1879.] 141 (Meetings. 
as a question how far the Taconian, (Lower Taconic, Emmons) which 
has lithological affinities with the Huronian, may be included in 
the Ardennian series of Dumont. These rocks have been variously 
called altered Devonian, Silurian, and Cambrian. Some schists at 
Haybes in this region have lately yielded Oldhamia radiata, of which 
the speaker had secured fine specimens. 
The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Chas. S. 
Sargent, for some fine trilobites from Ohio. 
General Meeting. February 19, 1879. 
The President, Mr. T. T. Bouvé, in the chair. Thirty- 
one persons present. 
Mr, H. G. Kittredge read a paper on the natural history of 
cotton, describing the plant in all its stages, and its varieties 
in the United States and their geographical distribution. 
General Meeting. March 5, 1879. 
The President, Mr. T. T. Bouvé, in the chair. Thirty per- 
sons present. 
Messrs. Frank 8. Collins, Lewis W. Tappan, Jr., Col. T. W. 
Higginson, Dr. J. C. Merrill and Mr. J. 8. Diller, were elect- 
ed Associate Members. 
Dr. E. L. Mark, Messrs. Wm. M. Davis, Jr., and Fred. 
Habirshaw were elected Corporate Members. 
Wm. Boyd Dawkins, of Manchester, England; Wm. 
Henry Flower, London; Andrew C. Ramsay, London; 
Archibald Geikie, Edinburgh; James Hector, Wellington, 
New Zealand; Guido Cora, Turin; Franz Ritter v. Hauer, 
Vienna; Ferd. vy. Hochstetter, Vienna; Ferd. v. Richtofen, 
Berlin; Hans Bruno Geinitz, Dresden; Ludwig Riitimeyer, 
Basle; and Harrison Allen, M. D., Philadelphia; were elected 
Corresponding Members. 
