lii : Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
Marcu 15, 1909. 
President Trelease in the chair; attendance 100. 
A paper on the ‘‘ Birds of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 
den,’’ by Mr. Otto Widmann, was read. 
The following resolution was passed: 
On the recommendation of its Entomological Section, and with 
the approval of the Council, the Academy of Science of St. Louis, on : 
duly seconded and passed motion at its regular meeting of the fifteenth 
of March, 1909, respectfully urges on the members of the General 
Assembly of the State of Missouri, the importance of passing House 
Bill No. 575, and Senate Bill No. 197, providing for adequate inspec- 
tion of nursery stock. : 
At the present moment the entire orchard and nursery industry 
of the State is imperiled by a threatened introduction of the dreaded 
brown-tail moth, in the bare restriction of which New England has 
for years waged a costly warfare. Nothing but adequately planned 
and efficiently administered state inspection can protect this impor- 
tant industry of Missouri in the present or future crises; and no other 
action can prevent neighboring states from defending themselves by 
restricting importations of Missouri nursery and orchard stock. 
The following were elected to membership: Ernest 
Robert Buckley, H. A. Buehler, R. S. Colnon, Frank P. 
Crunden, KE. G. Eberle, James H. Ferris, J. D. Filley, 
Cecil D. Gregg, William E. Guy, Arthur O. Lovejoy, 
-Richard McCulloch, Albert T. Perkins. 
Aprit 5, 1909. 
Professor Nipher in the chair; attendance 65. 
Professor Winthrop Holt Chenery presented a paper, 
illustrated with lantern slides, on ‘‘The Relation of the 
Physiography of the Iberian Peninsula to the Develop- 
ment of the Spanish People.’’ 
The paper attempted to survey the more important physical 
aspects of the Spanish-Portuguese peninsula, as they have affected the 
development of the people from the dawn of history until the end of 
the Middle Ages. In the absence of previous studies of this type upon 
Spain, the materials had been gathered from various sources, too 
numerous to be cited in an abstract. 
Orography, geology and climate were treated at some length. The 
continental, mountain-girt topography of the peninsula, with its con- 
sequent diversity of climates, was emphasized, as also the controlling 
