BULLETIN 
OF THE 
WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Vol. 1 , New Series. 
APRIL, 1900. INo. 2. 
Proceedings 
of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. 
November 24, 1899 to January 25, 1900. 
Thursday, November 24, 1899. 
This meeting was devoted to an illustrated lecture by W. H. 
Dudley, of Platteville Normal School, on the colors of flowers. 
Fifty-four .persons were present. After the meeting the board of 
directors elected the following to membership : Messrs. E. C. 
Case and Henry G. Ruenzel, and Dr. Chas. D. Stanhope. 
Thursday, December 28, 1899. 
Held in the museum lecture room with President Peckham in 
the chair and twenty-six persons present. 
After the minutes of the previous two meetings had been read 
by the secretary. Director Bruncken of the section of botany re- 
ported that prices had been obtained upon the cards and printing 
for the proposed plant census of Milwaukee County, and that the 
expenditure would not exceed ten dollars. 
A list of those publications of the society that are represented 
in the library of the public museum was handed in by P. H. 
Dernehl. These publications consist of (i) annual reports for 
the years 1870 to 1889, inclusive — those up to 1880 being published 
in German; (2) six numbers of "Occasional Papers;" (3) seven 
numbers of separate lectures ; twenty-eight publications in all. 
Of these, several are represented by only one copy, while of the 
others there are from two copies to five hundred remaining. 
The president informed the meeting that the first quarterly 
bulletin of the society was then in the hands of the printer and 
that the manner of its distribution remained to be decided upon. 
