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year resulted in the re-election of the 
former incumbents, as follows: 
President, Walter C. Kerr; secretary, 
Arthur Hollick; treasurer, J. Blake Hill- 
yer; curator, Eric T. King; trustee, Wm. 
T. Davis. 
Dr. N. L. Britton read the following 
memorandum : 
A BURIED FOREST NEAR GIFFORDS. 
In a recent conversation with Mr. John 
J. Crooke, of Giffords, he gave me his 
recollection of the discovery of buried 
logs in the swamp just west of the rail- 
road, at the crossing of the Amboy Road, 
near Giffords station, where, until a com- 
paratively recent date, there was a con- 
spicuous growth of maple trees. The logs 
were exposed in an excavation for a 
drainage ditch about five feet wide; they 
were covered with black muck through 
which a pole could be run to a great 
depth ; those exposed were not more than 
four feet below the surface and some of 
them were fifteen inches in diameter. Mr, 
Crooke stated that they were ‘‘cypress,’’ 
presumably the white cedar, ( Chamecy- 
paris thyotdes,) a tree which has never 
been reported as growing on Staten 
Island. 
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL PRESENTED. 
By Mrs. N. L. Britton. Acaulon muticum 
( Schreb ) C. M —A moss not previously 
recorded from the Island. Found at Tot- 
tenville, Nov. 8th. 
By Dr. Arthur Hollick. Salvinia natan® 
(L) All., found by Dr. M. A. Howe in 
Ketchum’s pond near Richmond. It was 
found in Silver Lake and in a pond near 
Moravian Cemetery, in 1893, by Mr. 
Thos. Craig, as reported by him in our 
Proceedings for Oct. 14th, 1893, but since 
then no further memorandum in regard to 
it has been given. In the new locality it 
was found growing in connection with 
quantities of Lemna and Riecia and ap- 
peared to be thoroughly at home. 
[In a note subsequenty received from 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis be states that he is 
responsible for the introduction of the 
plant, having placed some there last 
Spring. | 
By Mr. Eric T. King. Fragments of a 
Lower Helderberg limestone bowlder, 
containing brachiopods and fragments of 
trilobites, found near Arrochar. 
Dr. Hollick read the followiug re 
view : 
RECENT LITERATURE RELATING TO 
STATEN ISLAND. 
Additions to the Paleobotany of the Cretaceous 
Formation on Staten Island, Arthur Hol- 
lick. Ann. HONS) YapAcads Sciaiolexae 
( Sept. 1898.) pp. 415-430; pls. xxxvi.- 
Xxxviil. 
This paper is supplementary to two pre- 
viously published in the Transactions of 
the Academy and is based on material 
shown at the meetings of this Association 
from time to time, as noted in the Pro- 
ceedings during the past few years. The 
specimens figured are all in our museum. 
Twenty species are listed, including one 
new to science, the latter named Pistacia 
Aquehongensis, in reference to its place of 
discovery. 
