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eaten by cattle in years when feed was scarce. He recalls 

 their forming groves. 



Malva parviflora grows in abundance near Gallagher's; is 

 often six feet tall. 



Marubium vulgare is to be seen at the "Nor '-west Harbor" 

 along with Salicornia in fine condition in a sort of marsh- 

 inland. 



A peculiar form of Oenothera, for long years known at 

 Catalina, is to receive recognition at last. Common near the 

 sea, prostrate — with curling bark — woody at base. 



An "island" of Hemizonia fasciculata above Pot's Valley 

 attracts wonderment amidst the sea of Mesembryantheum 

 which surrounds it. 



Hemizonia Clementina Brandegce is a shrubby form which 

 is often seen one to two feet tall towards the westward; this 

 also grows in Catalina. 



The gay flowers of Pentstemon cordifolius which merit 

 the common name of "Coral String" given them in Catalina, 

 surprise you in many an opening in a gorge on the north 

 coast. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



"Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden," Vol. 3 No. 10. 



"Poultry Management," Maine Agriciilt. Exp. Station. Bulletin No. 100. 



' ' Plantal Yueatanae, ' ' Fie^d Columbian Museum, Val III, No. 2. Bo- 

 tanical Series. 



"Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists," U. S. Dept. Agricult. Biilletin No. 46. 

 Entomology. 



"Experiment Station Record," U. S. Dept. Agricult. Vol. XV. No, 8. 



"Spindle Formation in the Pollen — mother — cell of Cassia tomentosa. " 

 L. bv Henri T. A. Hus. Proceedings of the Cal. Acad. Sciences, 

 Vo\ '2, No. 2. Botany. 



"Missouri Botanical Garden, Fifteenth Annual Report." 



Transactions for May, 1904. 



ASTRONOMICAL SECTION. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Section was held this evening 

 at the usual hour and place. In the temporary absence of the chair- 

 man the meeting was called to order by the secretary, and Mr. B. E. 

 Baumgardt was appointed chairman pro tem. This being the con- 

 stitutional time for the annual election of officers, that business was 

 entered upon, resulting in the choice of Mr. Wm. H. Knight as chairman 

 and Mr. Melville Dozier as secretary for the ensuing year. The acting 

 ehiairman then read an extract from "Nature," giving the views of 

 Prof. Mendeleef, a noted chemical philosopher, relative to the more 

 attenuated gases of space, in which he contravenes Thompson 's theory 

 of electrons. 



The paper gave rise to some interesting discussion, participated in 

 by Dr. Bullard and Mr. Baumgardt, but without definite conclusion. 



Mr. Baumgardt called the attention of the Section to the import- 

 ant astronomical constructions and improvements projected and under 



