96 STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
ized June 16, 1919, with William T. Davis as president, Carol Stryker as 
field secretary, Charles W. Leng as secretary-treasurer. Monthly bird 
walks are held on the second Saturday of each month, and indoor meetings 
as directed by the Executive Committee. The following meetings have 
been held: Sept. 25, 1919, Business Meeting. Nov. 17, 1919, Edward Avis, 
In Birdland. Dec. 15, 1919, Business Meeting. Jan. 23, 1920, Herbert K. 
Job on Protection of Wild Birds and Animals. June 9, 1920, Caro) 
Stryker on How to Know Staten Island Birds. This lecture has been re- 
peated at several public schools. Oct. 7, 1920, Business Meeting. Oct. 23, 
1920, Ernest Harold Baynes on Wild Birds and How to Attract Them. 
Dec. 15, 1920, Business Meeting. March 19, 1921, Business Meeting. 
The matters discussed at business meetings have been maintenance of 
winter feeding stations for birds, illegal shooting, bird study, records, 
etc.; and recently the erection of a bird club cabin and bird sanctuary in 
the woods near the Vanderbilt Mausoleum. 
The walks have been popular and well attended, and the scientific results 
have been recorded in the proceedings of the Staten Island Nature Study 
Club. 
The membership of this club is now 227; its usec officers are: 
President, William T. Davis 
First vice president, Mrs. Henry M. Trench 
Second vice president, Mrs. Louis A. Dreyfus 
Third vice president, Anton W. Hoffmeyer 
Fourth vice president, Mrs. A. M. King 
Secretary-treasurer, Charles W. Leng 
Field secretary, Carol Stryker 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF STATEN ISLAND 
Organized Jan. 26, 1921, with Charles P. Benedict as president, Fred. S. 
Heal secretary. Meetings have been held on the second Wednesday’ of 
February, March, April, and May, at which plans for flower shows have 
been discussed and illustrated lectures given, viz.: March 9, 1921, Mon- 
tague Free, of Brooklyn Botanical Garden, on Rock Gardens. April 13, 
1921, Kenneth Boynton, of New York Botanical Garden, on Perennial 
Plants. The membership is now 53, and present officers are: 
President, Charles P. Benedict 
Vice president, Mrs. E. B. Steinmeyer 
Secretary, Fred. S. Heal 
Chairman Lecture Committee, Frank L. Doty 
Manager Gladiolus Show, J. Mortimer Vanderbilt 
Manager Dahlia Show, Frank L. Doty | 
Manager Chrysanthemum Show, John Rader 
