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offices he was called upon to fill, and especially in his 2 1 years' service 

 as President of the Relief Union, during which time thousands 

 were benefited by his labor. 



A continuation of the Mycologic Flora of the Miami Valley, 

 by A. P. Morgan. — Polyporei — was read by title. This paper will 

 appear in the next number of this Journal. 



Prof. Jos. F. James called the attention of the members to a set of 

 of Arizona Plants, lately purchased from C.G. Pringle. Also to a do- 

 nation of fifty-two species of fossils from C. L. Faber. He referred 

 to photographs of Mr. W. H. Edwards and Mr. Isaac Lea, pre- 

 sented by Mr. Chas. Dury, stating, that on March 4th, Mr. Lea 

 would be 93 years old, having been born in 1792. Mr. Lea is 

 celebrated as a writer on conchology, having described over 700 

 species of Unionidae, besides many species of Melania and of 

 fossils. 



Dr. O. D. Norton made some remarks on the mastodon found 

 at Newburg, N. Y., and now in the Warren Museum, in Boston. 

 The tusk from the lower jaw, found at the time, became separated, 

 and was for a long time kept apart from the skull, but is now in its 

 proper place. One peculiarity about this mastodon was, that two 

 of the ribs, having been once broken, were united during the life of 

 the animal. 



In the discussion which followed, many members took part. Dr. 

 W. A. Dun referred to the finding of mastodon remains near 

 Hopeton, Ohio, in a bed of peat. Mr. Cotton referred to the 

 finding of remains in various parts of the city and suburbs, in the 

 alluvium. He stated, that when a well was dug opposite where 

 the Burnet House now stands, there were taken from a depth of fifty- 

 five feet, leaves, twigs, etc., of trees. From the material taken 



Very respectfully, 



L. S. Cotton, 

 R. M. Byrnes, 

 A. E. Heighway. 



