LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 

 OF THE QARDEN. 



MUSEUM BULLETIN 



Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD. CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 



No. 15. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. OCTOBER, 1909. 



THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the Museum in Borough Hall, St. George, on Saturday evening, 

 October 16, 1909, at eight o'clock. The program will be of a general nature, 

 and members wishing to present communications will kindly notify the under- 

 signed in advance. 



Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



At the stated meeting of October 9, 1909, the trustees elected to membership 

 Mr. Bradish J. Carroll. Dongan Hills, N. Y. They also granted the application 

 of certain members of the Association for permission to establish a Section of 

 Historical Research in the Association, its purpose being to encourage study of 

 the early history of Staten Island, to aid in the preservation of historic land- 

 marks, and to secure the gift or loan of objects of historic interest for the 

 Museum. Members of the Association wishing to be enrolled as members of 

 this Section, are requested to notify the Secretary, Dr. Arthur Hollick. 



The Concert and Lecture Committee is making arrangements for another 

 course of entertainments this fall, and its announcements will be given out 

 shortly. The course of three concerts and one lecture given last year met with 

 such appreciation that it is believed even better support can be secured for the 

 present course. 



Recent accessions to the Museum include a series of 13 photographs nnd 

 tracings of early North American maps, including Verrazano's map of 1524, the 

 gift of Mr. George W. Tuttle. Mr. W. T. Davis has presented the specimen of 

 Muhlenberg's turtle, very rare in this region, which was kept by him alive for 

 nearly seven years after its capture. From Master Jack Hillyer we have some 

 excellent specimens of Maine and local insects; and from Miss Theler an early 

 map of Staten Island and a curious old hand- embroidered sampler. 



One of the most important gifts the Museum has received is the entire collec- 

 tion of violets of Dr. H. D. House, Biltmore, N. C, comprising about 725 

 mounted sheets. Dr. House is a noted authority on the group, and the collection 

 includes numerous cotypes and paratypes. With the material already in our 

 herbarium, this gift places our collection of Violaceae ahead of all others except 

 those in the National Museum and the New York Botanical Garden. 



Visitors to the Museum are reminded that the public hours are from 1 to 5; 

 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 10 to 5 on Satur- 

 days, and that it is closed on Sundays, Mondays and legal holidays. Members 

 of the Association, however, are admitted without regard to these hours, but it 

 is respectfully requested that when bringing visitors to the Museum they observe 

 the public hours when possible. Attention should be directed to the fact that 

 when the Museum itself is closed, the door leading to the office of the Curator- 

 in-chief is always unlocked during regular business hours. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Post office at New Brighton, N.Y., under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



