Records of Meetings 115 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited and commented upon a copy of C. F. 

 Durant's " Algology," issued in' 1850, recently presented to the library of 

 the Association by Miss Emma Durant on suggestion of Dr. C. S. Gager, 

 Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (See this issue, p. 85.) 



The director referred to two recently donated objects of historical in- 

 terest now on display in the Museum : 



I. From Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton.— A soHd mahogany, hand made cradle, 

 made some time prior to 1800. Used in the family of the late Silas Lord 

 and subsequently in that of J. A. H. Britton of New Dorp. A memo- 

 randum from Doctor Britton is as follows : " Mary Ann Lord, grandmother 

 of Nathaniel Lord Britton and daughter of Dr. Silas Lord, was its first 

 recorded occupant. It may, however, go back to the next previous Lord 

 generation. It passed to Harriet Lord Britton, mother of Nathaniel Lord 



Britton, in 1859." 



2 From Mrs. James Cornell— A hickory walking stick, presented by 

 Andrew Jackson ("Old Hickory"), on the day of his first inauguration 

 as President of the United States, to William H. Seward, and by him, 

 through several other parties, to the late James Cornell, of Staten Island. 



Announced Program 



Mr. David Varon gave an address on The Appreciation of Architecture, 

 illustrated by means of crayon sketches made in connection with the de- 

 livery of his address. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, April 16, 191 5 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 

 vesant Place, New Brighton. 



First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair and twenty-four per- 

 sons present. 



In the absence of the secretary Mr. George L. Mitchill was elected sec- 

 retary pro tern. 



On motion the reading of minutes was postponed. 



Announced Program 

 Mr. Louis L. Tribus gave an address, illustrated by lantern slides, on 

 Travel Notes on Water Supply, Ancient and Modern. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Annual Meeting, May 21, 1915 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 

 vesant Place, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and twenty-six persons present. 



