VOL. V October 191 ^-May 19 14 Parts I and II 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



EDITED BY 



PHILIP DOWELL 

 ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. D 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



CONTENTS 



History of the First Imposing-stone Used on Staten Island and Its Relation to Our ' 



Early Local Newspapers '. Ira K. Morris r 



A Conspicuous Staten Island Bowlder Trail Arthur Holi.ick 8 



Union of an Oak and a Birch William T. Davis 10 



Union of an Oak and a Beech Arthur Hollick ii 



John Arthur Grossbeck William T. Davis 13 



Literature Relating to Staten Island: 



Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the British Museum, etc. The Fascinating Spiort 

 of Banding Birds. Fill up the East River to Solve Port Problems. Following 

 Billopp's Route to Tottenville The Flora of the Sand Barrens of Southern Staten 

 Island. A Long Cruise in a Little Ship. Our Cover Portrait and the Hall of 

 Fame. Studying Old Bird Problems in a New Way. When New York was One 

 Hundred Miles Inland. Old Pamphlet, Just Found, Tells of Burning of Quarantine 

 by Citizens. Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine. Staten Island, etc. His- 

 tory and Legend of Howard Avenue, etc •14 



Records of Meetings ... 27 



Annual Reporte .34 



[Issued April 24, X915] 

 The New Era Printing Company 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



