294 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Proceedings of the annual meeting, May 5, 1897. Proceedings, 
vol. 28, no. 2, 28 pp. 
The role of water in growth, by C. B. Davenport. Proceedings, 
vol. 28, no. 3, 12 pp., 8 cuts. 
The Harvard geographical models, by W. M. Davis and G. C. 
Curtis. Proceedings, vol. 28, no. 4, 26 pp., 4 plates, 1 cut. 
Clymene producta sp. nov., by Margaret Lewis. Proceedings, 
vol. 28, no. 5, 5 pp., 2 plates. 
A contribution to the petrography of the Boston Basin, by 
Theodore G. White. Proceedings, vol. 28, no. 6, 40 pp., 5 plates, 
1 cut. 
The land mammals of peninsular Florida and the coast region of 
Georgia, by Outram Bangs. Proceedings, vol. 28, no. 7, 79 pp., 
9 cuts. 
Library. 
The additions to the library exceed those reported in any previous 
year. 
The total, 3,683, is made up as follows: — 
8vo. 
4to. 
Folio. 
Total. 
Yolumes 
328 
65 
1 
394 
Parts 
2,192 
534 
1 
2,727 
Pamphlets 
504 
33 
537 
Maps 
25 
Total 
3,024 
632 
o 
3,683 
The library 
r contains 24,245 
volumes, 1,339 
incomplete (including 
current) volumes, and 12,110 pamphlets. 
By exchange, gift, or purchase we have added twenty one serials: 
K. museum f. naturkunde, Zoologische sammlung, Berlin ; Anno¬ 
tation es zoologicae Japonenses, Tokyo; British museum, Depart¬ 
ment of printed books, London ; Zoological laboratory, LTniversity, 
Warsaw; Owen’s college, Manchester; Balfour library, Cambridge; 
It. orto botanico, Palermo; SocPte Neuchateloise de geographic, 
Neuch&tel; McGill university, Montreal; New York botanical club, 
New York; New York agricultural experiment station, Geneva; 
Asa Gray bulletin, Washington ; Journal of applied microscopy, 
Bochester; Birds, Chicago; Zoological bulletin, Boston; Osprey, 
