GENERAL MEETINGS. 
7 
Mr. Bailey Willis presented a paper on 
THE TOPOGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE IN THE BAYS MOUNTAINS, 
TENNESSEE. 
[This paper appeared in the School of Mines Quarterly, Columbia Col¬ 
lege, 8°, Xew York, 1887, xVpril, vol. 8, Yo. 3, pp. 242-252.] 
Mr. G. Brown Goode made a communication on 
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCIENTIFIC MEN AND IN¬ 
STITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
[An abstract of this communication appeared in The Epoch, 4°. Yew 
A'ork., 1887, June 24, vol. 1, pp. 467-468.] 
298th Meeting. February 26, 1887. 
The President in the Chair. 
Thirty-nine members and guests present. 
The President announced the election to and acceptance of mem¬ 
bership of Mr. Franklin Austin Seelyl ’ 
Mr. C. V. Kiley read a jiaper upon 
OUR CITY SHADE-TREES, THEIR FOES AND THEIR FUTURE, 
illustrated by drawings and specimens. 
[This paper was afterwards elaborated and published as Bulletin Yo. 10 
■ of the entomological division of the Department of Agriculture, published 
May 7, 1887, with the following title : 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Entomology. Bulletin 
Yo. 10. Our shade-trees and their insect defoliators. Being a consideration 
of the four most injurious species which affect the trees of .the capital ; with 
means of destroying them. By C. V. Riley, entomologist. Washington : 
Government Printing Office, 1887. 69 pp., 8°, illustrated.] 
This communication was discussed by IMessrs. Gilbert, Mer- 
RiAM, and Elliott. 
