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ing trees witli the side to the sun which had heen so situated 

 in their native sites, and under similar conditions of growth 

 otherwise, so as to reinforce their resisting powers. 



Prof. Cope informed the meeting that Prof. Orton's 

 expedition to the Upper Amazon, organized at Vassar Col- 

 lege, j^ew York, had returned with copious collections, 

 zoological, botanical, mineralogical and archaeological, hav- 

 ing reached 17° S. latitude. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, March 6th, 1874, 



Present, 11 members. 



Secretary, Prof. Kendall, in the Chair. 



Donations for the Library were reported from the Societies 

 at Moscow, Upsal, Gorlitz, Emden, Erf art, Frankfort on 

 Main, Chemnitz, Bonn, Geneva, Liverpool, Bath, and 

 Madison, Wis. ; from the Academies at Berlin, Vienna, 

 Brussels ; from the Observatories at St. Petersburg and 

 Upsal ; from the Geological Institute at Vienna ; School of 

 Mines, and Revue Politique at Paris ; Society of Arts and 

 Institutions in Union, Astronomical Society, and Meteoro- 

 logical Office in London, London ITature ; Prof. Cooke, of 

 Cambridge ; Public Library of New Bedford ; Silliman's 

 Journal ; Journal of Pharmacy ; Penn Monthly, Deaf and 

 Dumb Institute, Hospital for the Insane, House of Pefuge 

 in Philadelphia ; U. S. War Department ; and Mr. George 

 Davidson. 



Dr. Allen offered for publication in the Transactions a 

 memoir entitled " Life Forms in Art," with many illustra- 

 tions, and described the subject and its treatment. 



On motion, the paper was referred to a Committee con- 

 sisting of Mr. Whitman, Prof. P. E. Chase, and Dr. Brinton. 



