CONTENTS. 



Pagb 

 Mr. Toppan's New Process for Scouring Wool; by John 



RiTCHIE, Jr., 1 



The Climatology of the United States ; by Frank R. Kimball, 15 



Annual Meeting, Monday, May 17, 1886, 51 



Election of officers, 51 ; report of the committee on plans to 

 remodel the Daland estate, 52; retrospect of the year, 56; 

 members, 56; meetings, 65; field raeetlngs, 66; library, 71; 

 flnancial, 82; excursion, 83 ; rose show, 84; museum, 85; 

 abstract of secretary's report, 86. 



Dermatochelys Coriacea, Trunk Back or Leathery Turtle ; by 



J. H. Sears, 87 



List of Native and Introduced Plants observed in flower in the 

 viciuity of Salem, during the spring of 1886, on or before 

 May 1 ; by J. H. Sears, 95 



The Development of Crangon Vulgaris (second paper) ; by J. 



S KiNGSLEY, 99 



Conventionalism in Ancient American Art ; by F. W. Putnam, 155 



A few additional notes concerning Indian Games ; by Andrew 



McFarland Davis, 168 



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