TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Parts I and II. October, i9I3-May_, 1914- 



ISSUED APRIL 24, 1915 



History of the First Imposing-stone Used on Staten Island 

 and Its Relation to Our Early Local Newspapers 



Ira K. Morris i 

 A Conspicuous Staten Island Bowlder Trail 



Arthur Hollick 8 

 Union of an Oak and a Birch (with Plate i, Fig. i) 



William T. Davis 10 

 Union of an Oak and a Beech (with Plate i, Fig. 2) 



Arthur Hollick ii 



John Arthur Grossbeck William T. Davis 13 



Literature Relating to Staten Island : 



Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the British Aluseum 14 



The Fascinating Sport of Banding Birds 14 



Fill up the East River to Solve Port Problems 15 



Following Billopp's Route to Tottenville 16 



The Flora of the Sand Barrens of Southern Staten Island 16 



A Long Cruise in a Little Ship 17 



Our Cover Portrait and the Hall of Fame 18 



The Geological History of New York State 18 



Studying Old Bird Problems in a New Way 19 



When New York was One Hundred Miles Inland 20 



Old Pamphlet, Just Found, Tells of Burning of Quaran- 

 tine by Citizens 21 



Baltimore and Ohio Employes Alagazine 21 



Staten Island, etc 23 



History and Legend of Howard Avenue, etc 25 



Records of Aleetings : 



Regular fleeting, October 18, 1913 27 



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