GENERAL MEETINGS. 7 
Mr. BartLey WILLIs presented a paper on 
THE TOPOGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE IN THE BAYS MOUNTAINS, 
TENNESSEE. 
[This paper appeared in the School of Mines Quarterly, Columbia Col- 
lege, 8°, New York, 1887, April, vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 242-252.] 
Mr. G. Brown GoopE made a communication on 
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCIENTIFIC MEN AND IN- 
STITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
[An abstract of this communication appeared in The Epoch, 4°, New 
York, 1887, June 24, vol. 1, pp. 467-468. ] 
298TH MEETING. FEBRUARY 26, 1887. 
The President in the Chair. 
Thirty-nine members and guests present. 
The President announced the election to and acceptance of mem- 
bership of Mr. Franxkury Austin SEELY. 
Mr. C. V. Ritery read a paper upon 
OUR CITY SHADE-TREES, THEIR FOES AND THEIR FUTURE, 
illustrated by drawings and specimens. 
[This paper was afterwards elaborated and published as Bulletin No. 10 
of the entomological division of the Department of Agriculture, published 
May 7, 1887, with the following title: 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Entomology. Bulletin 
No 10. Our shade-trees and their insect defoliators, Being a consideration 
of the four most injurious species which affect the trees of the capital; with 
means of destroying them. By C. V. Riley, entomologist. Washington : 
Government Printing Office, 1887. 69 pp., 8°, illustrated. ] 
This communication was discussed by Messrs. GirBpert, Mer- 
RIAM, and EL.iorr. 
