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8 Yth Meeting. April 24, 1815. 



The President in the Chair. 

 Thirty-eight members and visitors present. 

 Mr. E. B. Elliott made a communication 



ON affected quantities of the first order. 



Mr. A. Ri Spofford read a paper 



on proposed reforms in spelling the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 



Dr. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Mass., made remarks on the 

 genus Torreya, discovered by Mr. Crow near the Chatahoochee, 

 but found more abundantly near Cedar Bluff, on the Appalachi- 

 cola River, and only in these localities. A species of Croonia is 

 associated with it. Another Torreya is found in Japan, and an- 

 other Croonia is associated with it. 



He also referred to several genera common and peculiar to the 

 eastern part of America and to Japan, some of which are also 

 found in California. 



Mr. Gill mentioned several species of fishes and mollusks 

 common to America, Japan, and China, and referred to the dif- 

 ference between the fauna of the Pacific slope of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and that of the eastern part of North America. 



Remarks were also made by Mr. E. B. Elliott, Mr. Dutton, 

 and Mr. Alvord. 



88th Meeting. May 8, 1875. 



The President in the Chair. 

 Thirty-seven members and visitors pi'esent. 

 Mr. J. E. HiLGARD gave an account of experiments on 

 iron facing copper plates, 

 at the office of the U. S. Coast Survey. 



