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several years as treasurer, besides contributing many historical relics to 

 our museum, and papers on botanical subjects to our Proceedings. 



Appreciative articles in regard to his work as a landscape architect, 

 gardener and horticulturist appeared in many journals, including The 

 Florists Exchange, New York and Chicago, 24 : 105 (July 27, 1907) ; 

 Horticulture, Boston, 6 : 121 (July 27, 1907, portrait) ; Weekly Florists 

 Review, Chicago and New York, 20 : 12-13 (July 25, 1907, portrait) ; 

 The American Florist, Chicago and New York, 29: 61 (August 3, 1907, 

 portrait) ; Gardening, Chicago, 15 : 361 (August 15, 1907, portrait) ; and 

 the San Jose (California) Mercury (July 30, 1907). 



Scientific Program 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited specimens of Cicada septendecim Linn., 

 and a copy of the recently issued Bulletin No. 18, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, 

 Div. Entomology, relating to the subject, and read a paper on " The 

 Seventeen- Year Cicada on Staten Island in 1907." (Printed in full in 

 this issue, p. I.) 



Mr. James Chapin exhibited skins of the barred owl and the red- 

 shouldered hawk and read a paper on " Nests of the Barred Owl, Red- 

 Shouldered Hawk, and Barn Owl on Staten Island." (Printed in full in 

 this issue, p. 3.) Mr. Chapin also showed photographs, taken by Mr. 

 Howard H. Cleaves, of young barn owls and red-shouldered hawks. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited and described specimens of lignife and 

 fossil plant remains from the Cretaceous clays at Kreischerville, recently 

 collected, and stated that, in conjunction with Professor Edward C. 

 Jeffrey of Harvard University, and with the aid of an appropriation of 

 $300 from the U. S. Geological Survey, special excavations were being 

 made and a large amount of interesting material was being collected. 



Dr. Hollick introduced Professor Jeffrey, who made a few brief re- 

 marks supplementary to those of Dr. Hollick. 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited two living hog-nosed snakes or spread- 

 ing adders, Heterodon platyrhinus Latreille, and stated that of the many 

 he had seen from the island all had been of the spotted variety. One of 

 the snakes shown was of a uniform dull lead color on the dorsal surface 

 and without spots. It was collected at Yaphank, Long Island. The 

 Staten Island specimen came from the farm of Mr. Isaac Wort at Wood- 

 row, and on July 22, 1907, had laid 23 eggs, which were also shown. The 

 serpent had always been of a cross disposition and inclined to hiss and 

 flatten out, whereas the Long Island individual was of a milder tempera- 

 ment. 



Mr. John Rader exhibited a number of specimens of recently collected 

 Drift and serpentine rocks. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner exhibited and commented on a series of photo- 

 graphs illustrating the personal characteristics, arts, and culture of cer- 

 tain British East African negroes. The photographs were taken by Mr. 

 Herbert Lang, of the American Museum of Natural History, during the 

 Tjadar Expedition, in 1906. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



