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sidered to be wrong. He thought too much distinction was drawn on 

 State lines. Insects occur all over the country, and he thought life 

 zones or geological boundaries were more proper terms to use. Mr. 

 Webster further stated that refined kerosene had been used exten- 

 sively in southern Ohio without injury to apple trees, but applied in 

 less quantities in other parts of the State trees had been killed. He 

 spoke of the need of investigation of the effect of mineral oil upon 

 plants. He thought there were factors that were not understood. 



Mr. Smith remarked that he agreed with Professor Webster in 

 reference to the word " State." but it served in another way to express 

 the actual facts that different workers had obtained varying results, 

 and was really a designation of a worker in any given State. 



Mr. Sanderson called attention to the fact that a record of the 

 weather as made by the Weather Bureau was conducted somewhat 

 along this line. He stated that he had had occasion to look up the 

 weather record, and was able to secure the data from the State 

 bureau. 



Mr. Smith stated that in New Jersey there was a tabulated record 

 for every locality at which a station is established, and that he was 

 thus able to secure the weather record for ten or more years back 

 without much trouble. 



Mr. Hopkins observed that in West Virginia he had concluded it 

 was not safe to base conclusions on the work of voluntary weather 

 observers. Stations were at different elevations along the line, east 

 and west. He considered the influence of climate as shown by the 

 difference in flowering periods of plants to be of considerable use in 

 this connection. 



The president called attention to the matter of a small assessment 

 of the members present to meet the current expenses of the secre- 

 tary, and on motion it was voted to assess each member 50 cents. 



It was voted to hold the next meeting at the same place of meeting 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, namely. 

 Washington, D. C. After some discussion as to the exact date of 

 meeting, it was voted to leave this to the officers of the association, 

 the date to be announced by the secretary in the preliminary notice. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



CALLED MEETING, SATURDAY, JUNE 98, 190*. 



A called meeting of the association was held in the Schenley Hotel, 

 June 28, at 5 p. in., to consider the matter of electing representatives 

 to the council of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, the association being entitled to this representation. Mr. 

 Hopkins moved that two fellows be elected to the council, and a ballot 

 was taken, with the result that Mr. A. IX Hopkins and Mr. C. L. 

 Marlatt were elected. 



A. L. Quaintance, Secretary. 



