318 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 



Proceedings o( il)e Berlin Academy of Sciences, in honor of the 

 nuMiiorv of Leibnitz. His genius and labors, &c. 



From Capl. P. St. George Cooke, U. S. Dragoons, Fort Leaven- 

 worth, August, 1S43: Describing the " buffalo grass" of the West, 

 \vl)ich he believes he has discovered to be a nerv, and hopes will be- 

 come a valuable " grain. " 



From George E. Chase, Pensacola, August 10, 1843. 



From H. \Vheaton, American Minister, Berlin, August 14, 1843: 

 Labors of Professor Lepsius, of Berlin, in Egv [)t ; antiquities ; ancient 

 canal across the isthmus of Suez. 



From Isaac G. Strain, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, August 15, 1843: 

 Acknowledging membership, with thanks, and expressing a hope 

 that he may be useful to the Institute in the course of his contem- 

 plated travels in the interior of South America, &ic. 



From S. ]\L E. Goheen, (to Dr. Pickering,) Columbia, Pennsyl- 

 vania, August 15, 1843: Stating that he has a variety of African 

 curiosities which he offers as a present to the Institute. 



From A. Thomas Smith, Chief Clerk, Navy Department, August 

 16, 1843 : Will aflix labels to the four boxes from Florida, collected 

 by Mr. Conrad, and send them to the Institute. 

 'From D. Porter, Plainfield, Massachusetts, August 19, 1843: 

 Transmitting further specimens of plants of INIassachusetts, to the 

 Institute. 



From Col. Trueman Cross, U. S. Army, New York, August 21, 

 1843 : Sending a box for the Institute, from Bangor, Maine, and a 

 bill of lading, {^c. 



From Edward VVinslow, Boston, August 21, 1843 : Enclosing bill 

 of lading for four boxes, &c. 



From VV, Snethen, Washington, August 21, 1843 : Sending copy 

 of meteorological table kept by D. T. Lillie, of New Orleans, and 

 asking to become a resident member of the Institute. 



From S. M. E. Goheen, Columbia, Pennsylvania, August 22, 



1843. 



From J. Hamilton Couper, Darien, Georgia, August 27, 1843. 



From Dr. Itobert E. Peyton, Fauquier County, Virginia, August, 

 1843 : On the cicada septemdecim, as it appeared in Fauquier County, 

 Virginia, in 1843. 



From Cul. T. Cross, U. S. Army, New York, August 23, 1843 : 

 Staling that the box sent on by iiim is from Cajit. Babbitt, of the 

 Army, stationed at iloulton, Maine. 



From W. Snethen, Washington, August 30, 1843. 



Fiom Joseph Taylor, Jr., Baltimore, August IG, 1813: Bill of 

 lading and transportation, &io., to be delivered for freight, and 

 ^3 25 charges. 



From Brantz Mayer, Baltimore, Septembir 2, 1843: Informing 

 Secretary that he has been drawn on for .f 15, expenses upon the 

 boxes of rare and valuable mineralogical an I geological specinvjiis 



