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distributed over the lawn to the eastward by the strong westerly 
and northwesterly winds. Close to the tree the lawn was thickly 
strewn with the seeds, which gradually diminished in numbers as 
one walked away to the eastward until they were hard to find. 
The last one, as I subsequently discovered by measurement, was be- 
tween 700 and 800 feet from the parent tree. No doubt under 
the influence of a very strong gale they would be carried to about 
1000 feet, and yet an examination of an individual seed would 
hardly indicate it to be so good a flier before the wind. 
This particular Liriodendron is very healthy, for the carpels 
examined contained two seeds each. Often there is but one seed 
and sometimes none. 
Dr. A. W. Callisen exhibited some amber containing insects. 
At the close of the meeting a box addressed to the Nature Club 
from Mrs. E. E. Snow and Mrs. E. A. Stott, then in Florida, was 
opened. It contained in addition to citrus fruits of several kinds 
many natural history specimens of interest, including pressed 
plants and seashore material. 
The meeting of Feb. 23, 1924, was held at the home of the presi- 
dent, Miss Miriam A. Campbell, 275 Watchogue Road. 
Communications from Mrs. E. A. Stott, Mr. Edward Avis, and 
Prof. W. S. Wright of San Diego, Calif., were read. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis reported the six longeared owls still in the 
hemlocks in the Moravian Cemetery on Feb. 3. On that day too 
he and Mr. Cleaves while putting out a brush fire discovered a 
meadow mouse that had its tail and one ear badly burned, also some 
of the fur on its back. It lived in captivity almost a week and 
then died from some unknown cause. It was a ravenous eater and 
consumed much bread and apple peel. 
Miss Katharine Trench reported violets. in bloom at Green 
Ridge Dec. 25, jessamine Jan. 1, 1924, and skunk cabbage well 
above ground on Jan. 28. She heard the first songsparrow sing- 
ing on Feb. 2. 
The March 22, 1924, meeting was held in the Public Museum. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited the female Cychrus viduus cap- 
tured by Mr. Burns and shown at the meeting of Dec. 22. The 
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