PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 
OF STATEN 
Voi. VII. No. 15. 
The regular meeting of the Association 
was held at the residence of Mr. Lester 
W. Clark, New Brighton. 
In the absence of the president Mr. 
Howard R. Bayne was elected chairman 
pro tem. 
Mr. E. C. Delavan read a paper, illus- 
trated by maps and tracings of old sur- 
veys, on 
COLONEL FRANCIS LOVELACE AND HIS 
PLANTATION ON STATEN ISLAND. 
The paper will be published in full as 
Special Number 22. 
On motion it was 
Resolved, That a vote of thanks be ten- 
dered to Mr. Delavan for his painstaking 
work and for his willingness that the re- 
sults of his labors should be made a mat- 
ter of public record. 
ISLAND. 
Marcu roth, 1goo. 
MINOR NOTES. 
Mr. Eric T. King exhibited specimens 
of Tertiary (?) sandstone and comglomer- 
ate, occurring as Drift material at Arro- 
char, and containing impressions of vege- 
tation. The rock is apparent!y identical 
with that described in our Proceedings of 
January oth, 1897, fron the same locality, 
in which jointed stems and rhizomes of a 
grass were found. A _ special interest 
attaches to the specimens recently brought 
to light from the fact that they contain 
well defined impressions o; grass leaves, 
which are probably referable to the same 
species as that to which the stems and 
rhizomes belong. 
Mr. Wm. Fox exhibited a branch of a 
pine tree, showing burrows made by 
the pine beetle, ( Zomicus sp?), together 
with a plaster cast of the markings. © 
