Records of Meetings 85 



Voted: that the circular be approved and referred to the executive com- 

 mittee for such action as it might deem advisable in order to carry into 

 effect the intent of the same. 



The subject of tree planting on tlie highways of the island was dis- 

 cussed informally, and it was 



looted: that the president be requested to appoint a connnittce of tiiree 

 to consider and report on the subject. 



The president appointed Air. William T. Davis, Mr. Charles L. Pollard, 

 and Mr. W. W. Bryan. 



The curator-in-chief exhibited a mounted photogravure portrait of 

 Charles Darwin, issued by the New York Academy of Sciences, and 

 stated that he was desirous of acquiring for the museum a series of por- 

 traits of prominent scientists and artists. 



Scientific Program 



The secretary pro fciii. read a paper by Dr. Arthur Hollick, illustrated 

 bj' herbarium specimens, on Notes on Some Introduced Plants Collected 

 near Arlington, Staten Island. (Printed in full in this issue, p. 62.) 



Mr. William T. Davis read a paper on An Addition to the List of 

 Staten Island Frogs. (Printed in full in this issue, p. 66.) 



Mr. Davis also exhibited three hammerstones from Teaneck and else- 

 where in New Jersey, calling particular attention to one that was wedge- 

 shaped. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves gave an account of his experiences in photo- 

 graphing kingfishers, Ceryle alcyoii (Linn.), on the island during the 

 previous summer. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Annual Meeting, May 21, 1910 



The meeting was held in the museum. Borough Hall. Xcw Brighton. 



In the absence of the president the meeting was called to order by 

 Second Vice-president William H. Mitchill. 



Twenty-two persons were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of April 16, 1910, were read and approved. 



President Howard R. Bayne arrived and took the chair. 



The annual report of the Board of Trustees, including reports of the 

 standing committees and sections, was read and ordered placed on file. 

 (See pp. 88^107 of this issue.) 



The annual report of the secretary was read and ordered placed on file. 



The annual report of the treasurer was read and ordered placed on file. 



The president stated that the next order of business was the election of 

 five trustees to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of 

 office of Samuel AIcKee Smith, Stafford Clarence Edwards, John De 

 Morgan, William Armour Johnston, and Samuel Alexander Hcnszey, and 

 called for the report of the committee on nominations. 



