PROCEEDINGS 
Or 
THE 
NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, 
OF STATEN ISLAND. 
Vor. VII. No. 19. 
The regular meeting of the Asso- 
ciation was held at the residence of 
Mr. Thomas Craig, New Brighton. 
In the absence of the president and 
secretary Mr. FE. C. Delavan and Mr. 
Thomas Craig were elected respec- 
tively chairman and secretary pro 
tem. 
Mr. Herman Kobbé, New Brighton, 
was elected an active member. 
Mr. William T. Davis referred to 
the recent death of Dr. Frederick 
Hollick, one of the earliest members 
of the Association, and, on motion, a 
committee was appointed to prepare 
a suitable minute for insertion in the 
records. The following was subse- 
quently prepared: 
Frederick Hollick, M. D., was born 
at Claverdon, England, December 
2ist, 1818, and died at New Brighton, 
August 17th, 1900. 
He came to America in 1842, and 
after traveling extensively through 
the States, settled on Staten Island, 
where he resided until his death. 
His studies in natural science and 
medicine were begun at the Mechan- 
ic’s Institute and were continued at 
Queen’s College, Birmingham, Eng- 
land, but it was not until he came to 
this country that he received the de- 
gree of M. D., from the Physio-Medical 
College of Cincinatti, Ohio. 
His earlier activities were in the 
line of popular lectures on social and 
political questions and later on phy- 
siology and anatomy, in which latter 
connection he became widely known 
throughout the United States and 
built up a large practice as a consult- 
ing physician. He also wrote a num- 
ber of popular works on physiology, 
one of which, ‘‘The Marriage Guide,”’ 
OcroBER 13th, 1900. 
has passed through 300 editions and 
yet commands anextensivesale. His 
last and most comprehensive work, 
‘*The Origin of Life,’’ was revised and 
issued in its new form in 1878. ‘These 
hte were also translated into Span- 
ish. 
Dr. Hollick was always actively in- 
terested in scientific subjects, espec- 
ially in local natural history, and it 
was largely due to his initiative that 
this Association was formed. He was 
one of the three persons who, in 1881, 
prepared a list of names of those 
whom it was thought might be inter- 
ested in starting a scientific society 
in this community and he was one of 
the first to encourage and aid the 
Association when the organization 
was effected. 
Although unable, on account of 
poor health, to attend the meetings, 
he always maintained an active inter- 
est in our work and contributed from 
time to time a number of memoranda 
for the Proceedings, especially in re- 
lation to our local flora. 
Mr. William T. Davis, on behalf of 
the committe appointed to consider 
the matter of the duplication of 
names in many of our streets and 
roads, presented a partial list of such 
duplications, with suggestions for 
suitable renaming. 
On motion the paper was accepted 
as a report of progress and the com- 
mittee was requested to further con- 
sider the subject and to report at a 
subsequent meeting. 
The following paper, by Mr. Ira K. 
Morris, was read: 
DESTRUCTION OF AN OLD LANDMARK, 
About six weeks ago another in- 
cendiary fire partially destroyed the 
