﻿278 proceedings of the [March, 1858. 



form of the order of Actinioidea, viz: the form in which the em- 

 bryonic character of fissiparition disappears. 



Member Elected. 

 James L. Petigru, Esq. 



MARCH 1st, 1858. 

 Vice President W. W. Smith in the chair. 



Prof. L. R. Gibbes deposited forty-nine specimens of woods 

 most of which were contributed by Dr. Alexius M. Forster. 



A letter was read from Oscar M. Lieber, Esq., acknow- 

 ledging the reception of the notice of his election as Corres- 

 pondent. 



Cavendisham — Philadelphia. 



J. F. M. Geddings, M. D. Corresponding Secretary of 



" The Elliott Society of Natural History:' 



I would ask the indulgence of the Society's attention to a fact 

 that seems not heretofore to have been duly recognised. In a 

 research on Titanium I made use of some Rutile that was repre- 

 sented to me as occurring in quartz at Lynchburg, in Virginia, 

 a locality not mentioned by Professor Dana, in " The Manual of 

 Mineralogy.''' 



With the highest esteem, I remain, 



WILLIAM SHARSWOOD. 



February 9th, 1858. 



A letter was read from R. W. Habersham, Esq. acknow- 

 ledging the reception of the notice of his election as Corres- 

 pondent, and making the following communication : 



February 9th, 1858. 



Enclosed I send flowers of the apple tree, just gathered. The 

 trees in front of my house are in full bloom, and have been since 

 the frost in November. The jessamines are out, and it is not a 

 week since a retiring spring tide left several silver fish in a ditch 

 on my land. This is all very unusual for Port Royal Island, 

 and may be deemed note-worthy in the annals of the Society. 



