Genenil Meeting.] 176 [Feb. 7, 
Genkual Meeting, Deckmbeu 20, 1893. 
President VV. II. Niles in the ch;iir. Twenty-eight persons 
present. 
It was announced that the following Corporate Members had 
been elected by the Council: Miss Anne M. Smith, and Messrs. 
F. C. Kenyon and A. L. Rotch. 
Mr. Severance Burrage gave an account of his observations on 
the thread-leaved sundew, Drosera Jiliformis Raf. 
Mr. M. L. Fernald discussed the geographical distribution of 
the flowering plants of the upper St. John river, northern 
Maine. 
General Meeting, January 3, 1894. 
President W. 11. Niles in the chair. Thirty-four i)ersons 
present. 
Mr. L. S. Griswold remarked upon the physical geography of 
Arkansas. 
Prof. W. O. Crosby described the gypsum quarries of the lower 
Carboniferous, Nova Scotia. 
General Meeting, January 17, 1894. 
Vice-President N. S. Shaler in the chair. Forty-six persons 
present. 
Mr. T. A. Jaggar, Jr., explained the formation of the various 
kinds of ripple-raark. 
Prof. N. S. Shaler spoke of the topographic evidence of 
ancient earthquakes. 
General Meeting, February 7, 1894. 
President W. II. Niles in the cliair. Two hundred and forty- 
seven persons present. 
The following papers were read : — 
