FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THF 



OHIO STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



CINCINNx\TI MEETING. 



The fifth annual meeting of the Academy was held at 

 Cincinnati, December 26 and 27, 1895. Although the at- 

 tendance was small, papers of considerable merit in several 

 departments of science were read and discussed. The Cin- 

 cinnati Society of Natural History welcomed the Academy, 

 giving the use of its lecture room for the sessions and a re- 

 ception in honor of the Academy Thursday evening. Before 

 the session Fridav morning the Lloyd Botanical Library 

 was visited, and before the afternoon session the Zoological 

 Garden, at both of which members were very pleasantly 

 entertained. The Cuvier Club and other institutions of 

 science and art contributed much to make the meeting en- 

 jo3'able for those members who were strangers in Cincin- 

 nati. Thanks are due especially to Prof. C. L. Edwards of 

 the University of Cincinnati, who, as chairman of the local 

 committee, was active in making arrangements for the meet- 

 ing. Mr. R. Ellsworth Call, of the Cincinnati Society of 

 Natural History, went to not a little trouble and expense to 

 make complete arrangements for an excursion to Mammoth 

 Cave and interest members in it, but unfortunately there 

 were not enough to go. 



A motion was carried unanimously to the effect that a 

 committee of three be appointed by the president to request 

 the legislature to publish the papers of the Academy, the 

 committee to report back to the Academy. President Kelli- 

 cott appointed the following on this committee: R. Ells- 

 worth Call, F. M. Webster, W. R. Lazenby. 



