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waters, which were themselves active agents in bringing about the very 
decomposition from which these products result. 
inally, the interrupted crystallization, to which we have especially 
alluded, suggests that there has been rapid cooling and motion, such as 
would occur at the orifice, and along or around the mouths of springs ; 
unlike those magnificent results in Arkansas, where brilliant, sharply- 
cut, and long crystals, would seem to indicate a slow growth of the 
quartz prisms in a dense solution. 
Mr. Arthur Hollick showed specimens of Anemone hepatica L., the 
common Liverwort, collected in full bloom at Prince’s Bay on Feb- 
phenomenally mild winter. Following are the earliest recorded dates 
at which this flower was found in blossom in previous years : 
Bee Vee March 25th 1880. . . . not recorded 
Tote a Se ee Ag 1h see SS eee se April roth 
OTS os eee ; April roth “1889... ies a April rst 
ioe. Oe Miata ssh March arst 1683. o se April 8th 
ESI eas Appr oah 188a e e April 2oth 
S66 oe ee ee aa ee pe ae 
SOT Ge tee March 24th 1886 5°... ee pril r1th 
O76 Se 6 Mirch roh 1889 a ees April 17th 
TOG 9 Se eS March toth 1888... . 2°. ss April 15th 
i aetna le ee aa April 14th 
In nearly every instance the plants were examined carefully about a 
week or two previous to the dates above recorded, hence they could 
not have been in blossom many days earlier. As the location of 
plants makes a great difference in the time of flowering all these ob- 
servations were made at the same or similarly situated localities, name- 
ly, sheltered banks with a southern exposure, either near the Crystal 
Water Co.’s reservoir, the Black Horse Ravine, or the pond near 
'Prince’s Bay. The plants in the latter locality are slightly in advance 
of the others and a week or more ahead of the average. 
The following objects were shown: A cannon ball, presumably a 
relic of revolutionary times, presented by Mr. S. N. Havens, who had 
dug it up while excavating in the woods not far from the new Smith 
Infirmary building. A stone axe and arrow-head, presented by Mr. 
M. T. Merrill, which had been dredged from the bottom of the Kills 
near Linoleumville. The articles were encrusted with barnacles and 
Bryozoöns. . 
