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them during his visit to the Pacific coast, as a member of 

 the Pacific Railroad Exploring Expedition, from the Sacra- 

 mento to the Columbia river. 



Prof. Kirtland also stated that while the thermometer 

 stood at 36° of Fahrenheit, at Charleston, S. C, on the 11th 

 inst., at his residence, at Rockport, it ranged from 37° to 40°, 

 and, although a heavy frost had swept the State of Georgia, 

 no frost had yet been felt in his garden ; tomatoes, lima 

 beans and tender green house plants being yet vigorous 

 and healthy in the open air. The Professor exhibited a 

 very fine, large bouquet, many of the flowers in it being 

 tender plants, that was gathered on his grounds during that 

 day. 



Mr. Kirkpatrick stated that the frost had killed his dahlias, 

 and had formed ice, in open vessels, an eighth of an inch 

 in thickness, within the city limits. His garden is not 

 exposed but rather sheltered. 



Mr. Kirkpatrick exhibited some insects, received from 

 Mrs. Mary Dean, of New Orleans, — one of them is a very 

 large Mantis. 



An interesting debate took place on the histology of the 

 vegetable cell, and the motion of sap and its circulation 

 through the vegetable tissue, in which Dr. Atkinson. Prof. 

 Brainerd and Mr. John Kirkpatrick took part. 



The meeting then adjourned for two weeks. 



John Kirkpatrick, Sec'y. 



Cleveland, January 21, 1859. 



The Academy met at the Medical College, the President, 

 Prof. J. P. Kirtland, in the chair. 



The Secretary read a copy of a Bill for authorizing a Geo- 

 logical Survey of the State of Ohio, presented to the Legis- 

 lature by Mr. Canfield, Senator from Medina and Lorain 

 counties, remarking that the subject of a Geological Survey 



