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Specimens of "Waldhamia , from Sydney Harbor, by Prof. 

 Liversedge. 



F. Li. Clarke gave an address on the recent volcanic 

 eruptions in the Hawaiian Islands. 



The following paper was read: — 



The Formation, Life and Uses of Sponges, by George 

 Hewston. 



The committee on memorial to the late Dr. Kellogg, pre- 

 sented the following resolutions and memorial: — 



Whereas: Our co-worker in the field of science. Dr. Albert Kellogg, 

 whose amiable traits of heart and head won the friendship of all who knew 

 him, has, by that divine and inscrutable Providence which governs all 

 things, been removed from his late sphere of action and consigned to the 

 last resting-place of mortal man, be it 



Resolved, That it is with sincere regret that the officers and members of 

 this Academy of Sciences have received the annouucement of his death, and 

 we hereby desire to express our sympathy with the relatives and friends of 

 the deceased. 



Resolved, That the memorial paper and the resolutions of condolence and 

 respect be spread in full upon the miniites of this Academy. 



H. H. BEHR, 

 GEO. HEWSTON, 

 EDW. L. GREENE, 



Committee. 

 MEMORIAL. 



Dr. Albert Kellogg, whose death we are called upon to monrn, was bora 

 in Connecticut, in the year 1813, and had thus passed the three score and ten 

 years allotted to man. The early portion of his life was passed in travel 

 from place to place in the Southern and Western States, for the sake of his 

 health, which was very infirm. It was chiefly during these journeys that 

 our departed friend became possessed of that enthusiastic love for the char- 

 acteristic traits and beauties of a vegetation where study and investigation 

 afterwards, when his health was re established, became the leadiug objects 

 of his life. 



Dr. Kellogg came to California in 1849, settling first in Sacramento, from 

 which place he moved in a few years to this city, his home ever since. 



During his travels in the Southwest as well as in his whole subsequent 

 life, he was devoted to botanical studies. His enthusiasm for his favorite 

 object never failed, and he had the happy faculty of arousing a kindred en- 

 thusiasm in others. Notwithstrinding the many odds our departed friend 

 had to contend with: the absence of botanical literature in a new country. 



