56 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



on the south shore of Staten Island. Sandpipers are the special 

 subjects discussed, with descriptions of the methods employed in 

 stalking and in photographing them from blinds. 



A. H. 



Two Peculiar Tree Deformities^ 



An illustrated article on tree deformities, — one showing a 

 branch of a beech enclosed by a trunk of an oak, and another of 

 a peculiarly twisted trunk of a wild cherry. Both illustrations 

 were made from photographs taken on Staten Island, — the first 

 at Huguenot and the second at Prince's Bay, although the locali- 

 ties are not stated in the text. 



A. H. 



Progress Reports of Experiments in Dust Prevention and 

 Road Preservation, 19 io* 



This is a pamphlet of fifty-six pages, issued June 22, 1911. It 

 is mostly concerned with detailed descriptions of the cost and the 

 results attained from experiments with the various preparations 

 of oil, asphalt, tar, etc., on macadam road, for the preservation of 

 road beds and the prevention of dust. 



Experiments conducted on Staten Island are discussed on pages 

 39-43. These were made in cooperation with the Bureau of 

 Engineering and Construction of the Borough of Richmond, and 

 the road selected was a portion of Innes street, at Elm Park, 

 between John street and Morning Star road. 



A. H. 



The Fireworks Factory at Graniteville^ 



An article under the title " Siss Boom Ah-h-h " consists of a 

 discussion of the fireworks industry in general, with a special 



* Howard H. Cleaves. Country Life in America 19: pp. cclxxx, cclxxxii, 

 two figs, in text. February, 191 1. 



*'U. S. Dept. Agric, Office of Public Roads, Circular No. 94, Washing- 

 ton, Govt. Printing Office, 191 1. 



° Hartley Davis. Everybody's Magazine 25: 3-12, illust. July, 191 1. 



