June, 1905.] 
Meeting of the Biological Club. 
37T 
MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Prof. Osborn’s Residence, April 10, 1905. 
The Club was called to order by the President, Prof. Hine. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The program arranged for the evening was to consist of talks by 
Professors Kellerman and Hine on their recent trip through 
Central America. Prof. Kellerman was the first speaker and gave 
a very interesting account of the trip. The party consisting of 
E. B. Williamson and wife, C. C. Dean and wife, N. W. Miller, 
Professors Hine and Kellerman, left New Orleans, Jan. 5. In 
spite of a bad boat and some sea-sickness the trip down was a 
pleasant one. Many interesting things were observed ,as flying 
fish, peculiar birds, and the beautiful deep green of the tropical 
landscape. The first stop was made at Belize but only for a few 
hours. The party arrived at Port Barrios, Guatemala, Jan. 10. 
Everything in this country was entirely new and interesting 
to residents of a temperate climate. New plants, new animals, 
wonderful palms with which there is nothing in the greenhouses 
of this country to compare. The fauna and flora of this coast 
region was interesting enough to spend the whole of their time 
on but they went back into the country by means of a poor rail- 
road. After traveling all day and all night they stopped at 
Gualan about SO miles from the coast. The trip on the slow 
railroad had been a wonderful one. The trees were especially 
interesting but even more so were the wonderful epiphytes — the 
Bromeliads and Orchids resting on the trees, some with roots 
hanging almost to the ground. Bamboos, higher even than the 
trees were abundant. Nearly every plant around Gualan was 
new to a northern visitor but Shepherd’s Purse Purslane and a 
few of our more common plants were found. Compositae were 
numerous and of very large size, many being conspicuous shrubs 
and some large trees. It was very warm and dry at Gualan and all 
superfluous clothing was dispensed with. Nearly all the grass 
was dead. The deciduous trees of this climate have the habit of 
shedding their leaves whenever they please, usually at the drv 
season and this makes the landscape very peculiar. 
From here the party went on up the railroad to the foot of 
the mountains, 120 miles from the coast. From here they had 
to travel 60 miles on mules to Guatemala City. Prof. Kellerman 
remained here while the rest of the party went on to the Pacific 
coast. Guatemala City is very beautiful and contains manv 
interesting things, especially the museum and the Temple of 
Minerva. The scenery there is as fine and charming as that of 
