April 1906.] proceedings s. i. assn. arts and sciences. 43 



in waste ground, as at Port Richmond and West New Brighton. There 

 was a magnificent growth of this plant on the vacant lots along Ham- 

 ilton avenue, New Brighton, before the ground was cleared for the new 

 houses put up last year. 



Galinsoga parviflora Cav. This plant was originally reported from 

 near " Court House Station " and New Brighton, but it is now a very 

 common weed in cultivated waste ground. 



Anthemis arvensis L. has been reported from the " South Side." I 

 have found it also near Brooks' Pond on the west side of the lake. 



Matricaria Chamomilla L. has been reported from West New Brigh- 

 ton. I collected specimens of the plant in igo6 at Quarry Hill, where 

 it had probably escaped from cultivation. It grows also along the 

 roadside at Stapleton. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick read the following notes on 



Two Old Publications Relating to Staten Island and Vicinity 



I. — A short time ago I came across a newspaper notice to the efTect that 

 a reprint of Daniel Denton's "A Brief Description of New York," etc., 

 had recently been issued by Burrows Bros., of Cleveland, Ohio, and 

 on inquiry at the library of Columbia University I found copies of both 

 the reprint and tlje original. This is an exceedingly interesting work, 

 the scope of which may be judged from the title page, which reads as 

 follows : ' 



A 



Brief Description 



OF 



NEW-YORK : 



Formerly Called 



NEW-NETHERLANDS. 



With the Pl.\ces thereunto Adjoyning. 



Together with the 



Manner of its Scitua^ion, Fertility of the Soyle, 



Healthfulness of the Climate, and the 



Commodities thence produced. 



Bv Daniel Denton 



London, 

 Printed for John Hancock, at the first shop in Popes-Head- 

 Alley in Cornhil at the three Bibles, and Willia?n 

 Bradley at the three Bibles in the Minories. 1670. 



