CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 Mr. Toppan's New Process for Scouring Wool; by JOHN 



RITCHIE, Jr., 1 



The Climatology of the United States ; by FRANK R. KIMBALL, 15 



Annual Meeting, Monday, May 17, 1886, 51 



Election of officers, 51 ; report of the committee on plans to 

 remodel the Daland estate, 52; retrospect of the year, 56; 

 members, 56 ; meetings, 65 ; field meetings, 66 ; library, 71 ; 

 financial, 82; excursion, 83 ; rose show, 84; museum, 85; 

 abstract of secretary's report, 86. 



Dermatochelys Coriacea, Trunk Back or Leathery Turtle; by 



J. H. SEARS, 87 



List of Native and Introduced Plants observed in flower in the 

 vicinity of Salem, during the spring of 1886, on or before 

 May 1 ; by J. H. SEARS, 95 



The Development of Crangon Vulgaris (second paper) ; by J. 



S KINGSLEY, 99 



Conventionalism in Ancient American Art ; by F. W. PUTNAM, 155 



A few additional notes concerning Indian Games ; by ANDREW 



MCFARLAND DAVIS, 168 



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