X. 30 hoes 
XI. 50 knives. 
In spite of this profuse Gisteipution 
of articles designed for the indian 
trade, -very few objects remain today. 
In several years collecting: the: writer 
has found only two metallic arrow 
points, several bullets and gun flints, one 
fragment of a pewter kettle‘and several 
broken trade pipes. Only one or. two 
other articles have ever been reported. 
Strangest of all no iron-axes have 
ever been found to my knowledge, al_ 
though they must have been apo 
here in'colonial days. 
The trade pipe is fairly abundant 
and may easily be distinguished by 
the ‘trade marks R. T., or R. Tippet, 
_ stamped on the bowl. Metallic arrow 
points are not frequent. 
ss Se oe 
Mr. Skinner also read the following 
note on y 
INDIAN SKELETONS AT MARINERS’ 
1 HARBOR. 3 
On the 20th of April last, while 
searching for indian implements on the 
grounds of the Milliken Bros. foundry, 
near Dehart’s Brook, Mariners’Harbor, 
I chanced upon a ‘place where the rail- 
road cut had been recently widened. 
N oticing that oyster shells, fragments of 
pottery, flint chips, black dirt, etc., 
were abundant I disturbed the sand with 
my feet, and to my great surprise dis- 
lodged a fragment of a human femur. 
ITimmediately began to excavate with 
i intrenching tool, and soon disclosed 
‘‘bone burial’’ consisting of the bones 
a five indians, (3 adults and 2 infants. +) 
All were in a terrible condition, being 
extremely fragmentary. I at: first 
thought that the bones had all been 
broken by the shovels of the Italian 
workmen, but further examination con- 
vinced me that the skulls at least had 
been crushed in before burial. No im- 
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plements save a rude argillite knife and 
one small pottery fragment were found. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited herbar- 
ium specimens and read the rst 
BOTANICAL, NOTES. 
Additions to the Flora. 
Rosa.canina L, , Found originally by 
Dr. A. A. Tyler in 1897. The bush 
from which the specimens were gath- 
ered was destroyed in widening the 
Fresh Kill Road near Green Ridge. © 
Rhamnus cathartica L. This shrub 
has been cultivated for hedges and has 
sparingly escaped on our island... It 
occurs on the bank or terrace near the 
Narrows, along Rockland pi on 
Todt Hill, etc. 
' Tragopogon pratensis L.' re otdele 
plant was found on Hamilton | Avenue, 
New Brighton. , 
Crepis tectorum L. Several plants 
were found at'Arrochar and one. eat New 
Brighton. 
Nabalus irifolioldts ca ~ Occurs 
frequently in the wooded portions of 
the Island. eae e15 
New Localities,” 
Polypodium vulgare Li? This fern, 
now nearly exterminated on our ia 
was found growing on “the base 
of a tree in the woods ;near Poverty 
Lane, back of Richmond. ts 
Pogonia verticillata (Willd: y: “Grows in 
two localities near Mariners’ » ‘Harbor: 
It has been ae from Giffords and 
Huguenot. ‘ Pa 
- Salix tristis Ait. Roser. A singlé 
clump. 
Ostrya Vis giniana (Mill.) This tree 
has been found in Blood-root Valley 
and along a brook near Willow Brook 
hamlet. (See also Proceedings for 
Nov. and Dec., 1896. \ 
Betula nigra Erie river birch has 
been found sparingly over the ’ wooded 
portions of the oe in wet ae ate 
