine business. Donations to the librarj' were 

 announced as follows : Smithsonian Annual Report, 1905 ; 

 Proceedings National Museum, Volume 31 ; Contributions to 

 the United States National Herbarium, Volume X, Part 3. 

 William R. Newbold, Jr., of Panama, formerly of Media, 

 presented to the museum a monkey skull found at Tavoli 

 Hill, Panama, and also a number of pictures of scenes along 

 the Canal. The subject thus suggested was discussed at 

 length by the members present. 



March 14, 1907. — Adjourned meeting. Illustrated lec- 

 ture, " Glimpses of liurope," by Joseph Elkinton. 



March 21, 1907. — Adjourned meeting. Lecture, "Mars 

 and its Canals," illustrated by charts, by Dr. E. D. Fitch. 



March 28, 1907. — x\djourned meeting. Illustrated lec- 

 ture, "The Bryology of Delaware County," by A. F. K. 

 Krout. Ph. D. 



April 4, 1907. — Regular monthly meeting, with Presi- 

 dent T. C. Palmer in the chair. After usual routine business 

 President Palmer gave an interesting talk on " Diatoms," 

 illustrating the sul)ject by drawings and microscopic slides. 

 The subject of " living " cr\^stals, which was being so widely 

 discussed in the scientific and popular press, was brought up 

 for consideration. C. M. Broomall recounted some of the 

 interesting experiments of the workers in this field of research. 



April ii, 1907. — Adjourned meeting. Lecture, "The 

 Wanderings of a Word," by Henry L. Broomall. 



With this meeting the winter course of lectures came to a 

 very successful termination. 



