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ae PROCEEDINGS 


STATEN ISLAND, ASSOCIATION, 
OP Ak b> AND SCIENCES 


OF THE 


VOLUME IV 


OcTOBER I91I—May 1913 


EDITED BY THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 


CHARLES L. POLLARD, Cuarrman : 
ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. DAVIS 





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PUBLISHED BY THE 
STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y. 


1914 





ADEE Or CON TENTS 


Parts I anp II. OctToser, 1911—May, 1912 


ISSUED MARCH 31, 1913 


Notes on the Seventeen-Year Cicada in 1911 
Witii1am T. Davis 


Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island 
Wituiam T. Davis 


Bird Photographing on the Coastal Islands of Virginia (with 


elatess ly arg sleet. fe ae7 suk eae Howarp H. CLEAVES 

The Work of Professor John B. Smith in Economic En- 

OHIO IPR gmat eter a eee oye Slyaielteas, od lea 3s E. L. DicKERSON 

Joli desesmith! as-a.Coleopterist.-..... : CHARLES W. LENG 

John B. Smith-as a Lepidopterist.:.... Joun A. GROSSBECK 

Bibliography of the Published Writings of Professor John 

SOMME LD ee oer rind ars usa Gs cutive os" JouHn A, GROSSBECK 
Literature Relating to Staten Island: 

ethic NI Siti VOMeSteAGi on. e.cateterewesieia sok @aietiee oe oe e 


ai Acem MGMT Ole AI Chae) pra. alt iste a alehtahd «Bom vs 6 6,5 
i womnecwianr: (ree. Menornities;. 2.606 fon. ne ke es 
Progress Reports of Experiments in Dust Prevention 

Sid Evan GESCEV AION, a EOTOR sy. cred cee, h helms oe soe sheds 
The Fireworks Factory at Graniteville .....:......... 
interest: Eeople «Leland ©. Floward ............4.. 
Spe MMe LG) iil ecu Ret cia ote, orci. he ahs sande ee eal 
RicimGesdtic sotaretm, WslanGdGhG, cclou ssi, ssi ep lece wo « o Saneisie 
Gis LeMay pe LEE Fa OT RTISS ee eta etes ROC eR ey aa 
On the Structure and Affinities of Two New Conifers 

and a Fungus from the Upper Cretaceous of Hok- 

FacNG Gren GNGC AON MMe Hcp yh. Fe ceil ohs cba! ase a jecnie's ae swe 
Some Remarks on the Cretaceous Fossil Flora and the 

Gaiseomoile Px MRCEION ee o <a) adesas + 24 oieie's bale sis os = 
Howard Henderson Cleaves, Nature Student ......... 


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Records of Meetings: 

iveabllene INlecinae. Oickoloer Al, WOU sasosuessssacocc- 

InGeibilkne Wikectcnae, INGWwenMber 1S, WOME ..o6sc0sc0esc0c 

Incanilene Micounme, December 10, WONT ¢oacoacocsarcoce 

Ineeniere Mien embry AO, WOLA ccecnseseccsocoos 

IRegtllae Mleaoimnge lkeorilary 07, OWA 2ccccosnctcooses 

Neville Meeting, Mleanreln WO, IOLA scocacccsscceccco= 

Regular WMlestnas, Avoril AO, TORE ccsccecdsccssosc5oc6 

PMtaniitall Vee tim ce Mtaiyaot 3 et) 

Annual Reports: 

INGOOE OH Hae IBoiral Oit TMMSISSS oo. c40dca0easensocon 
INE DOE OL wis WoaxecwinnyS (COMMAMavee ooccoascossee 
Report of the Museum and Library Committee... . 
Report on thes ANccessions | Committee eee eee 
Report of the Women’s Auxiliary Committee..... 
INeport of tive enblicationy @enmmitiees = aes eee 
Reporter ties Curator-im- Chichen er ae eee 

Report, onthe: Secretainy neste i ts ie nen eee 

Report: ofpthemireacunen. sisal aioe eee 

IRENE Ore WINS SSCOIN Oi IBVONOBla acacccsecocoacsecs 

INGORE Oi Ware SeCuOm OH INTE sos occncacbcasccenc bade 


Parr III anp IV. OctToBer, 1912-May, 1913 


ISSUED AUGUST I, I914 


A Star-Nosed Mole from South Lakewood, New Jersey 
Witiiam T. Davis 
A Corn Snake from Lakehurst, New Jersey 
WituiamM T. Davis 
Indian Camp or Village Sites in the Southern Part of Staten 
Island and Adjacent Parts of New Jersey 
ALANSON SKINNER 
The Seventeen-Year Cicada on Staten Island in 1912 
Witiiam T. Davis 
The Allegheny Cave Rat at. West Point, N. Y. 
WititAm T. Davis 


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A Collection of Indian Relics from Watchogue 


ALANSON SKINNER 102 
Museum Extension Work with Boy Scouts 
CHARLES L. POLLARD 105 
Additional Facts Concerning the Hybrid Oaks Quercus nana 
x Quercus marylandica (Q. Brittoni Davis) 
Wiiiiam T. Davis 110 
Literature Relating to Staten Island: 
Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir Book of Tompkins Lodge 112 


Cretaceous Pityoxylon with Marginal Tracheids ...... re 
The Structure of the Stomata of Certain Cretaceous 

Winsett ea Mera tee a Mice hone graces aN @ faye) so sae ns « 113 
imonite Deposits on Staten! Islands NG Ween... 113 
iitrenestinen eoples Mtns a) nlsedemle..))-)-) tee e = sel 114 
The Week-Ender Takes a Walk on Staten Island...... 114 
The History, Comparative Anatomy and Evolution of 

fie Araucaniaxylon Dype Parts I-IV. .2.....5. 22. 115 
A Preliminary Report of the Archaeological Survey of 

WMEMSIALEH OU NIEW JEESEVs GUC. e's viere i eldierst ccs lojee wi re T15 

Records of Meetings: 
Reeulag Meeting, October 19; 1912 ....2..:.....---+. Ly) 
Regular Meeting, November 16, 1912................-. 117 
ineotlane Vices. December 21, 1OR2. 2. asa. - 118 
iveotlar Mecehine.. |attiany lS; TON) 80. so... ee = 118 
ReomianeVicetineHebitary U5. NOLS". .7- 1-24 0 --,- 119 
eoularm VMiectinem March! 1S. TOUR) ac). sc cn s)es-)s0 7 - - 119 
IMesmlate Mee itmes WADE TO MOUs ns scales sie ce r+ oye 119 
xcs Weetime Maye 74 NOUR Vl eo. cg sles ee ee ve 120 
Annual Reports: 

Reporaoutiestsoatd Gimli GISteeS: 665-0067 1- = 121 
Kepont of the Gurator-im-Chief 300. cues ee ee ne 124 
MEP OG UMOlMENE SECECLARYE sill sais sls slsleeslee ce ee sje oe 133 
Nepali ude lsbeaSuikel guialecisae e-cigri-ccli--\ - ole «iar « 133 
Report of the Section of Biology .............-..+-- 134 


IReWOELGMMte) SCHON OL ATE jase ae tec tse wees 130 


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ILLUSTRATIONS 


Plate I. Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla L., standing on nest 

at edge of lagoon, Cobb’s Island, Va., late June, 1911. 7 
Plate II. Black Skimmer, Rynchops mgra L., on nest among 

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VOL. ee October r911-May 1912 | Parts I and 


| PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 


| STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 


e ARTS AND SCIENCES 


EDITED BY 


_ PHILIP DOWELL, ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. DAVIS 


PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 


CONTENTS 


Notes on the Seventeen-Year Cicada intgo1r. -). 2.2... WILLIAM T. Davis 
Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island... . . . . WittiAm T. Davis 
Bird Photographing on the Coastal Islands of Virginia . . Howarp H., CLEAVES 
~The Work of Professor John B. Smith in Economic Entomology E. L. Dickrrson 
John B. Smith as a Coleopterist . . .......... .. . ... CHARLES W. LENG 
John B. Smith as a Tedagnlence, Se . Joun B. GRossBECK 
Bibliography of the Published Writings of ‘Professor John B. Smith 
Compiled by Joun B. GROSSBECK 
ae Literature Relating to Staten Island : 


The Austin Homestead, Prize Shooting for Camera. Two Peculiar Tree 

_. Deformities. -Progress Reports of Experiments in Dust Prevention and Road 

_ Preservation, 1910. The Fireworks Factory at Graniteville, Interesting 

- People: Leland O. Howard. Staten Island, A Pamphlet on Staten Island 

_ Twenty-five Years Ago, The Fair Emprise, On the Structure and Affinities 

of Two New Conifers and a Fungus from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido 

(Yezo), Some Remarks on the Cretaceous Fossil Flora and ‘the Causes of 
Extinction, Howard Henderson Cleaves, Nature Student, 


| Records of Meetings 

Annual Reports . 

i Report of the Section of Binlosy Size tah VE a RU Bees eae TP a 
Report OL. the Section ot ATE 6 ne yuh WO RE ee ay 


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OFFICERS, 1911- 1912 


Pe pode bton Howard Randolph Bayne el 
First Vice- President —William Thompson Davis 
Second Vice- Prestdent—William Hinman Mitchill 
Secretary—Arthur Hollick 
Treasurer—Charles Arthur Ingalls 


BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IQII-1912 — 


is —ELecrive MEMPERS 


TERMS EXPIRE 1912 ee ; . ‘TERMS EXPIRE 1913, 


Howard Randolph Bayne John Quincy Adams 
William Thompson Davis John DeMorgan 

Arthur Hollick — ~. Stafford Clarence Edwards 
Charles Arthur Ingalls James Richard Walsh 


William Goodenow Willcox Sed 


TERMS EXPIRE 1014 ay ae 
Bradish Johnson Carroll.’ : | 2 x oat 
George Scranton Himphiee Aaa CON adie 
William Hinman Mitchill ; 
Norman Stewart, Walker, Jr. 


Ps x OFFICIO MEMBERS 


The President of the Borough of Richmond 
Hon. George Cromwell how 
Eh District Superintendent of Schools in the Borough of Richmond ( 
William Louis Ettinger ! 





PROCEEDINGS 


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Vor LY OcToBER I1911—May I912 Parts I anp®II 








Notes on the Seventeen-Year Cicada in 1911+ 
WiiiaM T. Davis 


Cne of the most interesting things about the visitation of the 
seventeen-year cicada, Cicada septendecim L., in I911 is that 
apparently they did not appear quite as early as they did in 1894. 
In that year? there was a severe storm on May 20 that killed many 
of the cicadas that had previously appeared in great numbers. 
This year, however, the earliest record was May 20, and they 
were not abundant until May 23. 

As usual, the pup were found early in the spring under logs, 
stones, etc., and later the cones were found in woods where there 
were leaves lying on the ground, the tops of the cones reaching 
the level of the upper layer of leaves. The cones were always 
found where the ground was damp in the spring, that is, covered 
with a layer of dead leaves which retained much moisture. When 
the ground has been burned over, consuming the leaves among 
which they were made earlier in the season, the cones become 
very conspicuous objects. 

* Presented October 21, I9QII. 

*Proceedings of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island, 


4: 33, Sept. 8, 1804. 
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Pupz were found as early as March 12 at Ramsey, northern 
New Jersey, and a great many of them on April 23 near Rich- 
mond, Staten Island. On May to Mr. Charles L. Pollard and I 
found seventeen-year cicada pupz under many of the stones, etc., 
on a wooded hillside along Matawan Creek, N. J., and there were 
also a few cones among the leaves. 

On May 23 the cicadas commenced to emerge in numbers in 
Mr. Chas. W. Leng’s garden at West New Brighton, and on May 
26 I heard a number of them singing in a grove of sweet gums 
at Great Kills, Staten Island, and saw them flying about. There 
were many more males than females among those I examined at 
this early date. 

On June 3 Mr. Leng and I went to West Point, N. Y., and in 
company with Lieutenant-Colonel Wirt Robinson spent parts of 
two days rambling about the woods. The most impressive sight 
was the number of seventeen-year cicadas that occurred on the 
mountain-side. Already they were suffering from the attacks of 
the fungus so fatal to many of them, and numerous individuals, 
both males and females, were seen with the tips of their abdomens 
gone and showing the yellowish white cones of the fungus. A 
pair was found in copulation on the fourth of June and an unfor- 
tunate individual had become impaled on a stiff dead twig of a 
flowering dogwood, which penetrated the back of its head between 
the eyes and thus held it firmly, while its legs vainly clawed the 
air. Every tree trunk where there were many cicada pupe skins 
showed some accidents whereby many of the insects were made 
permanent cripples. Many also failed to get out of their pupal 
skins, and died clinging to the trunks of trees and other vegeta- 
tion. We saw many creatures feeding on the cicadas and among 
them a carabid beetle, Pterostichus lucublandus Say, which was 
pulling a dead one along on a sidewalk after the manner of an ant. 

On June 16 near Willow Brook, Staten Island, and also near 
Westerleigh, I found the form cassinii. This form was also 
found by Mr. Charles P. Benedict, who collected it in consider- 
able numbers about his home at West New Brighton. Mr. Isaac 


Davis: NoTES ON THE SEVENTEEN- YEAR CICADA IN IQII 3 


Wort, of Rossville, gave me two examples of this form collected 
at that place June 18, 1911. The cicadas were not heard after 
about the tenth of July, but in the Clove Valley, where they had 
been particularly numerous, I heard a single belated male sing 
four times on August 2. A living one was found in August 
near the home of Mr. Benedict. While the cicadas were gen- 
erally distributed over the wooded portions of Staten Island, 
except the small so-called pine barren areas, yet, as has been 
observed in previous years, they were much more numerous in 
some places than in others. In 1877 there were a great many 
seventeen-year cicadas in the garden at New Brighton surround- 
ing the house where I lived. Though the same fruit trees are 
standing and the conditions, as regards vegetation have not par- 
ticularly changed, yet I failed to find any of the cicadas in ro1t.. 
They have no doubt been exterminated by the house sparrow. 

It is well known that the seventeen-year cicada does not occur 
in the New Jersey pine barrens, that is, in the real pine barren 
areas. Some of the maps showing this area include, erro- 
neously, we think, all of the country about Lakewood, South 
Lakewood, Ridgeway, etc., which in many cases supports an oak 
forest with some large pig-nut hickories, chestnuts and sweet- 
gums. Pines are not common in some portions of this area, and 
three of the trees above mentioned do not belong to a pine barren 
country. As a further proof in this matter I can state that the 
seventeen-year cicada was very common in IQII in places near 
Lakewood, South Lakewood and Ridgeway, being confined to the 
areas of oak timber. Elsewhere in New Jersey we observed the 
cicadas along Cheesequake Creek, at Matawan, about Terrace 
Pond in northern New Jersey; also at Hewitt, Haskell, Pompton 
Junction, Little Falls, Great Notch and Ramsey. 


Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island* 
Witi1am T, Davis 


The spring and early summer of 1911 being warm and dry was 
particularly favorable for the development of caterpillars, for the 
reason that they were tolerably free from fungus diseases. As a 
result, by mid-summer there were a great many butterflies on the 
island and the number of Papilio philenor, turnus, etc., was re- 
marked by even the casual observer. 

The following additions have been made to the local list, re- 
cently published by the Association, Proc. Staten I. Assoc. 3: 


I-30, 1909. 


ADDITIONS TO LIST 


Pamphila phylaeus Drury. Three specimens taken at Fort 
Wadsworth, August 20, 1911 (O. Fulda). Mr. George P. Engel- 
hardt also found it in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Long Island, and 
Mr. Charles L. Pollard in the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey, 
both during the summer of 1911. 

Magusa dissidens Felder. September 20 (O. Fulda). 

Brotolomia iris Guenée. June 25 (O. Fulda). 

Catocala badia G.& R. Clove Valley, July 23, 1911 (Wm. T. 
Davis). 

Catocala palaeogama phalanga Grote. Clove Valley, July 23, 
1911 (Wm. T. Davis). 3 

Catocala relicta Walker. West New Brighton, September 7, 
1911 (Louis Achilles). One was found by Mr. Oscar Fulda on 
a tree trunk near Silver Lake in 1906, but the insect escaped. 
This moth was not uncommon in the vicinity of New York City 
in the summer of the above mentioned year. 


* Presented October 21, Ig1t. 


Davis: THE MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF STATEN ISLAND 5. 


Euchoeca lucata Guenée. June (C. L. Pollard). 

Selidosema humarium Guenée. April 16, May 5, 1911 (Wm. 
T. Davis). 

Cleora indicataria Walker. May 23, 1911 (Wm. T. Davis). 


RECORDS OF I] NTEREST 


Argynnis bellona Fabricius. Oakwood, August 1, 1911 (Wm. 
T. Davis). 

Pyrameis cardui L. Arrochar, August 5, 1911; Oakwood, Au- 
gust 21, 1911 (Wm. T. Davis). This butterfly was observed 
from Washington, D. C., to Long Island during the summer of 
IQ1I as fairly common. It has been rare or unobserved about 
New York City for a number of years. 

Libythea bachmanni Kirtland. Fort Wadsworth, August 21, 
rg1r (O. Fulda). 

Terias nicippe Cramer. Clove Valley, July 23, 1911 (E. Shoe- 
maker). Oakwood, August 21 (Wm. T. Davis). 

Papilio thoas L. Fort Wadsworth, August (O. Fulda). 

Alabama argillacea Hubner. The greatest visitation on record 
of the cotton worm moth appeared on the island during the month 
of September, 1911. They were in great numbers in buildings 
and about electric lights, and continued to be seen in October until 
killed by the advancing season. | 

Rheumaptera hastata L. Mariner’s Harbor, May 23, 1911; 
Great Kills, May 26, 1911 (Wm. T. Davis). 


Bird Photographing on the Coastal Islands of Virginia’ 
Howarp H. CLEAVES 


The coastal islands of any country are likely to be full of 
interest to the ornithologist. Sea birds particularly seek insular 
nesting sites for the dual reason that in these places, isolated from 
the mainland by an expanse of water, they are near a plentiful 
food supply which they secure from the sea, and that such preda- 
tory animals as the raccoon, red squirrel and others, often com- 
mon on the mainland, are rare or unknown on island domains. 
Off the coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico, and from 
Florida to Labrador and the Arctic Ocean, are distributed innu- 
merable islands. Their formation corresponds pretty closely with 
that of the adjacent mainland and a mere glance at a physiographic 
map of the continent cannot fail to convey a clear idea of the 
diversity of the coastal region. It follows, therefore, that some 
islands are treeless, bold and rocky, others are covered with loamy 
soil and in consequence are productive of vegetation, while still 
others are little more than sandspits, supporting only scant growths 
of stunted bushes and monotonous stretches of marsh grass. But 
whatever may be their appearance from a human viewpoint, these 
islands are, with few exceptions, eagerly sought by myriads of 
birds when the nesting season approaches; and it is on these 
isolated areas, therefore, that the bird student, the explorer and 
the tourist may behold many of the most impressive spectacles to 
be found anywhere in the bird world. 

The east coast of Cape Charles, Va., is fringed by a series of 
narrow, sandy islands, behind which are miles of creeks and chan- 
nels that wander through endless acres of marshlands and mud- 
flats. Oysters and clams acquire a size and excellence here that 


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CLEAVES: BIRD PHOTOGRAPHING ON ISLANDS OF VIRGINIA Ti 


are at once pleasing to the eye and tempting to the appetite. 
Along the shore may be seen small towns, mostly situated where 
some creek or inlet affords facilities for the navigation of light 
craft. The streets of these villages are often paved with crushed 
shells, which make highways of surprising excellence. The sup- 
ply of this paving material frequently exceeds the demand and 
one’s eye and nose are likely to detect the presence of great heaps 
of shells, which, together with the oyster and clam rakes and 
dredges, make the occupation of the natives obvious. The clams, 
oysters, snails and the like are the products of the mudflats and 
the bottom of the ocean, but the waters that cover these are inhab- 
ited by fish of many varieties and sizes. Indeed the entire region 
is rich in sea food, and it is this abundance of nourishment that 
accounts very largely for the presence on this coast of such num- 
bers of sea birds. 

The ease with which the Cape Charles region can be reached 
from New York is certain to be a matter of surprise to one who 
has never been there before. At nine o'clock p.m. one boards 
the Cape Charles express in the heart of New York City and 
after a ride of nine hours awakes to find himself in a country of 
potato fields and negro cabins. Presently the station of Cheriton, 
Va., is reached and a wagon ride of two and a half miles toward 
the east brings him to Oyster, a small village which might be 
described as a cluster of houses beside an immense heap of oyster 
shells. The bird islands lie some miles out from here, but the 
distance is covered by a gasoline launch in a trifle over an hour. 
Thus the entire journey is completed within half a day. 

Mr. Francis Harper was my companion on the expedition and 
our sojourn among the islands off Cape Charles occupied the last 
week in June, 1911. Neither of us had been to a similar region 
previously and many of the birds were entirely new to us. Of 
these the black-headed or laughing gulls, Larus atricilla L., 
were among the first to appear, a few being noted when we were 
striking out in the launch from Oyster for Cobb’s Island. A 
number of these birds seemed to be flying inland and were per- 


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haps setting out across the cape for Chesapeake Bay in quest of 
favorite feeding grounds. When we had proceeded some dis- 
tance through the winding channels we noted several common 
terns, Sterna hirundo L., and a few great blue herons, Ardea h. 
herodias L., but these were old acquaintances of ours. Captain 
Broadwater, our pilot, told us that terns were called “ strikers” 
in Virginia and great blue herons “crankies.” Some questioning 
on the subject of local names elicited the further information that 


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green herons are known as “ scouts,’ black skimmers as “ flood 
gulls,” “sea dogs” or “scissor bills,’ oyster catchers as “sea 
crows,” and kingbirds as “ bee martins.” Black terns were called 
“black strikers” and royal terns “big strikers.’ The name 
“striker” is significant and is suggested by the habit these birds 
have of securing their food of small fish by “ striking” the water 
bill first after a drop of several feet from a position in the air. 

Our first black skimmer or flood gull, Rhynchops mgra L., 
was not seen until we were just off the shore of the famous Cobb’s 
Island. The bird was passing a point of land that jutted out into 
the channel and was flying in our direction. He pursued a course 
just above the surface of the rather smooth water, moving his 
immense wings with unbelievable ease, and from time to time 
opened his bill and thrust its lower half into the water. While 
this “skimming” process was going on the skimmer’s wings were 
moved more rapidly than in ordinary flight, but did not travel so 
far up and down, thus enabling the bird to fly very close to the 
water and yet not touch its surface with his wing tips. The bill 
was not simply dipped into the water and quickly withdrawn but 
was skimmed along for a rod or more, throwing the water out at 
both sides in thin sheets, and producing much the same effect that 
one might obtain by drawing the closed points of a pair of scissors 
with considerable speed across the surface of a body of smooth 
water. d 

Cobb’s Island is little more than a strip of sandy beach and 
salt marsh some seven miles in length and less than a mile in 
width. The only buildings to be found there are the Cobb’s 


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CLEAVES: BirD PHOTOGRAPHING ON ISLANDS OF VIRGINIA 9. 


Island Life Saving Station and the Cobb’s Island Club house, both 
located near the southern extremity of the island and both built 
on posts or piles and raised some feet from the marsh to avoid 
flood tides. We found that the laughing gulls and clapper rails 
or marsh hens, FRallus c. crepitans Gmel., had also resorted to a 
similar recourse, the gulls’ nests being constructed of heaps of 
dead reeds placed among the marsh grass and the eggs deposited 
in a hollow on the top away from the tide level, while a rail’s nest 
was supported mainly by being attached to the stems of the living 
grasses, the tops of which were arched over it to conceal the 
clutch of nine eggs. 

The gull colony was small, containing perhaps not more than 
fifteen nests, but we were told there were many more birds in the 
marshes near the north end of the island. So long as we stood 
in plain view the birds remained aloit, uttering their mellow notes 
of protest and occasionally breaking out into the wild laughing 
call that has given them their name of “ laughing gull.” But when 
we had set up our umbrella blinds and disappeared within them, 
all of the birds except those owning the nests upon which we were 
working drew closer to the tops of the marsh grasses and very 
shortly settled upon their eggs. The individuals selected for pho- 
tographic purposes were nervous and backward for a consider- 
able period. Many times they dropped down to within a yard or 
two of the nests, dangled their legs earthward while the wings 
were moved rapidly, then wheeled and rose to a height, only to 
reapproach the nests by short stages, and finally settled lightly and 
stood daintily beside the eggs, affording an excellent opportunity 
for a study of their appearance. The laughing gull is decidedly 
smaller than the herring or harbor gull, Larus argentatus Pont, 
known so well to all, and is a much more striking bird in color 
pattern during the breeding season, with black head and a small 
white ring nearly encircling the eye. 

The laughing gull secures much of its food in the shape of 
small fish whose habit it is to swim in closely bunched schools at 
the surface of the water. The bird, sighting a disturbed area on 


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the face of the otherwise unruffled water, makes for the spot and 
dips his bill into the living mass as he shoots by, not touching the 
water with body or feet. The minnows disappear like a flash 
(too late, however, for the safety of at least one of their number), 
but in a few moments foolishly return to the top and expose 
themselves to another attack from the enemy. The gulls un- 
doubtedly indulge in other sea food for I noticed one bird. gulp- 
ing down a small crab or mussel that he had secured on the bank 
of a creek. 

Late in the afternoon of our first day, when we had finished a 
visit to the Life Saving Station, a thunder storm of no mean pro- 
portions swept down on the island and its stilted buildings from 
the west. We stood on the back piazza of the club house and 
looked out across the salt meadows to the ocean while the black 
clouds boiled overhead and gradually crept down to meet the 
horizon in the east. The tide, seeming possessed of a determi- 
nation not to be outdone by the fury of the heavenly powers, sent 
its dark currents surging through the channels and swirling about 
the piles until the marshes were filled with an ever-rising flood 
which threatened, as we realized presently, to destroy the homes 
of gulls and clapper rails. Of the latter birds we observed as 
many as eight or ten in various parts of the meadows. Ordi- 
narily the “marsh hens” are heard and not seen, but now the 
water was almost level with the grass tops, and the rails were 
forced into the open against their wishes. Some were standing 
about on sedge and drift material, preening themselves and cack- 
ling, while others actually swam across open pools in search of 
better resting places. If the rails were uncomfortable the gulls 
were actually distressed, for we could see them hovering above 
their inundated domiciles and hear their notes of complaint. 
Throughout this period black skimmers coursed back and forth 
over the flooded meadows, skimming at frequent intervals in the 
open stretches,—demonstrating to us their claim to the name of 
“flood gull” among the natives of the region. 

At the Life Saving Station before the rain in the early after- 





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noon I was much amused by Captain Andrews’ “aquatic” cat. 
She actually waded about in two or three inches of water, bal- 
ancing herself on a submerged beam, and caught several fish by 
shooting forward a paw, pinning the minnow against the beam 
and then thrusting her head into the water to take the booty in 
her mouth. She also captured “mummychugs” along the edge 
of the creek in like manner, and impressed me as being by far 
the greatest water-loving cat I had yet seen. 

Mr. George Isdell, proprietor of the club house, had told us of 
the abundance of flood gulls on Wreck Island, and on the morn- 
ing tide of the following day our host took us in his power boat 
to the place, with sufficient food and water supply to last through 
four and a half days. Ascending a creek through the salt mead- 
ows back of Wreck Island to a point directly behind the ridge 
of sand dunes near the beach we were delighted with the sight 
of clouds of black skimmers rising at the approach of our boat. 
We had supposed that the majority of these birds were nesting, 
but on landing and conducting a search across the sandy wastes 
we were somewhat taken aback to learn that there were many 
nest hollows but relatively few nests with eggs. The closely 
massed flocks or beds of skimmers, then, had not, as we imagined, 
been guarding their homes, but were simply assembled to enjoy 
the company of their fellows in conformity with their habits as 
gregarious birds. On the ground the short legs of the skimmers 
rendered the birds rather ungainly, but when flying they displayed 
an ease of action which at once transformed them into creatures 
of gracefulness. When a flock was disturbed its members drifted 
off in scattered lots, each bird uttering his peculiar nasal, hound- 
like ‘“ ow-ow-ow ” which has given the skimmer the name of “ sea- 
dog” with some. A few hundred yards away a dozen or so of 
the company almost invariably settled again on the ground and 
about this nucleus the entire company regathered, the black of 
their backs, as the birds stood closely massed, forming a notice- 
able dark area on the otherwise practically unbroken expanse of 
grayish-white sand. 


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Our duffle transferred to the shore of the creek, and the launch 
disappearing with its pilot, who had instructions to return for us 
after four days, we cast about for a camp site. In the total 
absence of trees we were obliged to make use of a three-legged 
tower erected by the United States Geodetic Survey, and to this 
our simple shelter tent was secured. In the event of a severe 
storm I fear our supplies and outfit would have fared poorly, but 
no violent weather occurred, although the heat of mid-day was 
well nigh unbearable, and the gnats and mosquitoes made sleep 
impossible except by covering our faces with cloths and thrusting 
our hands under the bedding. During nights when a breeze blew 
off the land the insects were exceedingly numerous, but if it 
chanced to shift to the eastward and come in from the ocean we 
rested in some peace. 

There were no laughing gulls nesting on Wreck Island—only 
skimmers and terns or strikers. One of these common terns had 
foolishly laid her three eggs on such a low piece of sand near the 
edge of the creek not far from our camp that they were com- 
pletely submerged at each high tide. As the water covered the 
eggs the old bird hovered above them as terns do when hunting 
fish from mid-air. After some minutes she would fly away but 
would reappear at intervals and when the tide had receded alight 
beside her now thoroughly cooled treasures and gather them 
under her as if naught had happened. When the tide rose in 
the night the poor bird was of course forced to abandon the site 
until dawn, when she was once again observed to be faithfully 
adhering to her post. After this ridiculous performance had 
been repeated perhaps three or four times, and when we were 
becoming increasingly interested in the possible outcome, the end 
arrived. ‘The fact that the eggs were perfectly fresh prevented 
them from floating, and thus as the water crept very slowly up 
about them they remained close together in nearly the position 
where the old bird had laid them; but during one exceptionally 
high and strong tide the current apparently rolled the eggs about 
and separated them, for when the old tern came to the spot she 





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no longer recognized it as her “claim,” and after making a brief 
survey of the ruins departed once and for all. 

The skimmers were the chief objects of our visit and although 
four days is hardly a sufficient length of time in which to study 
the home life of so interesting a creature, yet a surprising amount 
of information can be gleaned in that space; and we were espe- 
cially well located for the purpose in hand, as the birds were nest- 
ing all about us, and instead of retiring to a house or hotel each 
night, as is so often the case with those on ornithological trips, 
we lived day and night literally among the birds. Even in the 
darkest hours when I chanced to wake, or more often when the 
host of mosquitoes found an opening leading to my face and 
rushed in to the attack, rousing me from my slumbers, I could 
hear the sonorous baying of the skimmers here and there through 
the colony when the waves ceased for the time to pound heavily 
on the hard beach or when a bird flew past the tent at close range. 
Although I should not consider the skimmer to be a truly noc- 
turnal species, I am nevertheless convinced that they are perfectly 
cognizant, as are the terns also, of the presence and movements 
of a human being or other strange creature in or near their habitat 
at night; and I am fairly certain, although not positive, that many 
of the female skimmers lay their eggs during the hours of 
darkness. 

In the daytime when the sun’s rays were so intense that heat 
waves constantly danced over the baking dunes and sultry 
marshes, making it advisable to wear a wet rag about one’s head, 
the skimmers repaired to the cool, moist beach to bathe in pools 
left stranded by the receding tide or to fly above the waves or 
swoop and skim for food in a deep trough between them, always 
shooting up in time to avoid the breaking crest. The females not 
infrequently deserted their posts at the nests to enjoy the refresh- 
ing atmosphere of the exposed flats, but soon returned to the 
oppressive region of the home to guard the eggs. The nest is a 
maere depression in the sand, shaped by the bird’s body, and here 
the three or four peculiarly blotched eggs, in size slightly smaller 


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than a bantam’s, are deposited. When incubating the skimmer 
is a conspicuous bird, not only by reason of her striking color 
pattern of black, white and red (the latter on the base of the bill), 
but also because she is a vociferous creature and now and again 
raises her voice in the form of hoarse barks in reply to comrades 
passing on the wing or to neighbors covering their respective 
treasures on the sand near by. 

In addition to the large numbers of skimmers that seemed 
always to travel together in big flocks, there were small bands of 
from two to six or seven (the commonest number being three) 
almost constantly flying in one direction or another in the colony. 
Then, too, but less often, there were single birds, and it was a 
matter that perplexed us deeply and for a considerable time to 
know why many of these individuals, and not a few of those that 
were flying in company with others, carried in their bills articles 
which we originally supposed to be débris of some sort, but which 
we at length discovered were small fish. By continued observa- 
tion it was found that the birds thus laden were apparently males 
and that the fish were being taken to the females, and played an 
important part in the mating or love ceremonies. I saw a male 
bird alight with a fish in his bill and walk toward a female who 
was standing on the sand. The latter reached for the food but 
before she could secure it the male drew his head aside, turned 
about and walked away, the female following. After they had 
gone a few feet the female stopped as though losing interest and 
immediately the male also halted and at the same time turned 
partly around, as if about to surrender the tempting minnow ; but 
this was only a subterfuge on his part, for when the female was 
almost within reach of the prize he turned and again led the pro- 
cession until the female’s interest lagged, when he repeated his 
ruse of a short time before. The ridiculous performance was 
renewed several times when suddenly and unexpectedly the male 
gave over the fish, and while the female was engaged in gulping 
it down copulation was effected. 





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Unfortunately the skimmer and other sea-bird colonies along 
the Virginia coast and probably elsewhere are visited persistently 
well into the month of July, and often beyond, by parties of 
native eggers, who take every egg in sight. Two such companies 
visited Wreck Island during our stay there, one consisting of 
three and the second of six men and boys. They came equipped 
with baskets and pails and were very systematic in their hunt for 
eggs, spreading out and advancing in a line that embraced the 
entire strip occupied by the colony. The eggs of terns, as well 
as those of skimmers were taken unless it was very evident 
that incubation had begun, and we learned that earlier in the sea- 
son the colonies of laughing gulls had been “beach combed” in 
the same manner. It was a source of great satisfaction, there- 
‘fore, on leaving Wreck Island and going to the historic Smith’s 
Island (discovered by and named after Captain John Smith; 
owned for a considerable period by the adopted son of George 
Washington and later by General Robert E. Lee) to learn that 
the kindly but firm persuasiveness of Captain Hitchins of the 
Smith’s Island Life Saving Station, and agent of the National 
Association of Audubon Societies, had exercised such an influ- 
ence for good among the people of the immediate region that an 
extensive colony of skimmers and terns on Little Isaac’s Island 
nearby’ was at all times immune from the depredations of eggers. 
Had we known of this colony earlier we should have devoted 
more time to it instead of spending only a few hours of the last 
two days among these birds, since they seemed tamer and were 
surely living a more normal existence, for it was here that we 
found the only skimmers’ nests containing what is probably the 
full complement of four eggs. There is a law in Virginia for- 
bidding the gathering of birds’ eggs, although at least in the region 
of the coast it seems to be pretty generally ignored. An almost 
total lack of public sentiment and a scarcity of highly conscien- 
tious wardens and agents (chosen entirely from among the natives 
themselves) seem to be the two factors militating against a radical 
reform in favor of total abstinence from the egging habit. But 


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let us be confident that with the enlightening of the children of 
the south with regard to the great question of bird protection 
there will come a time when the sea-birds, water-fowl and shore- 
birds may seek the coastal and other regions in the south, there 
to lay their eggs and rear their young free from molestation. 





[EprrorraL Note.—The four papers following were presented at a 
special memorial meeting of the Section of Biology, held in the museum 
May 28, 1912, in honor of the late John B. Smith, Sc.D., State Entomolo- 
gist of New Jersey and Professor of Entomology in Rutgers College. 
Professor Smith’s valuable cooperation in the work of ridding Staten 
Island of mosquitoes, and his cordial interest in the welfare of our 
public museum, to.which he made many gifts, renders the publication 
of these tributes to his scientific activities peculiarly appropriate in the 
PROCEEDINGS. | 


The Work of Professor John B. Smith in Economic Entomology 
E, L. Dickerson 


When we are so near a man both in point of time and in asso- 
ciation as we are to Professor Smith, it is difficult for us to judge 
accurately what his standing will be in the special field in which 
he labored. We are apt to be influenced by our personal preju- 
dices, and having been so closely associated with him and having 
seen his work at first hand, while that of other laborers in the 
same field has been viewed from a distance, our vision is apt to be 
distorted and our friend looms large before us. Nevertheless, 
when we look with a view as unprejudiced as possible and en- 
deavor to estimate carefully and fairly what he has accomplished 
in economic entomology, we are impressed with the large amount 
and importance of the work done and realize that he will always 
be recognized as one of the important workers in that field. 

When Professor Smith’s attention was first turned to economic 
entomology I do not know, but the earliest record we have is that 
of his becoming an assistant to Dr. C. V. Riley in the Division 
of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in 1884. Of 
the work done there perhaps the most important was that in con- 
nection with cranberry insects and.in Bulletin No. 4, Old Series, 
Bureau of Entomology, we find a report by Professor Smith on 
hop and cranberry insects. The influence of this work is noted 


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later, for when Professor Smith came to New Jersey he continued 
his studies on insects affecting the latter crop, an important one 
in the state. And when later, in 1903, the Bureau of Entomology 
desired a publication on this subject we find that Farmers’ Bul- 
letin 178 on “Insects Injurious to Cranberries” was written by 
Professor Smith, so that he was evidently recognized as the lead- 
ing authority on the subject. 

Professor Smith continued his work in the Division of Ento- 
mology for two years, when he became an assistant in the Na- 
tional Museum and remained there until 1889, when he was ap- 
pointed entomologist to the New Jersey Agricultural College Ex- 
periment Station and professor of entomology in Rutgers College. 
Rev. Dr. George Hulst, who had held the position in New Jersey 
the year previous, had known Professor Smith since 1880, and 
it was undoubtedly through his influence that Professor Smith 
came to New Jersey. At that time the Experiment Station build- 
ing was not completed and Professor Smith’s first office was in 
old “ Queen’s ’—the central one of the college buildings. Later, 
at the completion of the Experiment Station, he moved to that 
building and had before him the tasks of building up a department 
with its collection and equipment, and the investigation of the 
various injurious insects of the state. This latter work covered 
a large field, but there are certain problems which appear most 
prominent in his work and these may be briefly mentioned. 

The first is that of cranberry insects. This was one of the first 
problems which he considered. It always interested him, as it 
was an important one in New Jersey and, as already noted, he 
became a recognized authority on the subject. 

A second problem of great importance to the horticultural in- 
terests of New Jersey, as well as other states, was that of the 
San José scale. This pest was introduced into New Jersey in 
1893 or 1894 and, in spite of the efforts to check it, it had spread 
so rapidly that in a short time it had reached the point where 
there was no hope of extermination; and the question arose of 
the best methods of dealing with it. More or less success in con- 





DICKERSON: JOHN B. SmitH 1n Economic ENTOMOLOGY 19 


trolling this pest with its natural enemies had been reported from 
California, and accordingly under an appropriation made through 
the State Board of Agriculture Professor Smith made a trip to 
California in 1896; numerous places were visited and the work 
there thoroughly investigated. An account of this trip appears 
in his report for that year and was given to the State Board of 
Agriculture in January, 1897. Briefly the conditions and conse- 
quently the results that could be obtained were totally different 
in California from what they were in New Jersey. 

Professor Smith was one of the first to advocate the use of 
crude oil in its various forms as a spray against the scale. It was 
realized that the oil varied considerably, and that some forms. 
were more harmful than others to the treated plants, and in order 
to thoroughly investigate this subject he visited the West Virginia 
oil field in October, 1900. He did much in the way of experi- 
menting with crude oil insecticides and later was largely respon- 
sible for the encouragement of the development of miscible oil 
sprays. 

Again, after the Asiatic ladybird beetle had been introduced 
into this country as a possible controlling factor of the scale and 
attempts had been made to colonize it in New Jersey, among other 
places, in 1902 and 1903, Professor Smith made a trip to Georgia 
in 1904. These earlier introductions had not survived as well as. 
desired, and it was in hopes of finding better results in Georgia. 
and obtaining more material for colonization in New Jersey that: 
this trip was made. The account of this work, which did not 
prove a success, is found in the reports for the years mentioned. 

It was out of the problem of controlling the scale that there 
arose what he called his experiment orchard. This consisted 
originally of fifty fruit trees of various kinds placed in the yard 
in the rear of his house, and upon these numerous applications of 
various insecticides were made against the scale and other pests. 
Reports on the work in this orchard are found in his annual 
reports, and in Bulletin 155 of the New Jersey Experiment Sta- 
tion, issued in 1902, an account is given of the experiment orchard 
since its inception in 1898. 


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Another important problem which he undertook, and perhaps 
the one for which he became best known, was that of mosquito 
‘extermination. Dr. L. O. Howard’s book on the mosquito, issued 
in 1900, contained much interesting information and created more 
‘or less interest in the subject. In Professor Smith’s report for 
1go1 the problem is described at some length and suggestions 
made for investigating New Jersey conditions. As a result, a 
law was passed in 1902 carrying an appropriation of $10,000 for 
an investigation of the mosquito problem in the state. Under 
this act Professor Smith became entomologist to the State Ex- 
periment Station; assistants were appointed and a thorough in- 
vestigation of the mosquitoes of the state was made. The results 
of this work were given in a report published in 1905, cover- 
ing 482 pages. Following this, appropriations were made by the 
New Jersey Legislature in 1905 and in subsequent years for the 
practical drainage of the salt marshes and similar mosquito con- 
trol work. In this work Professor Smith was ably assisted by 
Messrs. John A. Grossbeck and H. H. Brehme, and, up to and 
including 1910, in addition to a considerable amount of work 
which had been carried on by local authorities, the state had aided 
in the drainage of over 29,000 acres of salt marshes by means of 
3,814,974 feet of ditching. 

In addition to those mentioned many other problems were taken 
up, stich as insects infesting vegetables and truck crops, those 
infesting orchards and other fruits, insects attacking shade trees, 
€tc., etc. 

In 1808 the law providing for the inspection of nurseries and 
orchards was passed and under this law Professor Smith became 
state entomologist. It was under this law that the writer became 
assistant to Professor Smith, and it is to be noted that previous 
to this time he had had no assistance, so that all the investigations 
carried on had been wholly through his own efforts. 

These various activities brought Professor Smith in contact 
with people in all parts of the state. As entomologist to the col- 
lege station and state entomologist, he was constantly associated 





DICKERSON: JOHN B. SmirH In Economic ENTOMOLOGY 21f 


with farmers and fruit growers; his mosquito work brought him 
in touch with local health boards, while the various authorities 
interested in shade trees called upon him for information con- 
cerning shade tree pests. On all these occasions and at numerous 
other times his advice was sought and welcomed because of his 
good judgment and practical suggestions. 

He not only studied the various species already troublesome 
in the state, but also kept in mind the dangers of others gaining 
a foothold there. It was for this reason that a trip was made to 
Europe in 1900 for the purpose of studying the conditions of 
economic entomology there. During a later visit there, on account 
of ill health, he again gave his attention to these matters, especially 
that of mosquito conditions in Holland. Inlikemanner a number 
of visits were made to Massachusetts to keep in touch with con- 
ditions regarding the gypsy and brown-tail moths. 

His work also called for frequent lectures, especially in con- 
nection with the Farmers’ Institutes, and I do not remember a 
time when he did not speak at the annual meetings of the State 
Board of Agriculture and State Horticultural Society. In addi- 
tion to these, he gave many lectures before various associations 
and organizations. 

Among the numerous societies to which he belonged was the 
Association of Economic Entomologists, and from the time of its 
founding in 1889 he was among its most active workers. He 
became in turn secretary in 1889 and 1890, second vice-president 
in 1893, first vice-president in 1894, and president in 1895. 

As professor of entomology in Rutgers College he emphasized 
in his teaching the economic side of the subject and the text-book 
used was his own “ Economic Entomology.” 

He was a fluent writer and published numerous papers an eco- 
nomic insects as well as several papers on Coleoptera and many 
on Lepidoptera. During the time he was entomologist to the New 
Jersey Experiment Stations he published twenty-two annual re- 
ports, covering in all 1,958 pages, some forty bulletins and a like 
number of circulars. He also edited the department of economic 


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entomology which was maintained in Entomological News for 
a time. 

In 1889 the first edition of the well-known “ List of Insects of 
New Jersey” was issued as one of the “Final Reports of the 
State Geologist.” It contained 486 pages and a list of 6,098 
species. A second edition was issued in 1899 as a supplement to 
the “ Report of the State Board of Agriculture,’ and covered 750 
pages and enumerated 8,537 species. It also contained introduc- 
tory chapters and many notes of economic importance. The third 
edition of this list was published in 1909 as a “ Report of the New 
Jersey State Museum.’ It contained 890 pages and listed over 
10,000 species, and was essentially an enlarged and corrected edi- 
tion of the one published in 1899. 

Two books were written by Professor Smith. The first one— 
“Economic Entomology ”—was published in 1896. It contains 
480 pages and considers the various groups and species systemat- 
ically and deals with them from the economic standpoint. And 
it has been the only general American work of this kind which the 
‘student has had to which he might refer, save Dr. Harris’s clas- 
sical “Insects Injurious to Vegetation.” 

The second work—*“ Our Insect Friends and Enemies ’’—pub- 
lished in 1909, contains 308 pages and is somewhat more popular 
in its nature. It deals with the various species and groups from 
the standpoint of their relation to each other and their environ- 
ment. But even here the economic side is emphasized and be- 
tween pages 248 and 308 we find the chapters “ Relations of Jn- 
sects to the Farmer” and “ The War on Insects.” 

One might ask: What were those qualities which made Pro- 
fessor Smith a leading economic entomologist? Speaking from 
an association of twelve years, first as student and later as an 
assistant, the writer has been impressed, like many others, with 
certain of his characteristics which seemed to stand out prom- 
inently. 

First, he had a retentive memory. He had grown up with the 





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later development of economic entomology in this country; he 
kept constantly in touch with its progress by association, observa- 
tion and the published literature; and he seemed to grasp and 
remember what was being done. 

Secondly, he possessed good executive ability. His work was 
always well thought out and planned, and having conceived a 
problem he pushed it to completion with his characteristic perse- 
verance and energy. It was due to the latter qualities that he 
often succeeded in his work where another man might have 
failed. It need scarcely be added that he was a man of good 
judgment and sound common sense. 

Having accomplished a task or completed an investigation, 
there was seldom any delay in publishing results, and this prompt- 
ness was characteristic of Professor Smith in all his work and 
was one of the factors, at least, I believe, in his accomplishing as 
much as he did. 

He had faith.in himself and was firm in his belief in what he 
had accomplished, although willing to admit his error when con- 
vinced that he was wrong. He knew that he might make mis- 
takes but believed it was better to publish results and run the risk 
of being in error than not to do so for fear of making a mistake. 
A common saying of his was that “the man who didn’t make mis- 
takes didn’t make anything.” 

And he did not hesitate to express his belief when occasion 
called for it. It was this quality, associated with those already 
mentioned, that made him a born leader, and in the various meet- 
ings that he attended he was recognized prominently among his 
co-workers. 

And yet, be it said to his credit, there was something more,—he 
made his opportunities. This is well illustrated in the mosquito 
investigation. At a time when the problem was considered largely 
in a humorous light, he went before the New Jersey Legislature 
and so impressed its members with his faith in the undertaking 
that.the money was appropriated to carry on the investigation. 


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And this characteristic was equally true of many other problems 
which he undertook. 

It was the combination of these qualities united in the man and 
reinforced by hard work and persevering effort that brought to 
Dr. John B. Smith the prominent position he acquired in his 
chosen field of labor—economic entomology. 





John B. Smith as a Coleopterist 
CHARLES W. LENG 


To those who knew Professor Smith in his later years as an 
authority on noctuids, an economic entomologist, and a college 
professor, it may seem strange to recall the night more than thirty 
years ago when he was nominated a member of the Brooklyn 
Entomological Society and recommended by F. G. Schaupp, his 
sponsor, as a young man capable of making drawings of beetles. 
Such, however, is the fact, and my first acquaintance with him 
was as a coleopterist and artist, and among the earliest of his 
published works are drawings in the Brooklyn Bulletin signed 
John B. Smith, illustrating papers by various authors, the first of 
all being the plate to Schaupp’s “ Description of the Larvae of 
Pterostichus.”? 

As early as 1882, short notes began to appear in the Brooklyn 
Bulletin on Coleoptera, and for the next eight years Smith con- 
tinued to be an active worker in that order, working first with 
Schaupp, later with Dr. George H. Horn, still later with E. A. 
Schwarz, with whom he was naturally in close touch while a 
resident of Washington. He was a prolific author and some of 
his work is still imperfectly indexed, as, for instance, the descrip- 
tion of the larva of Brachyacantha ursina in an article entitled 
“ Ants’ Nests and their Inhabitants,” in Am. Nat., XX, pp. 679- 
687. This was the first description of the larva of any species of 
the genus Brachyacantha, but is apparently not indexed under 
any heading in the Zoological Record. It is possible that other 
notes contained in papers of a general character are still over- 
looked, but as far as known nineteen articles relating to Coleoptera 
can be enumerated as in the list prepared by Mr. Grossbeck, the 


Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., III, Feb., 1881. 
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principal papers being on the family Apioninae, the family Mor- 
dellidae, the tribe Hispini, and the genus Lachnosterna. In all, 
his skill with the pencil permitted the use of copious illustration, 
and in the Lachnosterna papers, the free use made of the genitalia 
in definitely characterizing species based on otherwise illusory 
differences, may be said to have set an example to workers in 
Coleoptera which will never be forgotten. Throughout these 
papers there is a clearness of diction that makes them exceed- 
ingly useful to the student; the Apion paper is, indeed, superseded 
by the later work of Fall, but the others remain, and are likely to 
long remain, the standard works of reference in the groups treated. 
About seventy new species of Coleoptera are described in Smith’s 
various papers. . 

It was not, however, as an author only that Smith was a potent 
factor in the study of Coleoptera, but also as an inspiration to 
other men. Allusion has already been made to his drawings illus- 
trating the work of Schaupp; another instance is the synopsis of 
Lucanidae by Charles Fuchs, and I may add that his aid though 
unsigned was freely given in the preparation of that and many 
other beetle papers published at the close of the last century. It 
may interest you to see in his familiar handwriting, descriptions 
copied for Schaupp, while that author was preparing his synopsis 
of Cicindelidae; and I am glad to remember that Sunday on 
Staten Island when he proposed to me the writing of synopses of 
Cerambycidae and promised aid in copying descriptions, making 
drawings, borrowing specimens, etc., promises that were all ful- 
filled in overflowing measure. Those early synopses of Ceramby- 
cidae are in truth partly Smith’s individual work, and wholly the 
result of his urging and executive ability. 

There is, then, small wonder that when he came to prepare 
the “ List of the Insects of New Jersey,’ which seems to many, 
measured by the influence it has had on other men and on the 
advancement of entomology, by far his greatest work, the coleop- 
terists of Brooklyn, New York, Newark and Philadelphia vied 
with each other in giving that codperation which made it an 





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instantaneous success. Each one received credit in its pages for 
his part of the work, and, to succeeding generations, many of the 
coleopterists of our generation will be known only by the suc- 
cessful effort Smith made to bring to the surface their unpub- 
lished information. As a coleopterist Smith must always stand 
high, but to those who know him best, still higher as a friend, 
as an instigator of more and better work, and as a captain under 
whose banner one could proudly march. 

Subsequent to 1890 his active taxonomic work in Coleoptera 
ceased; his ability in other directions brought to his hands work 
of more important character than the preparation of synopses and 
descriptions of obscure beetles, for such are after all only a means 
to the end; how well that work was done remains to be told by 
those more familiar with his career as an economic entomologist. 
To the end of his life he kept in constant touch with the beetle 
men, and that executive ability, which was perhaps his strongest 
characteristic, is shown in the vast correspondence with coleopter- 
ists preceding the publication of-the third edition of the “ List of 
New Jersey Insects,’ resulting in the correction of many of the 
minor errors of previous editions. 

So that, while it cannot be said that Smith was purely a coleop- 
terist, we can point out that papers on that order mark the begin- 
ning of his career, and are among his most important works; and 
that his influence on the study of beetles continued to the end of 
his days; and while commemorating all else that he did so well, 
we must also enroll his name among those of the most capable 
coleopterists, ever to be remembered, if for nothing else, for his 
studies on the genitalia of Lachnosterna.* 


* For bibliography of Professor Smith’s work in Coleoptera, see p. 32. 


John B. Smith as a Lepidopterist 
JoHn A. GROSSBECK 


On more than one occasion I have heard Professor Smith say: 
“T was a coleopterist, I am now a lepidopterist,” and “ My col- 
lection of Coleoptera was sold to the National Museum ”’—from 
all of which one would naturally infer that, like many another, 
Professor Smith began the study and collection of one order of 
insects and later branched off to another one. But such seems 
not to be exactly the case. True, aside from being an economic 
entomologist, Professor Smith was before his death a lepidop- 
terist ; but in his earlier days he seems to have been simultaneously 
interested as much in beetles as in butterflies and moths. 

In compiling a list of his published writings I find that his first 
two contributions to entomological literature appeared in 1882 
and were entitled respectively “Remarks on the Generic Charac- 
ters of the Noctuidae” and “ Coleopterological Notes.” The first 
appeared in the Canadian Entomologist for June, the second in 
the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society for August. 
Thus it appears that his first paper was in the Lepidoptera, and in 
the family to which he in later years confined his attention. 

But though Professor Smith began and ended with the Noc- 
tuidae, he wrote much in other families of the Lepidoptera, par- 
ticularly during the three years of his connection with the Na- 
tional Museum, though even before this he published in the 
Brooklyn Bulletin such papers as his “‘ Synopsis of the Genera of 
the North American Rhopalocera” and his “Synopsis of the 
North American species of Satyrus, with notes on the species 
collected on the North Transcontinental Survey,” entering thereby 
into the general spirit of those in charge of the Bulletin who 
desired to make that publication useful to beginners by introduc- 
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Discussions on the structure and classification of the Lepidop- 
tera characterized his very early work which was an evident indi- 
cation of his method of burrowing to the roots of any task he 
undertook. Later, this particular characterization wore off and 
his work took on the form of monographs, as, for instance, his 
“Revision of the Saturniidae,’ “The Species of Callimorpha,” 
“Monograph of the Sphingidae,” and his innumerable revisions 
of noctuid genera; and incidentally this entailed a search into 
the literature for references and resulted in his catalogue of the 
Noctuidae and his “Preliminary Catalogue of the Arctiidae.” 
Still later, his economic work occupying so much of his time, he 
perforce gave up first his work on general Lepidoptera, and then 
second, much of his monographic work on Noctuidae. He still 
continued, however, to determine material for collectors, and he 
also kept adding to the college collection by purchase, so that very 
many new species came into his hands. These he described in a 
long series of papers as new noctuids for the year in which the 
descriptions appeared. 

All told Professor Smith named and described over nine hun- 
dred new species of moths, nearly all of which were noctuids, 
and of individual papers on Lepidoptera he has one hundred and 
forty-three to his credit. 

Analyzing his monographic papers, we find that all are con- 
structed on a very similar plan. A usually long discursive intro- 
duction gives the general characteristics of the group or groups 
and when only a genus is considered the general appearances of 
its included species are stated. Structure also is usually gone 
into to a considerable extent and the male genitalia are frequently 
figured to demonstrate the distinctness of allied species. Follow- 
ing the introduction a table of genera or species is given, and 
then each species is described in detail. Remarks on the affinities 
of the species, their variability, distribution, etc., usually closes the 
discussion of species. The early stages are practically never 
considered, though references to these are always given in the 
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And, finally, it may not be amiss to briefly describe Professor 
Smith’s method of working. Sunday was the day of all others 
that was usually selected for the purpose of determining speci- 
mens that were received during the week, to describe new species 
and to do whatever else required the consultation of the entire 
collection. i 

In the years that I spent at the Experiment Station the collec- 
tion was kept in a small basement room in the fire-proof college 
library, and here it was that I frequently spent the Sunday with 
him, working on the Hulst collection of Geometridae. This was. 
the one day of the seven in the week when Professor Smith found 
time to discuss things lepidopterological, and in this room I 
learned much concerning questions of nomenclature, and of old 
entomologists who left this world before I stepped into the field 
of entomology. 

In naming specimens for collectors Professor Smith always 
preferred to place the name on the pin because, as he said, there 
was then less danger of confusion. If any doubt arose concern- 
ing the identification of a specimen recourse to the collection was. 
immediately made and usually an instant was sufficient to draw 
a conclusion. If perchance it would turn out to be new only a 
few minutes more were required to write a description. All types. 
were labelled so at once, not only with the designation “type” or 
“cotype,’ but in all cases with the name of the insect as well, 
so that no question would ever arise as to just what a given speci- 
men was type of. ‘Thus the future student of Professor Smith’s 
collection, though he may find many of the drawers well crowded, 
will not be likely to draw the involuntary sigh one usually gives. 
on seeing a type collection with merely the word type on the 
specimens or even only a type label below a series of specimens. 
Professor Smith was always careful as to these details and never 
attempted to gain time by shirking work of this kind. 

His monographic papers, on the other hand, were not written: 
in the library. The specimens comprising the group to be revised 
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to superficial appearances; and in this work of separation no 
characters were too trivial to receive attention. The difference 
in the position of a line, the texture of the wings, the shape of the 
reniform and orbicular—all were minutely examined and the 
species sorted accordingly to test their worth. When a prelimi- 
nary sorting of this kind was accomplished to his satisfaction one 
or two insects of each supposed species was examined for struc- 
tures that might serve to bear out his conclusions as reached by 
a study of the superficial ornamentation. In this connection the 
male genitalia were of the utmost importance, and occasionally 
he discovered structures theretofore unobserved which aided his 
work materially. 

All in all, Professor Smith was an exceedingly close student, 
and even if future study may show, as many assert, that he erred 
on the side of hair-splitting differences, it must also be con- 
ceded that in a search for these minute differences he disclosed 
many interesting facts as to structure which frequently did ren- 
der the separation of closely allied species an easy matter. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF 
PROFESSOR JOHN B. SMITH 


CoMPILED BY JOHN A. GRoSSBECK 
Lepidoptera, General 


(1) 1883. Synopsis of the genera of the N. A. Rhopalocera. < Bull. Br. 
Ent. Soc., 6: 37-45. 

(2) 1884. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Satyrus, with notes on the 
species collected by the N. Transcontinental Survey. < Bull. Br. 
Ent. Soc., 6: 125-135. 

(3) 1884-1888. An introduction to the classification of the N. A. Lepi- 
doptera. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 7: 70-74, 81-83, 141-149; Ent. Am., 
1: 81-87, 4: 9-13, 27-28. 

(4) 1885. Notes on some structural characters of the Lepidoptera. 
< Ent. Am., 1: 164-167. (As part of Proc. Ent. Club of A. A. A.S.) 

(5) 1886. Cosmosoma omphale. < Ent. Am., 1: 181-186. 

(6) 1886. Note on Quadrina diazoma, Grote. < Ent. Am., 2: 124. 

(7) 1886. A revision of the lepidopterous family Saturniidae. < Proc. 
WSs NatVitiseng 144876 

(8) 1887. Euerythra trimaculata, new species. < Ent. Am., 3: 17. 

(9) 1887. New species of Callimorpha. < Ent. Am., 3: 25-26. 

(10) 1887. A new genus and species of Arctiidae. < Ent. Am., 3: 79-80. 

(11) 1887. A new Sphinx. < Ent. Am., 3: 153. 

G2) 18874) Notes) on Diludiay Gok Ra = Ent eAie sn 54: 

(13) 1887. The genus Quadrina. < Can. Ent., 19: 100. 

(14) 1887. Notes on Callimorpha.. < Can. Ent., 19: 235-230. 

(15) 1887: Dhe species’ of Euerythra. < Proc. U. S, Naty Miuseezo: 
335-337. 

(16) 1887. The North American species of Callimorpha. < Proc. U. S. 
Nai IMibS,, TOS SAs-ag. 

(17) 1888. List of the Sphingidae of temperate North America. < Ent. 
Am., 5: 89-94. 

(18) 1888. Arctiidae vs. Noctuidae. < Can. Ent., 20: 236-238. 

(19) 1888. A monograph of the Sphingidae of America north of 
Mexico, < Irans. Am. nt. Soc, 15: 40=242. 

(20) 1889. Note on Spilosoma congrua, Walker. < Ent. Am, 5: 
119-120. 

(21) 1889-1890. Preliminary catalogue of the Arctiidae of temperate 
North America, with notes. < Can. Ent., 21: 169-175, 193-200, 


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213-219, 22: 9-14, 31-36, 52-55, 73-75, 100-104, 116-120, 141-144, 
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1890. A new species of Botis. < Ent. Am., 6: 88-90. 

1890. A new Bombycid. < Ent. Am., 6: 179. 

1891. List of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, pp. I-124. 

1892. Synonymical notes on some Heterocera in the British 
Museum. < Can. Ent., 24: 133-136. 

1893. Sphinges and Bombyces—-A review. < Trans. Am. Ent. 
SOc 2 Onni=37- 

1889. Description of Haploa triangularis, n. sp. < Ent. News, 
10: 120. 

1899. Bombyx cunea and Spilosoma congrua. < Can. Ent., 31: 
174-175. 

1903. Check List of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, pp. 1-136. 
1907. Notes on the Brephidae. < Can. Ent., 39: 369-371. 


Lepidoptera, Noctuidae 


1882. Remarks on the generic characters of the Noctuidae. < Can. 
Ent., 14: 65-72. 

1882. Remarks on the description of Capis curvata, Grote. < Can. 
Ent., 14: 100. 

Tas2) On)Gapis, Grote. <Can: Ent. 14: 139: 

1882. A synopsis of the North American genera of Noctuidae. 
< Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 4: 47-52, 5: 3-6, 11-14, 19-22, 27-34, 43-46, 
53-50. 

1882. Arsilonche and Leucania. < Can. Ent., 14: 197-1098. 

1883. New Noctuids and notes. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 5: 67-68. 
1883. On the anatomy of the N. A. Noctuidae. Part I. The Legs. 
< Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 6: 19-23, 33-34, 46-48. 

1883. Polentia, Scolecocampa and Eucalyptera. < Can. Ent., 15: 
229-230. 

1883. Synopsis of the North American Heliothinae. < Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc., 10: 205-256. 

1884. New species of Noctuidae. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 7: 3-6. 
1885. Noctuids common to Europe and North America. < Ent. 
Ati ete i305: 

1887. New genera and species of North American Noctuidae. 
< Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 10: 450-479. 

1888. New species of Oncocnemis. < Insect Life, 1: 18-21. 

1888. Cerathosia tricolor, Smith, < Ent. Am., 4: 122-123. 

1888... Notes on Cydosia and Cerathosia. < Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
II: 185-190. 

1889. Some modifications in the leg structure of Deltoid genera. 
< Ent. Am., 5: 107-III. 


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1889. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
temperate North America: Genus Oligia, Hiibner. < Ent. Am.,, 5: 
145-152. 

1889. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
North America—Revision of the species of Pseudanarta. < Ent. 
Am., 5: 175-179. 

1889. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
temperate North America.—Revision of some Taeniocampid genera. 
< Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 12: 455-496. 

1890. A new species of Feralia. < Ent. Am., 6: 26. 

1890. A new species of Oncocnemis. < Ent. Am., 6: 30. 

1890. A new species of Agrotis. < Ent. Am., 6: 76. 

1890. New species of Taeniocampa. < Ent. Am., 6: 121-125. 
1890. A new species of Plagiomimicus. < Ent. Am., 6: 139. 
1890. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of tem- 
perate North America. Revision of Scopelosoma, Curtis. < Ent. 
Am., 6: 146-153 

1890. A new Morrisonia. < Ent. Am., 6: 212. 

1890. A new Copipanolis. < Ent. Am., 6: 220. 

1890. Descriptions of some new species of Agrotis. < Trans, Am. 
Ent. Soc., 17: 41-58. 

1890. Contributions toward a monograph of the insects of the 
lepidopterous family Noctuidae of temperate North America.— 
Revision of the species of the genus Agrotis. < Bull. 38, U. S. 
Nat. Mus., pp. 1-223. 

1891. Notes on some species of Noctuidae described by Francis 
Walker. < Can. Ent., 22: 117-124. ; 

1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
boreal America. Revision of the species of Hadena referable to 
Xylophasia and Luperina. < Proc. U. S Nat. Mus., 13: 407-447. 
1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
temperate North America. Revision of Homohadena, Grote. 
< Proc. U. S.. Nat. Mus., 13: 397-405. 

1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra. 
<SProc. Us Sy Nate eis. 1r4)e107—2710 

1892. Mr. Butler’s notes on synonymy of North American Noc- 
tuidae. < The Entomologist, 25: 2-3. 

1892. Note on generic characters in Noctuidae. < The Entomol- 
ogist, 25: IOI-105. 

1892. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
boreal America. Revision of the species of the genus Cucullia. 
<GP roc Se Nate insenTEsese =o) 

1892. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
boreal America. Revision of the Dicopinae. < Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., 15: 53-04. 


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1892. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
boreal America. Revision of Xylomiges and Morrisonia.. < Proce. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 15: 65-86. 
1892-1893. New species of Noctuidae. < Ent. News, 3: 250-253, 
4: 98-101. 

1893. Descriptions of Noctuidae from the Death Valley. < Ins. 
Life, 5: 328-334. 

1893. (Description of Epizeuxis laurentii.) In “Two weeks’ col- 
lecting in N. Carolina, by Henry Skinner,’ etc. < Ent. News, 4: 
83. jon 
1893. Catalogue of the lepidopterous superfamily Noctuidae found 
in boreal America. < Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., pp. 1-424. 

1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of Noctuidae. 
< Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 21: 39-88. 

1894. The North American species of Ingura. < The. Entomol- 
ogist, 27: 331. 

1895. Contributions toward a monograph of the insects of the 
lepidopterous family Noctuidae of boreal North America.—A revi- 
sion of the Deltoid moths. < Bull. 48, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1-126. 
1895-1896. Descriptions of new species of Noctuidae. < Ent. 
News, 6: 332-340, 7: 20-31. 

1896. Concerning Feltia, and other things. < Can. Ent., 28: 4-& 
1896. Agronoma again. < Can. Ent., 28: 239-241. \ 
1896. An annotated list of some Noctuids taken at Olds, N. W. T. 
< Ottawa Naturalist, 10: 49-53. 

1896. A new species of Rhododipsa. < Ent. News, 7: 284. 

1897. Mamestra circumcincta. < Can. Ent., 29: 57-50. 

1897. A preliminary classification of the species of the genus 
Acronycta of temperate North America. < Ent. News, 8: 146-153. 
1898. Notes on the species of Noctua with descriptions of new 
forms, < Jour N. ¥. Ent: Soc., 6: 98-106, 

1898. Descriptions of new Noctuids. < Can. Ent., 30: 321-326. 
1898. Notes on the genus Mamestra Ochs., with descriptions of 
new species. < Ent. News, 9: 240-251. 

1898. Contributions toward a monograph of the lepidopterous 
family Noctuidae of boreal North America—A revision of thé 
species of Acronycta (Ochsenheimer) and of certain allied genera. 
(In conjunction with H. G. Dyar.) < Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 21: 
I-94. 

1899. A new species of Asterocopus, Bd. < Can. Ent., 31: 25-26. 
1899. Descriptions of the gopher moth. < Can. Ent., 31: 94-95. 
1899.. Two British American Noctuids. < Can. Ent., 31: 206-208) 
1899. Some new species of Hadena. < Can. Ent., 31: 257-265. 
1899. Notes on Scotogramma and Oncocnemis with descriptions iof 
new species. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 7: 37-44. 


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(92) 1899. New Noctuids and notes. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 7: 223- 
234. 

(93) 1809. New species of nocturnal moths of the genus Campometra, 
and notes. < Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 22: 101-105. 

(94) 1899. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
boreal America. Revision of the genus Hydroecia, Gn. < Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc., 26: 1-48. 

(95) 1900. Notes on some species of Acronycta in the British Museum. 
<GCanwent 32 aises—seo: 

(96) 1900. New Noctuids from British North America, with notes on 
some others. < Can. Ent., 32: 217-225. 

(97) 1900. Contributions toward a monograph of the North American 
Noctuidae. Revision of the genus Xylina, Ochs. < Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc., 27: 1-46. 

(98) 1900. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
boreal America. Revision of the species of Acontia Ochs. 
< Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 27: 47-84. 

(99) 1900. New species of Floridian Noctuidae. <Jour. N. Y. Ent. 
Soc., 8: 174-177. 

(100) 1900. (Lepidoptera Noctuidae.) In “Some insects of the Hud- 
sonian zone in New Mexico, by T. D. A. Cockerell.”” < Psyche, 9: 
125-120. 

(101) 1900. A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae. < Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., 22: 413-495. 

(102) 1900. (Descriptions of four new species of Noctuidae.) In 
“Papers from the Harriman Alaskan Expedition, 12,” by H. G. 
Dye, << lees, Wasi, Acacl Se, 2 

(103) 1901. Notes on Mamestra olivacea Morr. and its allies. < Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc., 27: 230-240. 

(104) 1902. New species of Noctuidae for 1902. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. 
Soc., 10: 33-53. 

(105) 1902. Three new Noctuids from British North America. < Can. 
Ent., 34: 20-32. 

(106) 1902. Hydroecia americana Beyer, or Hydroecia atlantica Smith. 
<@(Cane nt oAes2—33" 

(107) 1902. Description of a new Carneades. < Can. Ent., 34: 125. 

(108) 1902. Contributions toward a monograph of the lepidopterous 
family Noctuidae of boreal America—A revision of the moths 
referred to the genus Leucania, with descriptions of new species. 
< Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 25: 158-209. 

(109) 1903. New Noctuids for 1903, No. 1. < Can. Ent., 35: 9-14. 

(110) 1903. New Noctuids for 1903, No. 2, with notes on Mamestra and 
Scotogramma. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 11: 1-23. 

(III) 1903. New Noctuids for 1903, No. 3, with notes on some described 
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(112) 1903. New Noctuids for 1903, No. 4, with notes on certaim 
described species. < Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 29: 191-224. 

(113) 1903. New Noctuids for 1903, No. 5. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soce.,. 
II: 188-193. 

(114) 1903. A revision of the boreal American species of Nonagria 
OchsanGErocy Pnt Soc. Wash, 5331-321 

(115) 1904. New Noctuidae for 1904, No.1. < Can. Ent., 36: 149-154. 

(116) 1904. New species of Noctuids for 1904, No. 2. < Psyche, 11: 
54-61. 

(117) 1904. Remarks on the catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection 
of the British Museum. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 12: 93-104. 

(118) 1905. New Noctuidae for 1905, No. 1. < Can. Ent., 37: 65-72. 

(119) 1905. New species of Noctuidae for 1905, No. 2. < Can. Ent, 
37: 201-204, 257-201. 

(120) 1905. New species of Noctuidae for 1905, No. 3. < Jour. N. Y. 
Ent. Soc., 13: 188-211. 

(121) 1906. New Noctuidae for 1906, No. 1. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 
14: 9-30. 

(122) 1906. New species of Noctuidae for 1906, No. 2. < Can. Ent., 
38: 225-228. 

(123) 1907. New species of Noctuidae for 1907, No. 1. < Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc., 33: 125-143. 

(124) 1907. Notes on some American Noctuids in the British Museum. 
<<llotin Nea Yen Ent, SOc. 15: £41162. 

(125) 1907. Notes on the species of Amathes Hbn. < Trans. Am. Ent. 
Soc., 33: 345-362. 

(126) 1907. Revision of the species of Pleonectyptera Grt. < Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc., 33: 363-379. 

(127) 1908. New species of Noctuidae for 1908, No. 1, with notes om 
Charadra, Raphia and Pseudanarta. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 16: 
79-98. 

(128) 1908. New species and genera of the Lepidopterous family 
INoctiidae for 1907, Part I. < Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., 18: 
OI-127. 

(129) 1908. Notes on the species of Rhynchagrotis, Sm., with descrip- 
tions of new species. < Can. Ent., 40: 221-288. 

(130) 1908. Notes on the species of Phaeocyma found in Canada.. 
< Ottawa Nai., 22: 133-135. 

(131) 1908. A revision of some species of Noctuidae heretofore referred: 
to the genus Homoptera Boisduval. < Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 35: 


209-275. 
(132) 1909. New species of Noctuidae for 1909. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. 
Soc., 17: 57-71. 


(133) 1910. Description of a new Deltoid moth. <Ent. News, 21: 
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(134) 1910. New species of Noctuidae for 1910, No. 1. < Jour. N. Y. 
Ent. Soc., 18: 85-08. 

(135) 1910. New species of Noctuidae for 1910, No. 2. < Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc., 36: 251-266. 

{136) 1910. The Noctuidae of California—I. < Pomona Jour. Ent., 
2: 179-182. 

(137) 1910. The Noctuidae of California—II. < Pomona Jour. Ent., 
2: 2760-270. 

(138) 1910. Notes on certain species of Mamestra. < Ann. Ent. Soc. 
Am., 3: 154-158. 

(139) 1910. Notes on the North American species of Agroperina Hamp- 
son. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 18: 137-148. 

(140) 1910. Notes on Euxoa detersa Wlk. and E. personata Morr. 
< Ottawa Nat., 24: 107-109. 

(141) 1910. Notes on Mamestra trifolii Rott. and its allies.) < Ent. 
News, 21: 357-362. 

(142) 1910. Notes on certain Taeniocampid species. < Can. Ent., 42: 
317-323. 

(143) 1910. Notes on the species of Anytus Grt. < Psyche, 17: 206-209. 

(144) 1911. The Noctuidae of California—III. < Pomona Jour. Ent., 
3: 558-567. 


Coleoptera 


(145) 1881. Plate accompanying Schaupp’s “ Descriptions of Larvae of 
Pterostichus.”? < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 3: facing p. 88. 

(146) 1882. Coleopterological notes. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 5: 25-26. 

(147) 1882. A synopsis of the Mordellidae of the United States. 
< Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 10: 73-100. 

(148) 1883. Mordellidae, notes and descriptions. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 
6: 3-5. 

(149) 1883. New Mordellidae and notes. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 5: 80-81. 

(150) 1884. Synopsis of the Apioninae of North America. < Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc., 11: 41-68. 

{151) 1885. Water beetles. < Ent. Am., 1: 16. 

(152) 1885. Some new species of Hispini. < Ent. Am., 1: 94-95. 

(153) 1886. Notes on Scolytus unispinosus. < Ent. Am., 2: 125-127. 

(154) 1886. Larva of Aphorista vittata. < Ent. Am., 2: 85-87. 

(155) 1887. Notes on Apion, with description of a new species. < Ent. 
Am., 3: 56. 

(156) 1888. Notes on Lachnosterna fusca, Auct. < Ins. Life, 1: 180-185. 

(157) 1888. Notes on the species of Lachnosterna of temperate North 
America, with descriptions of new species. < Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., 11: 481-525. 


*This plate is mentioned because it represents the first published work 
‘of Professor Smith; other plates are not included. 





GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SMITH 39 


(158) 1889. Some new species of Lachnosterna. < Ent. Am., 5: 93-99. 

(159) 1889. Some corrections to Henshaw’s list of the Coleoptera of 
North America. < Ent. Am., 5: 121. 

(160) 1889. Life habits of Hispidae. < Ent, Am., 5: 122. 

(161) 1890. Notes on some Scolytids. < Ent. Am., 6: 53-55. 

(162) 1890. Notes on Elaphidion. < Ent. Am., 6: 136. (See also 503.) 


Economic, General* 


(163) 1884. Report upon cranberry and hop insects. < Bull. 4, Div. 
Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric., 9-50. 

(164) 1885. Report upon insects affecting the hop and the cranberry. 
< Ann. Rept. Comm. Agric. for 1884, 393-308. 

(165) 1888. Some observations on museum pests. < Proc. Ent. Soc. 
Wash., 1: 113-114. , 

(166) 1889. Entomological suggestions and inquiries. < Bull. 55, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-3. 

(167) 1889. The horn fly. < Bull. 62, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-40. 

(168) 1889. Note on the wheat louse. < Bull. 67, N. J. Agric. Exper. 
Sta., I-3. 

(169) 1889. Memoranda about cranberry insects. < Special Bull. D, 
N. J. Agric. Coll. Exper. Sta., 1-7. , 

(170) 1889. The horn fly. < Special Bull. F, N. J. Agric. Coll. Exper. 
Sta., I-3. 

(171) 1889. The horn fly: Haematobia cornicola Will. < Proc. Am. 
Assn. Adv. Sci., 38: 279. 

(172) 1889. Insects versus horticulture. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. 
Soc., 65-75. 

(173) 1889. The imported elm leaf beetle. < Garden and Forest, 2: 292. 

(174) 1889. Cut worms. < Garden and Forest, 2: 328. 

(175) 1889. The white pine weevil. < Garden and Forest, 2: 378. 

(176) 1889. The periodical cicada. < Garden and Forest, 2: 436. 

(177) 1890. Plant lice, and how to deal with them. < Bull. 72, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., I-27. 

(178) 1890. Insecticides and how to apply them. < Bull. 75, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-34. 

(179) 1890. The insects injuriously affecting cranberries. < Special 
Bull. K, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-43. 

(180) 1890. A year of horticultural entomology. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 97-104. 


*In the preparation of this and the following section I am indebted to 
Miss A. E. Meske, of New Brunswick, N. J., who kindly went through 
the Reports of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture and the Pro- 
ceedings of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, supplied the number of 
the volume and pages of some other titles, and also called my attention to 
several articles in obscure publications. 


40 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


(181) 1890. Insecticides, and how to apply them. < Ann, Rept. N. J. 
State Bd. Agric., 283-296. 

(182) 1890. Report of the entomologist. < Ann. Rept. N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta. for 1880, 241-313. 

(183) 1890. An experience with rose bugs. < Insect Life, 3: 113-115. 

(184) 1890. A new elm insect. Zeuzera pyrina. < Garden and Forest, 
3: 30-31. 

(185) 1890. Anenemy to the Egyptian lotus. < Garden and Forest, 3: 88. 

(186) 1890. Insecticides for window plants. < Garden and Forest, 
BEmoe: : 

(187) 1890. An experience with rose-bugs. < Garden and Forest, 3: 
343-344. 

(188) 1890. A new enemy to willows. < Garden and Forest, 3: 451. 

(189) 1890. The black peach aphis. < Garden and Forest, 3: 548. 

(190) 1890. Notes on the plum curculio. < Garden and Forest, 3: 560. 

(191) 1890. An injurious lady bird. < Farm Journal, 24. 

(192) 1891. The rose-chafer, or “rose-bug.” < Bull. 82, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., I-40. 

(193) 1891. Farm practice and fertilizers to control insect injury. 
< Bull. 85, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-12. 

(194) 1891. Insects injurious to the blackberry. < Special Bull. N, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-16. 

(197) 1891. Report of the entomologist. < Ann, Rept. N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta. for 1890, 457-528. 

(196) 1891. A winter campaign against insects. < Garden and Forest, 
AS £2, 

(197) 1891. Insects in the soil of greenhouses. < Garden and Forest, 
Ae NaI 

(198) 1891. Insect lime. < Garden and Forest, 4: 153. 

(199) 1891. An oak scale. < Garden and Forest, 4: 243. 

(200) 1891. Horticultural entomology in New Jersey during the year 
1891. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. Soc., 41-47. 

(201) 1891. Spraying from the entomological standpoint. < Ann. Rept. 
N: Js State) Bal) Agric, 93-100. 

(202) 1891. Fertilizers as insecticides. < Insect Life, 3: 217-218. 

(203) 1891. Notes on the plum curculio. < Insect Life, 3: 219-220. 

(204) 1891. An experience with the rose-bug. < Insect Life, 3: 220-224. 

(205) 1891. Some questions relating to Aphididae. < Insect Life, 3: 


2260-227. 

(206) 1891. An invasion by the clover-leaf beetle. < Insect Life, 3: 
22232) 

(207) 1891. Notes on blackberry borers and gall makers. < Insect Life, 
4: 27-30. 


(208) 1891. The squash borer, Melittia cucurbitae, and remedies therefor. 
< Insect Life, 4: 30-31. 
(209) 1891. Notes of the year in New Jersey. < Insect Life, 4: 43-45. 





GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SMITH 4I 


(210) 1891. Notes on blackberry borers. < 22d Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. 
Ont., 52-54. 

(211) 1891. The squash borer, Melittia cucurbitae, and remedies there- 
fore. < 22d Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 55. 

(212) 1891. Notes of the year in New Jersey. < 22d Ann. Rept. Ent. 
Soc. Ont., 64-66. 

(213) 1892. Spraying for insect and fungus pests of the orchard and 
vineyard. (In conjunction with B. D. Halsted.) < Bull. 86, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-20. 

(214) 1892. Grasshoppers, locusts and crickets. < Bull. 90, N. J. Agric. 
Coll. Exper. Sta., 1-34. 

(215) 1892. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agriculutral College Experiment Station for the year 1891, 341-420. 

(216) 1892. Notes on Melittia ceto Westw. < Can. Ent, 24: 129-130. 

(217) 1892. The elm leaf-beetle. < Can. Ent., 24: 246-248. 

(218) 1892. Notes of the year in New Jersey. < Insect Life, 5: 93-08. 

(219) 1892. Galerucella xanthomelaena Schr. < Science, 20: 92-93. 

(220) 1892. Legislation against injurious insects. < Garden and Forest, 
5: 490-401. 

(221) 1892. The oak pruners. < Garden and Forest, 5: 557-558. 

(222) 1892. Grasshoppers and katydids. < Proc. 23d Ann. Conv. Amer. 
Cranberry Growers Assn., 8-10. 

(223) 1892. Co-operation or legislation against insect attacks. < Proc. 
N. J. State Hortic. Soc., 35-44. 

(224) 1893. Insects injurious to cucurbs. < Bull. 94, N. J. Agric. Exper. 


Stas, 1=A0; 
(225) 1893. The periodical Cicada. < Bull. 95, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 
1-6. 


(226) 1893. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1892, 387-512. 

(227) 1893. Insects of the year. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. Agri., 157-176, 

(228) 1893. Economic entomology at the World’s Fair. < Ent. News, 
4: 257-261. 

(229) 1893. The economic value of parasites and predaceous insects. 
< Insect Life, 6: 142-146. 

(230) 1893. Insects of the year in New Jersey. < Insect Life, 6: 187-192. 

(231) 1893. Farm practice and fertilizers as insecticides. < Insect Life, 


7: 93-97. 

(232) 1893. Notes on some experiments on the house fly. < Science, 22: 
205-200. 

(233) 1893. Farm practice and fertilizers as insecticides. < Rept. Ent. 
Soc. Ont., 68. 


(234) 1893. The economic value of parasites and predaceous insects. 
< Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 84-87. 

(235) 1893. The white grub in lawns. < Garden and Forest, 6: 369. 

(236) 1893. Notes on blister beetles. < Garden and Forest, 6: 423-424. 


42 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


(237) 1893. Is the woodpecker useful? < Garden and Forest, 6: 483-484. 

(238) 1894. The pear midge. < Bull. 90, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-14. 

(239) 1894: Some insects injurious to shade trees. < Bull. 103, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., I-15. 

(240) 1894. The San Jose Scale in New Jersey. < Bull. 106, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-24. 

(241) 1894. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1893, 437-603. 

(242) 1894. Insect record of 1893. < Ann. Rept. N. J. State Bd. Agric., 


188-194. 

(243) 1894. Bisulphide of carbon as an insecticide. < Insect Life, 7: 
108-110. 

(244) 1894. The San Jose Scale in New Jersey. < Insect Life, 7: 
163-167. 


(245) 1804. Notes of the year in New Jersey. < Insect Life, 7: 185-197. 

(246) 1894. Bisulphide of carbon as an insecticide. < 25th Ann. Rept. 
Ent. Soc. Ont., p. 102. 

(247) 1804. Nurseries as factors in the distribution of insect pests. 
< Agricultural Science, 361-363. 

(248) 1894. The plum curculio on apple. < Garden and Forest, 7: 104. 

(249) 1894. The San Jose Scale. < Garden and Forest, 7: 344. 

(250) 1894. The flat-headed pear borer. < Garden and Forest, 7: 
373-374. 

(251) 1804. The pear borer again. < Garden and Forest, 7: 448. 

(252) 1895. Cut worms, sinuate pear borer, etc. < Bull. 109, N. J. Agric. 
Exper Sta. 130: 

(253) 1805. The Hessian fly. < Bull. t10, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-8. 

(254) 1895. “ Raupenleim” and “ Dendrolene.” < Bull. 111, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., I-11. 

(255) 1895. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1894, 421-600. 

(256) 1895. Nurseries as factors in the distribution of injurious insects. 
< Rept. N. J. State Bd. Agric., 75-82. 

(257) 1805. Some recently introduced insects of horticultural interest. 
< Proc. N. J. State Hortic. Soc., 117-126. 

(258) 1895. Why certain hickories died. < Garden and Forest, 8: 352- 
353: 

(259) 1895. “Raupenleim” and “ Dendrolene.”’ < Proc. Assn. Econ. 
Ent Bully2enkisee Dive Ents Se DepiryNenic si o2. 

(260) 1895. The sinuate pear borer. < Amer. Agric., 55: p. 85. 

(261) 1896. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit grower, and 
for use as a text book in agricultural schools and colleges, pp. 481. 
(1906, Second edition revised, pp. 475.) 

(262) 1896. The pernicious or San Jose scale. < Bull. 116, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., I-15. 

(263) 1806. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural Experiment Station for the year 1895, 363-526. 


GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SMITH 43 


(264) 1806. The insect work of the year. < Ann. Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 99-108. 

(265) 1896. Insects in their relation to fruits. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 92-95. 

(266) 1896. Scale insects and their enemies in California. < Proc. Assn. 
Econ. Ent., Bull. 6, n. s., Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agric., 46-48. 

(267) 1896. Lawn and grass infesting insects, I. < Garden and Forest, 


9: 463-464. 
(268) 1896. Lawn and grass infesting insects, II. < Garden and Forest, 
Q: 472-473. 
(269) 1896. A contagious disease of white grubs. < Garden and Forest, 
Q: 519. 


(270) 1897. The harlequin cabbage bug and the melon plant louse. 
< Bull. 121, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-14. 

(271) 1897. The San Jose scale and how it may be controlled. < Bull. 
125, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-16. 

(272) 1897. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1896, 431-563. 

(273) 1897. Treatment for the San Jose scale. <a@ir Ni Aerie. Exper: 
Stdesupasiess 

(274) 1897. The peach borer. < Ent. News, 8: 233-234. 

(275) 1897. Dendrolene. < Garden and Forest, 10: 8. 

(276) 1897. The orange fruit worm. < Garden and Forest, 10: 108. 

(277) 1897. The influence of environment on the life history of insects. 
< Garden and Forest, 10: 334. 

(278) 1897. The elm leaf beetle. < Garden and Forest, 10: 330-337. 

(279) 1897. Winter work against insects—l. < Orange Judd Farmer, 
22, January. 

(280) 1897. Insects injurious to squashes. < Orange Judd Farmer, 22: 
5 June, 12 June. 

(281) 1897. Remedy for onion maggot. < Amer. Agriculturist, 59: 
p. 455. 

(282) 1897. Insects injurious to squashes. < Amer. Agriculturist, 59: 
682, 709 and 757. 

(283) 1897. The San Jose scare—I. < Amer. Agriculturist, 60: 414. 

(284) 1897. The San Jose scare—II]. < Amer. Agriculturist, 60: 435. 

(285) 1807. Report of investigations on the San Jose scale. <N. J. 
State Bd. Agric., 113-134. 

(286) 1897, Insect depredations of the past year. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 90-93. 

(287) 1897. Insect enemies, and how to circumvent them. < Proc. Ann. 
Amer. Cranberry Growers Assn., 14-16. 

(288) 1808. The peach borer, < Bull. 128, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-28. 

(289) 1898. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1897, 395-492. 

(290) 1808. The distribution of the San Jose scale or pernicious scale in 
New Jersey. < Bull. 17, n.s., Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agric., 32-39. 


44 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


(291) 1898. Entomological work of the year. <N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
99-118. 

(292) 1808. Insects injurious to fruits in 1897. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 55-74. 

(293) 1898. Quarantine against foreign insects: how far can it be effec- 
tive? < Proc. 19th Ann. Meet. Soc. Prom. Agric. Science, 19: 
QO-100. 

(294) 1898. Wild cherry as a worm trap. < Amer. Agricultural., 61: 4. 

(295) 1898. The wintering of plant-lice. < Amer. Agricultural., 61: 38. 

(296) 1808. Regulating the San Jose scale by law. < Rural New Yorker, 
57: 341, 373 and 383-4. 

(297) 1898. San Jose scale. < Farm Journal, 22: 43. 

(298) 1898. The wintering of plant-lice. < Orange Judd Farmer, 23. 

(299) 1898. Greenhouse pests, San Jose scale, and legislation vs. insects. 
< Gardening, 6: 266-268. 

(300) 1898. Greenhouse pests, San Jose scale, and legislation vs. insects. 
< Weekly Florists’ Review, 1: 736-738. 

(301) 1899. Crude petroleum as an insecticide. < Bull. 138, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., I-22 

(302) 1899. Three common orchard scales. < Bull. 140, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., 1-16. 

(303) 1899. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1898, 371-467. 

(304) 1899. Another year of entomological work. [Abstract of a lec- 
ture.| <N. J. State Bd. Agric., 31-33. 

(305) 1899. Insecticides and parasites. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
T17—130. 

(306) 1899. The San Jose scale at home. < Rural New Yorker, 58 : 507. 

(307) 1899. Losses by insects—and other things. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 57-68. 

(308) 1900. The apple plant louse. < Bull. 143, N. J. Agric. Exper. 
Siz, 123. 

(309) 1900. Crude petroleum versus the San Jose or pernicious scale. 
< Bull. 146, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-20. 

(310) 1900. The angoumois grain moth. < Bull. 147, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., 1-8. 

(311) 1900. Two strawberry pests. < Bull. 149, N. J. Agric. Exper. 
Sia. t=i07- 

(312) 1900. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1899, 421-512. 

(313) 1900. Directions for treating the tulip scale. < Ent. Cir. 1, N. J. 
State Bd) Agric., 1. 

(314) 1900. Arsenical poisons and how to use them. < Ent. Cir, 2, N. J. 
State Bd. Agric., 1-3. 

(315) 1900. Kerosene as an insecticide. < Ent. Cir. 3, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., I-3. 


GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SMITH 45 


(316) 1900. Cottony maple scale. < Ent, Cir. 4, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 

(317) 1900. Whale oil soap and its uses. < Ent. Cir. 5, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., I-2. 

(318) 1900, How to treat the San Jose scale. < Ent. Cir. 6, N. J. State 
Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(319) 1900. Elm leaf beetle. < Ent. Cir. 7, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-3. 

(320) 1900. The bag worm or drop worm. < Ent. Cir. 8, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., I-2. 

(321) 1900. Vaporer moth. < Ent. Cir. 9, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(322) 1900. Cabbage worms. < Ent. Cir. 10, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(223) 1900. Cutworms. "<Ent, Cir. 11, N: J. State Bd. Agric, 1-2: 

(324) 1900. Codling moth. < Ent. Cir. 12, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-3. 

(325) 1900. Arsenate of lead. < Ent. Cir. 13, N. J. State Bd. Agric. 
T-2. 

(326) 1900. Apple borer. < Ent. Cir. 14, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-3. 

(G27) e100) Jaime asian iasecticide: «=< Ent. .@iry 15, N. J. State Bd: 


Agric., I-2. 

(328) 1900. Tobacco as an insecticide. < Ent. Cir, 16, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., I-2. 

(329) 1900. The plum curculio. < Ent. Cir. 17, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
1-2. 

(330) 1900. Asparagus beetles. < Ent. Cir, 18, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
pp. 1-2. 


(331) 1900. Scurfy scale. < Ent. Cir. 19, N. J. Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(332) 1900. Ovyster-shell bark-louse. < Ent. Cir. 20, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., I-2. 

(333) 1900. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 23-28. 

(334) 1900. Entomological work of the year. (Abstract.) < Rept. N. 
J. State Bd.. Agric., 31-33. 

(335) 1900. Some insect happenings of 1899. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. 
Soc., 60-70. 

(336) 1900. The role of insects in the forest. < Ann. Rept. State Geol. 
N. J. for 1899, 205-232. 

(337) 1900. Potash for San Jose scale. < Rural New Yorker, 59: 222. 

(338) 1900. Wood ash lye for scale. < Rural New Yorker, 59: 222. 

(339) 1900. San Jose scale and other insects. < Rural New Yorker, 
59: 686-687. 

(340) 1900. The angoumois moth in New Jersey. < Rural New Yorker, 
59: 765-766. 

(341) 1900. Do bees damage fruit? < Rural New Yorker, 59: 830. 

(342) 1900. Truth about the San Jose scale. < Amer. Agriculturist, 
65: 2 and 8. 

(343) 1900. Insects injurious to fruits. < Amer. Agriculturist, 66: 645. 

(344) 1901. The peach borer. < Ent. Cir. 21, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(345) t901. Crude oil as an insecticide. < Ent. Cir. 22, N. J. State Bd. 
Agtic., I-3. 


46 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


(346) 1901. Fumigation. .<.Ent. Cir. 23, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-4. 

(347) 1901. Summer work against the San Jose scale. < Ent. Cir. 24, 
N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(348) 1901. Carbon bisulphide. < Ent. Cir. 25, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
I-2. 

(349) 1901. The blackberry gall maker. < Ent, Cir. 26, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., pp. 1-2. 

(350) 1901. The fruit-bark beetle. < Ent. Cir. 27, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
1-2, 

(351) 19001. “Sinuate pear borer. < Ent. Cir, 28, N° J State Bd) Aecnic? 
1-2, 

(352) 1901. Yellow-necked caterpillar. < Ent. Cir. 29, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 1-2. 

(353) 1901. The wood leopard moth. < Ent. Cir. 30, N. J. State Bd. 


Agric., 1-2. 

(354) 1901. Sweet potato tortoise beetles. < Ent. Cir. 31, N. J. State 
Bd. Agric., I-2. 

@s55)e100n, Lhe apple plant, louse). Grnt Cin 32 Ne statemae 
Agric., I-2. 


(356) toot.. The melon plant louse <Ent. Gir 33, N. J. States Bde 
Agric., 1-2. 

(357) 1901. The pea-louse. < Ent. Cir. 34, N. J..State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(358) 1901. Blister beetles. < Ent. Cir. 35, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(359) 1901. About ants. < Ent. Cir. 36, N. J. State Bd. Agric., 1-2. 

(360) 1901. The angoumois grain moth. < Ent. Cir. 37, N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 1-3. 

(361) 1901. Resin-lime-arsenic mixture. < Ent. Cir. 38, N. J. State 
Bd. Agric., pp. 1-2. 

(362) 1901. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1900, 477-572. 

(363) 1901. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 83-89. 

(364) 1901. A station official in Europe. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. Agric., 
303-311. 

(365) 1to01. San Jose scale and other fruit insects. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 91-100. 

(366) 1902. The entomologist’s experiment orchard. < Bull. 155, N. J. 
Agric. Coll. Exper. Sta., 1-71. 

(367) 1902. The rose scale. < Bull. 159, N. J. Agric. Coll. Exper. Sta., 
I-I4. 

(368) 1902. Lime, salt and sulphur wash. < Bull. 162, N. J. Agric. 
Coll. Exper. Sta., 1-8. 

(369) 1902. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1901, 461-587. 

(370) 1902. Treatment for San Jose scale in orchard and nursery. 
< Bull. 90, Penn. Dept. Agric., 1-33. 


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(371) 1902. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bde. 
Agric., 237-242. 

(372) 1902. Modern methods of studying and dealing with horticultural 
insect pests. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. Soc., 65-75. 

(373) 1902. Nursery inspection and notes on crude petroleum. < Proc. 
14th Ann. Conv. Assn. Am. Agric. Coll. and Exper. Sta., 165-166 
and 1706, 

(374) 1902. Soap for San Jose scale. < Rural New Yorker, 61: 752. 

(375) 1903. Insecticides and their use. < Bull. 169, N. J. Agric. Exper. 
Sta., 1-27. 

(376) 1903. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1902, 
423-508. 

(377) 1903. Report of the State Entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 101-108. 

(378) 1903. The law and the horticulturist. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. 
Soc., 69-80. 

(379) 1903. Recent observation and experiments with insecticides for the 
San Jose scale. < Proc. 16th Ann. Cony. Assn. Agric. Coll. and 
Exper. Sta., 120-127. 

(380) 1903. Recent observations and experiments with insecticides for 

the San Jose scale. < Bull. 123, Office Exper. Sta., U..S. Dept. 
Agric., 126-128. 

(381) 1903. A year’s experience with crude petroleum. < Proc. 15th 
Ann. Cony. Assn. Am. Agric. Coll. and Exper. Sta., pp. 118-1109. 

(382) 1903. Insects injurious in cranberry culture. < Farmers’ Bull. 
178, U. S. Dept. Agric., 1-31. 

(383) 1903. Strawberries and white grubs. < Rural New Yorker, 62: 
281. 

(384) 1904. Insecticide experiments for 1904. < Bull. 178, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., 1-8. 

(385) 1904. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1903, 555-042. 

(386) 1904. Birds, fruits and insects. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. Soc., 
88-93. 

(387) 1904. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., pp. 333-344. 

(388) 1904. The New Jersey ideal in the study and report upon injurious 
insects. < Proc. 17th Ann. Conv. Assn. Agric. Coll. and Exper. 


Sta., 184-186. 

(389) 1904. Caustic soda as a remedy for scale. < Amer. Agriculturist, 
73: 273. 

(390) 1904. San Jose scale on grape vines. < Amer. Agriculturist, 74: 
459. 


(391) 1905. Insects injurious to shade trees and ornamental plants. 
< Bull. 181, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-50. 


48 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


(392) 1905. Late fall spraying for the San Jose scale or pernicious scale. 
< Bull. 186, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-14. 

(393) 1905. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1904, 555-052. 

(394) 1905. Results of the year’s spraying. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. 
Soc., 55-63. 

(395) 1905. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., pp. 163-168. 

(396) 1905. Cranberry insects. < Proc. 36th Ann. Conv. Amer. Cran- 
berry Growers Assn., p. 3. 

(397) 1906. Spraying. < Bull. 194, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-60. 

(398) 1906. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1905, 527-652. 

(399) 1906. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., pp. 101-106. 

(400) 1906. Tests with oils for spraying. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. 
Soc., 70-77. 

(401) 1907. The cabbage and onion maggots. (In conjunction with E. L. 
Dickerson.) < Bull. 200, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-27. 

(402) 1907. Some household pests. < Bull. 203, N..J. Agric. Exper. 
Sta., 1-48. 

(403) 1907. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1906, 515-609. 

(404) 1907. Insecticide experiments and spray practice in 1906. < Rept. 
N. J. State Bd. Agric., 279-288. 

(405) 1907. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 291-295. 

(406) 1908. Insecticide materials and their application: with suggestions 
for practice. < Bull. 213, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-46. 

(407) 1908. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1907, 387-478. 

(408) 1908. The parasite question practically considered. < Rept. N. J. 
State Bd. Agric., 177-1092. 

(409) 1908. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 195-199. 

(410) 1908. Tree resistance to tree attack. < Proc. N. J. State Hortic. 
Soc., 120-127. 

(A411) 1908. Notes on some cecropia cocoons and parasites. < Jour. 
Econ. Ent., 1: 293-2907. 

(412) 1909. Our insect friends and enemies. The relation of insects to 
man, to other animals, to one another, and to plants, with a chapter 
on the war against insects, pp. I-314. 

(413) 1909. Insects injurious to strawberries. < Bull. 225, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., 1-37. 

(414) 1909. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1908, 303-378. 


a a ee eS a s,s 


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GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SmiItTH 49 


(415) 1909. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 156-161. 

(416) 1909. Spraying as a mechanical problem. < Proc. N. J. State 
Hortic. Soc., 157-163. 

(417) 1909. Insects injurious to shade trees. <N. J. Forest Commis- 
sion, 85-100. 

(418) 1910. Insects injurious to sweet potatoes in New Jersey. < Bull. 
229, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-16. 

(419) 1910. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1909, 351-417. 

(420) 1910. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 45-51. 

(421) 1910. Some insect invasions and the fight against them. < Rept. 
N. J. State Bd. Agric., 181-195. 

(422) 1910. The nurseryman, the horticulturist and the entomologist. 
< Proc. N. J. State Hortic. Soc., 64-72. 

(423) 1910. Amara avida Say as a strawberry pest. < Jour. Econ. Ent., 
3: 97-98. 

(424) 1911. Insects injurious to peach trees in New Jersey. < Bull. 235, 
N. J. Agric. Coll. Exper. Sta., 1-43. 

(425) 1911. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1910, 207-373. 

(426) 1911. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric., 54-62. 

(427) 1911. The city shade tree problem from the entomologist’s stand- 
point. <( Shade Tree Federation of New Jersey, 12-17. 

(428) 1912. The plum curculio in New Jersey. < Proc. 37th Ann. Meet. 
State Hortic. Soc., 59-71. 

(429) 1912. Insects injurious to shade trees. <In “The planting and 
care of shade trees,” by Alfred Gaskill, 67-01. 

(430) 1912. Report of the entomological department of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station for the year 1911, 401-501. 

(431) 1912. Report of the State entomologist. < Rept. N. J. State Bd. 
Agric. In press. 


Economic, Mosquito 


(432) 1901. Some notes on the larval habits of Culex pungens. < Ent. 
News, 12: 153-157. 

(433) 1902. The salt marsh mosquito. < Special Bull. T, N. J. Agric. 
Exper. Sta., I-10. 

(434) 1902. Practical suggestions for mosquito control. < Cir. N. J. 
State Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-4. 

(435) 1902. The sanitary aspect of the mosquito question. < Proc. 28th 

Meeting N. J. Sanitary Assoc., 37-43. 

(436) 1902. The mosquito pest and how it may be abated. < Rept. N. J. 

State Bd. Agric., 245-249. 


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(437) 1902. Mosquito warfare. < The Metropolis and Public Health 
Jour., 36. 

(438) 1902. A fight against mosquitoes. < Rural New Yorker, 339. 

(439) 1902. Notes on the early stages of Culex canadensis. < Ent. 
News, 13: 267-272. 

(440) 1902. Characters of some mosquito larvae. < Ent. News, 13: 
299-302. 

(441) 1902. Notes on the early stages of Corethra brakeleyi, Coq. 
< Can. Ent., 34: 139-140. 

(442) 1902. Life history of Aedes smithii. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 10: 
10-15. 

(443) 1902. Concerning certain mosquitoes. < Science, n. s., 15: 13-15. 

(444) 1902. The salt marsh mosquito, Culex sollicitans. < Science, n. s., 


16: 391-394. 

(445) 1902. The mosquito campaign in New Jersey. < Science, n. s., 
15: 899-900. 

(446) 1903. Mosquitocides. < Bull. 40, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric. 
96-108. 


(447) 1903. Report of the mosquito investigations. (1902), 509-593.” 

(448) 1903. Notes on Culex serratus, Theob. < Ent. News, 14: 309-310. 

(449) 1903. A contribution toward a knowledge of the life history of 
Culex sollicitans. < Psyche, 10: 1-6. 

(450) 1904. The common mosquito of New Jersey. < Bull. 171, N. J. 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-40. 

(451) 1904. Report of the mosquito investigations. (1903), 643-659. 

(452) 1904. Notes on the life history of Culex dupreei Coq. < Ent. 
News, I5: 49-51. 

(453) 1904. Notes on some mosquito larvae found in New Jersey. 
< Ent. News, 15: 145-151. 

(454) 1904. The campaign against the mosquito. < The Booklover’s 
Magazine, 4: 169-177. 

(455) 1905. Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment 
Station upon the mosquitoes occurring within the State, their habits, 
life history, etc., pp. 1-482. 

(456) 1905. The mosquito investigation in New Jersey. < Popular 
Science Monthly, 66: 281-286. 

(457) 1905. Descriptions of some mosquito-larvae, with notes on their 
habits. (In conjunction with J. A. Grossbeck.) < Psyche, 12: 
13-16. 

(458) 1905. How does Anopheles bite? < Science, n. s., 21: 71-72. 

(459) 1906. Report of the mosquito investigation. (1905), 653-680. 

(460) 1906. The local basis of the sanitary policy of the mosquito reduc- 
WOuL, << SCGNes te Gy P29 Ww, 


* These reports, with those of the entomological department listed under 
the preceding heading, appeared in the general report of the New Jersey 
Agricultural College Experiment Station. 





GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SMITH 51 


(461) 1906. Mosquito extermination. < Science, n. s., 23: 857-859. 

(462) 1906. Mosquito notes for 1906. < Can. Ent., 39: 118-120. 

(463) 1907. Winter treatment for house mosquitoes. < Cir. N. J. State 
Agric. Exper. Sta., 1-4. ‘ 

(464) 1907. Report of the mosquito investigation. (1906), 611-670. 

(465) 1907. The New Jersey salt marsh and its improvement. < Bull. 
ZO TING Jae Netics Exper ota. 1-24. 

(466) 1907. The general economic importance of mosquitoes. < Popular 
Science Monthly, 70: 325-329. 

(467) 1907. Mosquito notes for 1906. < Can. Ent., 39: 118-120. 

(468) 1907. Variation in mosquito habits. < Science, n. s., 25: 311-313. 

(469) 1908. The house mosquito, a city, town and village problem. 
< Bull. 216, N. J. Agric. Exper. Sta., I-21. 

(470) 1908. Report of the mosquito work in 1907, 479-560. 

(471) 1908. Notes on the larval habits of Culex perturbans. < Ent. 
News, 19: 22-25. 

(472) 1909. Report on the mosquito work for 1908, 379-428. 

(473) 1909. The progress of the mosquito extermination work in New 
Jersey. < Proc. 34th Ann. Meeting N. J. Sanitary Assoc., 89-93. 

(474) 1909. Concerning Culex perturbans at Dublin, New Hampshire. 
< Ent. News, 20: 425-427. 

(475) 1909. The mosquito problem. < Fifteenth Ann. Conv. Am. Soc. 
Municipal Improvements, 123-143. 

(476) 1910. Report of the mosquito work for 1909, 419-459. 

(477) 1910. The modern mosquito extermination campaign. < Engi- 
neering News, 64: 232-233. 

(478) 1910. Ridding a State of mosquitoes. < Abstract from Proc. 7th 
Intern. Zool. Congress (1907), 2 pages. 

(479) 1911. Report on the mosquito work for 1910, 375-424. 

(480) 1911. The mosquito campaign as a sanitary measure. < Annals 
Amer. Acad. Political and Social Sci., 37: 180-1901. 

(481) 1911. Exterminating the Jersey skeeter. < Popular Mechanics 
Magazine, 413-416. 

(482) 1912. Report on the mosquito work for 1911, 503-582. 


Morphology 
(483) 1886. Scent organs in some bombycid moths. < Ent. Am., 2: 
79-80. 
(484) 1887. Antennal structure of the genus Cressonia. < Ent. Am., 
3: 2-3. 


(485) 1889. Some peculiarities of antennal structure in the deltoids. 
< Proc. Am, Assoc. Ady. Sci., 38: 278. 

(486) 1890. A contribution toward a knowledge of the mouth parts of 
the Diptera. < Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 17: 319-339. 

(487) 1890. Notes on some aphid structures. < Psyche, 5: 409-414. 


52 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


(488) 1891. Notes on the homology of the hemipterous mouth. < Proc. 
Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 40: 325-320. 

(489) 1891. Epipharynx and hypopharynx of Odonata. < Proc. Am. 
Assoc. Adv. Sci., 40: 326. 

(490) 1891. The mouth of Copris carolina and notes on the homology of 
the mandible. < Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 40: 324-325. 

(491) 1892. The mouth parts of Copris carolina; with notes on the 
homologies of the mandibles. < Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 19: 83-87. 

(492) 1892. The “maxillary tentacles” of Pronuba. < Proc. Am. Assoc. 
Adv. Sci., 41: 198-199. 

(493) 1893. An interesting sensory organ in certain plant lice. 
< Science, 21: 31. 

(494) 1896. An essay on the development of the mouth parts of certain 
insects. < Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 19: 175-108. 

(495) 1898. The mouth-parts of the Rhyngota. < Science, n. s., 7: 1-2. 

(496) 1808. Notes on some structural peculiarities of Sanninoidea 
exitiosa. < Ent. News, 9: 114-115. 
(See also Nos. 4, 37, 46, 511.) 


Miscellaneous 


(497) 1883. Collecting Noctuidae in day time. < Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 
5: 82. 

(498) 1884. Hutbnerian! < Papilio, 4: 183-186. 

(499) 1885. Species, varieties and races. < Can. Ent., 17: 3-9. 

(500) 1885. Ent. Club of A. A. A. S. (Report of meeting.) < Can. 
Ent., 17 : 199-200. 

(501) 1886. Ants’ nests and their inhabitants. < Am. Nat., 20: 679-687. 

(502) 1887. What makes a species in the genus Arctia? < Ent. Am., 
BeeOO il! 

(503) 1887. William W. Hill. (Obituary.) < Ent. Am., 3: 235-236. 

(504) 1888. Entomology and entomological collections in the United 
States. (Address before Ent. Club of A. A. A. S.) < Ent. Am., 
Aa Ol biel 25= 120 

(505) 1888. Moths new to our fauna. < Can. Ent., 20: 56. 

(500) 1889. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of 
temperate North America. (Notice of publication.) < Ent. Am., 
5 1O5—107, 

(507) 1890. Catalogue of insects found in New Jersey, 1-486. (From 
the Final Rept. State Geol., 2.) 

(508) 1890. North American Lepidoptera. Revised check list of the 
North American Noctuidae, by A. Radcliffe Grote. (A review.) 
< Ent. News, 1: 99-100. 

(509) 1890. Notes on the structure and history of Haematobia serrata. 
< Psyche, 5: 343-347. 

(510) 1892. Section F of the A. A. A. S. (Report of meeting.) < Can. 
Ent., 24: 75-76. 


GROSSBECK: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. SMITH 53 


(511) 1802. Prof. J. B. Smith’s list of Lepidoptera. (A reply to Dr. 
Dyas) Can. Ent, 24'- 103-104: 

(512) 1892-1893. Elementary entomology. < Ent. News, 3: 35-36, 53- 
56, 82-83, 114-116, 172-174, 198-200, 220-222, 4: 4-0, 39-42, 84-86, 
IIQ-I2I, IQI-194, 221-223. 

(513) 1893. The meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists. 
< Ent. News, 4: 252-255. 

(514) 1893. Economic entomology at the World’s Fair. < Ent. News, 
4: 257-201. 

(515) 1894. Classification of the Lepidoptera. < Ent. News, 5: 240-241. 

(516) 1805. The Katydid’s orchestra. < Science, n. s., 2: 591. 

(517) 1807. An essay on the classification of insects. < Science, n.'s., 
5: 671-677. 

(518) 1898. A new method of studying underground insects. < Proc. 
Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 47: 366. 

(519) 1898. Notes on the habits of some burrowing bees. < Proc. Am. 
Assoc. Adv. Sci., 47: 367-368. 

(520) 1898. George H. Horn. (Obituary.) < Science, n, s., 7: 74-77. 

(521) 1899. Obituary [of Henry Guernsey Hubbard.] < Ent. News, 
10: 80-82. ; 

(522) 1900. Insects of New Jersey, 1-755. <As supplement to Twenty- 
seventh Ann. Rept. N. J. State Bd. Agric. 

(523) 1900. The life of a digger bee. < Popular Science Monthly, 56: 
46-48. 

(524) 1900. Rev. George Duryea Hulst, Ph.D. (Obituary.) < Ent. 
News, 11: 613-615. 

(525) 1901. Notes on some digger bees, I. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 9: 
29-40. 

(526) 1901. Notes on some digger bees, II]. < Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 9: 
52-72. 

(527) 1901. Types and synonymy. < Can. Ent., 12: 146-148. 

(528) 1901. Magazine entomology. < Science, n. s., 14: 456-457. 

(529) 1901. Acronycta and types. < Can. Ent., 33: 232-234. 

(530) 1901. Catalog der Lepidopteren des palaearctischen faunen- 
gebietes, von Dr. Staudinger und Dr. Phil. Rebel. (A review.) 
< Can. Ent., 33: pp. 260-263. . 

(531) 1901. Concerning protests and other things. < Can. Ent., 33: 
276-279. 

(534) 1901. The insect book. (A review.) < Science, n. s., 14: 373. 

(532) 1902. Reports on plans for the extermination of mosquitoes on 
the north shore of Long Island, between Hempstead Harbor and 
Cold Spring Harbor. (A review.) < Science, n. s., 15: 1028-10209. 

(534) 1902. Lost knowledge. < Ent. News, 13: 243-244. 

(535) 1904. Some remarks on classification. < Ent. News, 15: 179-186. 

(536) 1904. Dr. Holland’s Moth Book. (A review.) < Ent. News, 


15: 104. 


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(537) 1905. The entomological work of Dr. A. S. Packard. < Psyche, 
I2: 34-35. ; 

(538) 1905. Some of the common insects, and how the children can 
study them. < Jour. Proc. and Add. Nat. Educ. Assoc., 807-813. 

(539) 1906. Explanation of terms used in entomology, pp. I-152. 

4540) 1907. Studies in certain Cicada species. (In conjunction with J. A. 
Grossbeck.) < Ent. News, 18: 116-120. 

{541) 1908. Mosquito Life. (A review.) < Science, n. s., 28: pp. 22-23. 

(542) 1909. Journal of Economic Entomology. < Science, n. s., 30: 
710-720. 

(543) toto. Insects and entomologists: their relation to the community 
at large. [Abstract.] < Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., 3: 12-14. 

(544) 1910. Insects and entomologists: their relation to the community 
at large. < Popular Science Monthly, 77: 210-226, 467-479. 

(545) 1910. Report of the insects of New Jersey. < Ann. Rept. N. J. 
State Museum, 15-888. 

(546) 1912. The house fly—disease carrier. (A. review.) < Science, 
MS o ee lO— ee 


In addition to the titles here listed there are a number of short 
notes, editorial and otherwise, obituaries, book notices, etc., scat- 
tered through the volumes of the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Ento- 
mological Society and Entomologica Americana; also under the 
heading “ Notes and News”’ in the Entomological News are many 
short notes which are not included in this bibliography, and from 
the Department of Economic Entomology which ran through 
volumes III to [X of the same publication, which was edited and 
largely kept up by his contributions, no titles have been taken. 


Literature Relating to Staten Island 
THe AUSTIN HOMESTEAD! 


This is an unsigned article, with three excellent illustrations, 
two of the exterior and one of the interior, of this picturesque 
Staten Island homestead. The opening words of the article will 
find a responsive echo in the minds and hearts of all Staten Island- 
ers who love to recall the time when the entire region, from Van- 
derbilt Landing to and beyond Fort Wadsworth, was one contin- 
uous series of charming country homes, of which the Austin place 
is one of the few that remain. To quote the words: “ Here to-day 
and gone to-morrow is so characteristic of our restless land that 
it is a relief to the more conservatively inclined to find in Greater 
New York a house that still defies the sword of the destroying 
angel, now modernized to the baser use of cutting into allotments 
the beautiful estates so numerous a generationago. One of these, 
which for centuries has defied destruction, is the Austin home- 
stead on Staten Island, not far to the north of the Quarantine 
Station, now the residence of Captain and Mrs. Oswald Muller 
(neé Austin).” 

The article also includes brief references to those who have 
owned and occupied the house in succession, and to those who had 
occasion to make it their temporary home at various times. 

psi 


PRIZE SHOOTING FOR CAMERA? 


This article and its accompanying illustrations will be recog- 
nized at once by those of our members who are familiar with Mr. 
Cleaves’ activities in the vicinity of Wolffs’ Pond and thereabouts 

1 Amer. Society 5°: 24, illust., September, 1909. 


2 Howard H. Cleaves. Collier’s Weekly, September 9, 1911, p. 23, six 
figs. in text. 


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56 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


on the south shore of Staten Island. Sandpipers are the special 
subjects discussed, with descriptions of the methods employed in 
stalking and in photographing them from blinds. 

else 


Two PECULIAR TREE DEFORMITIES? 


An illustrated article on tree deformities—one showing a 
branch of a beech enclosed by a trunk of an oak, and another of 
a peculiarly twisted trunk of a wild cherry. Both illustrations 
were made from photographs taken on Staten Island,—the first 
at Huguenot and the second at Prince’s Bay, although the locali- 
ties are not stated in the text. 

Palle 


Procress REPORTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN Dust PREVENTION AND 
ROAD PRESERVATION, I910* 


This is a pamphlet of fifty-six pages, issued June 22, 1911. It 
is mostly concerned with detailed descriptions of the cost and the 
results attained from experiments with the various preparations 
of oil, asphalt, tar, etc., on macadam road, for the preservation of 
road beds and the prevention of dust. 

Experiments conducted on Staten Island are discussed on pages 
39-43. These were made in cooperation with the Bureau of 
Engineering and Construction of the Borough of Richmond, and 
the road selected was a portion of Innes street, at Elm Park, 
between John street and Morning Star road. 

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THe FrreworKs Factory AT GRANITEVILLE® 


An article under the title “Siss Boom Ah-h-h” consists of a 
discussion of the fireworks industry in general, with a special 


® Howard H. Cleaves. Country Life in America 19: pp. cclxxx, cclxxxii, 
two figs. in text. February, 1011. 

*U. S. Dept. Agric., Office of Public Roads, Circular No. 94, Washing- 
ton, Govt. Printing Office, 1911. 

° Hartley Davis. Everybody’s Magazine 25: 3-12, illust. July, I191I. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 57 


description of the Consolidated Fireworks plant at Graniteville, 
stated to be “the largest . . . in the world.’ The illustrations 
include several views of the interior of this huge local concern, a 
closely fenced area with which few outsiders are familiar, inas- 
much as the article states, “there is no place harder to get into 
than a fireworks factory. A stranger can get into that at Gran- 
iteville only when personally conducted by an officer. The reason 
is not to safeguard secrets—since men who have worked on fire- 
works all their lives never learn any of the really valuable secrets 
—hbut to safeguard against accidents .. . this eternal vigilance 
pays. In the Graniteville factory there has been but one serious 
accident in thirteen years ... not a single life has been lost. 
. . . There are occasional small fires, but the official records show 
that in the past four years only four alarms of fire have been 
sent into the city department from this factory.” ; 
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INTERESTING PEOPLE: LELAND O. Howarp® 


This is an appreciative sketch of the personality and multi- 
farious activities of Dr. Howard, accompanied by an excellent 
portrait. Although not a Staten Islander, and, in fact, known 
personally to comparatively few of our residents, we are justified 
in feeling a proprietary interest in Dr. Howard by reason of 
having elected him the first one of our four corresponding mem- 
bers, in 1907. 

A. H. 


STATEN ISLAND’ 


This is a quarto pamphlet of thirty-six pages, with a map, and 
one hundred and thirty-eight illustrations. Itis essentially a com- 
mercial publication, similar to many others which have been issued 


*Samuel Hopkins Adams. American Magazine, October, 1911, 721-723, 
with portrait. 

7 Staten Island | Illustrated | Borough of Richmond | New York City | 
Copyright 1911 | Published by Staten Island Chamber of Commerce | New 
Brighton, N. Y. | Bureau of Information, 45 Broadway, New York. 


58  STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


with the object of “ booming” the locality. The illustrations in- 
clude pictures of a large number of private residences, the most 
important industrial plants, some of the business buildings, a few 
views of general interest, and less than the usual number of “ rep- 
resentative citizens.”’ The museum building of the Staten Island 
Association of Arts and Sciences is one of the subjects of illus- 
tration, although it is not included among “the points of interest 
at st. Georgem wlhichtaneystaredstobeatie Boroticial:lalleamea 
the Carnegie Library, the Staten Island Club, the Curtis High 
School, and the Staten Island Academy.” 

The illustrations are unusually good, and these features of the 
publication will cause it to have an historical value in the future. 
In the meantime we may assume that it has a certain commercial 
value, as otherwise it would not have been issued under the aus- 
pices of the institution responsible for its publication. 


ieee 


A PAMPHLET ON STATEN ISLAND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGo® 


This is a pamphlet of forty-six pages and sixteen full-page 
woodcuts. It was prepared and issued at the time when Erastus 
Wiman was developing various transportation, real estate and 
amusement enterprises, and it is essentially an advertisement for 
these, with historical references incidentally included. To the 
rising generation the description of the casino, baseball grounds 
and electric fountain at St. George, will sound strange: “ Three 
stories in height, over 300 feet long and 50 wide, this immense 
‘Casino cost $35,000.00 to build. . . . Beneath these galleries .. . 
is located a handsomely fitted up dining room . . . besides other 


® Picturesque | Staten Island | the | Gateway to New York Harbor | in 
Pen and Pencil | Price Ten Cents | Published by | The Staten Island 
Amusement Co. | Copyright, 1886, by the Staten Island Amusement Co. | 
The H. Bartlett Novelty Co., N. Y. | The Litho. Eng. & Ptg. Co. 34 & 36 
North Moore St. N. Y. 

[ Not the little booklet issued in 1889 by Frank M. Harrington under the 
same title “ Picturesque Staten Island.” tI2mo, pp. 64. 12 plates and 
maps.—Ep.| 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 59 


refreshment rooms on the balconies. In these over a thousand 
persons can at one time be served by the Purssell Company, the 
famous caterers. . . . On these grounds the famous Metropolitan 
Base-Ball Club . . . will play all their home games . . . and at 
evening . . . series of open-air concerts will be given... by 
Cappa’s Seventh Regiment band . . . and at the further end of 
the park the wonderful fountains, illuminated by electric light 

. will throw their many-hued jets a hundred feet in air, etc., 
eres 

All this has completely vanished to make way for freight trains 
and trolley terminals, but a fragmentary reminder of the past was 
to be seen until quite recently when the cement tank and iron 
piping of the electric fountain were unearthed in excavating for 
the retaining wall along Jay Street. 

The illustrations include some scenes and pictures of buildings 
that are familiar to us at the present time—Sailors’ Snug Harbor, 
Seamen’s Retreat (now the Marine Hospital), St. Paul’s, St. 
John’s, and the old Moravian churches,—but others are mere 
memories, such as the Pavilion Hotel, St. Mark’s Hotel (later 
the Hotel Castleton), the Cove at West New Brighton, before it 
was filled in, showing the shore line curving around at the side 
of the road, and a horse car where the trolley cars now have the 
right of way. 

In regard to the hotels the description states that “the Pavilion, 
the Belmont, the Mansion House on Richmond Terrace, and the 
St. Mark’s upon the hill above them, have long been filled to over- 
flowing, during the summer months, while of late one or more 
of them have found it profitable to keep open throughout the 
winter as well, giving weekly hops and germans for the benefit 
of their guests and neighbors.” 

On the inside of the back cover is a time table of the boat ser- 
vice between St. George and New York, “ fare, ten cents,” and 
a schedule of the home games of the “ Mets” on the ball grounds. 

To those who know Staten Island only as it is to-day this little 
pamphlet will prove exceedingly interesting, but to the older gen- 


60 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


eration it is merely a sad reminder of the beginning of the era 
of commercial development which has ruthlessly defaced and de- 
stroyed so many of our once attractive natural features and places 
of historic interest. 

ental 


THe Farr EMpRIsE® 


This is a well-printed, attractively illustrated octavo pamphlet 
of fifty-eight pages of reading matter, including title-pages and 
table of contents, and fourteen of advertisements. For the in- 
formation of the uninitiated it may be remarked that “ Fair” 
refers to a fair held for the purpose of raising funds for the 
parish house of the church, hence “fifty cents a copy,’ and that 
“Emprise’’ may be found defined in the Standard Dictionary 
as follows: “[archaic] an enterprise, especially one of adventur- 
ous or chivalric nature.” The date of publication does not appear 
on the title page, but ““ November, 1911, may be found on page 3, 


9) 


included under “ contents,’ and we may, perhaps, be justified in 
assuming that this represents the date of publication of the volume 
as a whole and not merely that of the table of contents. 

Both poetry and prose are included and it is pleasing to note 
that the entire contents, illustrations as well as text, are products 
of local talent. The names of George William Curtis, Edwin and 
Catherine Markham, William Winter, George and Agnes Mc- 
Clelland Daulton, and those of other Staten Island literati may 
be found among the contributors. Some of the articles are re- 
printed, but for the most part they were, apparently, written for 
the volume under discussion. The range of subjects is varied, 
consisting of light fiction, a “Puzzle Page,” poetry, biography, 
and one article on natural science. Altogether it is a creditable 
piece of work to all concerned, far more so than most similar pub- 

°The Fair Emprise | Edited and Published by | Edith M. Pollard | 
Theodora Lins, Mabel G. Burdick | For the Benefit of the Parish House | 


of the | Church of the Redeemer | New Brighton | Staten Island | Fifty 
Cents a Copy | 


—-- 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 61 


lications are, and it possesses a local value which should appeal 


to every patriotic Staten Islander. 
Napele 


ON THE STRUCTURE AND AFFINITIES OF Two NEw CONIFERS AND 
A FUNGUS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF HOKKAIDO 
(YEzo)?° 


In this paper the author states that “the study of the fossil 
plants, whose structure and affinities are given in the following 
pages, is based on a part of the materials collected by Professor 
Fujii in 1906, in Hokkaido (Yezo), a northern island of Japan.” 
The species described are Abiocaulis yezoensis, Cryptomeriopsis 
mesozoica and Pleosporites Shirainus. 

It might seem rather a far call from Japan to Staten Island, 
but the geological horizon in which these plants were found is the 
equivalent of that to which the Kreischerville clays belong, and 
several identical and other clearly allied species occur at both of 
these widely separated localities. In this connection the author 
refers to the paper by Hollick and Jeffrey on “ Affinities of Cer- 
tain Cretaceous Plant Remains Commonly Referred to the Genera 
Damara and Brachyphyllum” (Amer. Nat. 40: 189-216. 1906), 
which was based upon material collected at Kreischerville. 

piemitelaw Ke 


SoME REMARKS ON THE CRETACEOUS FossIL FLORA AND THE 
CAUSES OF EXTINCTION? 


This paper begins with a preliminary statement to the effect 
that it is intended to supplement the paper by Dr. Y. Suzuki (see 
preceding review), “and at the same time to give some remarks 
on the Cretaceous fossil plants in general, with which we are 
concerned.” 

Comparisons are made between the Cretaceous floras of Japan 

*Y. Suzuki. Botanical Magazine, 24: 181-196, pl. 7, and figs. I-3 in text. 


(Tokyo, September, 1910.) 
*K. Fujii. Botanical Magazine, 24: 197-220. (Tokyo, September, 1910.) 


62 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


and other parts of the world, and frequent reference is made to 
that of the Kreischerville clays, as described by Holllick and 
Jeffrey, whose works are frequently cited throughout the paper. 

The species Prepinus statenensis Jeffrey, based upon Staten 
Island material, is critically discussed and compared with other 
species of Prepinus and Pinus, and the author states that “ Hol- 
lick and Jeffrey’s studies on conifers from the Middle Cretaceous 
of the Staten Island are of high importance. Among other things 
the morphological and anatomical characters of Brachyphyllum 
macrocarpum interest me in particular, as it seems to be allied 
with one of the plants which I have been studying recently.” 
After discussing the Japanese fossil genus Yezonia the author 
remarks “As it became thus highly probable that our Yezonia 
and the American Brachyphyllum from the Cretaceous bed at 
Kreischerville are related to each other, a comparison of the na- 
ture of pittings of the tracheids and of ray cells became much 
desirable.’ As a result of such comparison the author is now 
inclined to consider Yezonia as a plant of araucarian affinity, 
instead of as belonging in an extinct family closely allied with 
the Cycadaceae, as it was originally regarded. 

The attention which has been accorded the Staten Island Cre- 
taceous material, not only in Japan but elsewhere abroad, is ex- 
ceedingly interesting and should inspire further collecting and 
study on the part of those who have the opportunity. 

The author also discusses the factors which may. have been in- 
strumental in causing the extinction of floras, and one of those 
mentioned has such an immediate local application in relation to 
the existing vegetation that I quote it entire, viz., “ another fac- 
tor, which may be thought of, is the sulphur dioxide and other 
injurious gases from volcanoes, which have been probably much 
more active and extensively found in the old geological periods. 
Such gases might have been the causes of local destruction of 
species, just as the sulphur dioxide displays its awful effect upon 
coniferous forests and many other evergreens and herbs, as is 
well known in the district near any large mines, where an enor- 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 63 


mous quantity of coal is consumed, even at a distance of many 
miles, and in a smaller scale near any railway station and fac- 
tories. Dr. I. Miyake told me that the very injurious effect of 
sulphur dioxide gas in the smoke is done even in a single night 
Thus the words of our Japanese author 
may even be quoted as confirmatory evidence in regard to the 


9 


when it is foggy... . 


injurious effects of the sulphur fumes from the New Jersey fac- 
tories on the vegetation of the north shore of Staten Island. 


Howarp HENDERSON CLEAVES, NATURE STUDENT” 


This is a pleasingly written article on the ornithological work 
of Mr. Cleaves by one who appreciates the good which he has 
done by means of his camera and lectures, not only in making 
birds and their ways better known, but also in directing attention 
to what may be accomplished for their protection and preserva- 
tion. The first picture is a flashlight photograph of the school 
children at one of the Friday afternoon lectures in the assembly 
room of our museum; the others are reproductions of some of 
Mr. Cleaves’ well-known snapshots of birds, including a tern 
and ospreys taken on Gardiner’s Island, and a kingfisher taken 
on Staten Island. The latter will be recognized as the subject 
of the cover design for the July, 1910, number of Country Life 
in America. 

yeeiele 


2 Wm. T. Davis, The Guide to Nature, 5: 22-24, six text figures. May, 
1912. 


Records of Meetings 


REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 21, IQII 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton, President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and 
35 persons present. 

The minutes of the annual meeting were read and approved. 

The committee appointed to award the annual prize in natural science, 
offered by the association to pupils in Curtis High School, made the 
following report: 

“The subject of the I91I competition was an essay of not less than 1,000 
words, giving an account of some Staten Island brook, describing (1) its 
source, (2) its geographical course, (3) the character of the country 
through which it flows, (4) discussion of special physiographic features, 
such as erosion, rapids, falls, etc., (5) fauna and flora to be observed 
along the stream, (6) historical facts, if any, connected with it. 

“Two essays were received in competition, and the prize was awarded 
to Mr. John M. Rabitte of Tottenville. The subject selected by the com- 
mittee for next year’s competition is as follows: ~ 

“An essay of not less than 2,500 words on ‘The Bird Life of Staten 
Island.’ It must touch on the following themes: (1) General summary of 
the birds found on the island, (2) Bird migration, (3) The relation of 
our birds to agriculture, with specific examples, (4) Notes on some one 
kind of bird during the nesting season, this to include (a) time nest was 
found or begun, (b) date young hatched, (c) number of times young are 
fed in any given time during the day, (d) length of time from hatching to 
date of departure from nest. 

“The essay is to be supplemented by a migration list of not less than 
25 species of summer residents and transients (no winter residents or 
permanent residents to be included). The three particulars to be included 
in this list are, name of species, date when first seen, and locality. It will 
be an additional point of merit if the writer signifies whether each bird 
is a breeding bird on the island or simply a migrant passing through. 
This is not insisted on, but will be taken strongly into consideration in the 
judging of compositions. The latter must be submitted to the principal of 
Curtis High School on or before June 15, 1912.” 

CHartes Lours POoLLarn, 
Harry F. Tow te, 
Wittiam T. Davis, 

® Committee. 


64 


REcORDS OF MEETINGS 65 


‘On motion, the report of the committee was accepted and placed on 
file. 

The president read a letter from Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff, extending an 
invitation to the members of the Association to visit the log cabin on his 
estate, known as “The Philosophers’ Retreat”, at eleven o’clock on 
Thanksgiving Day. On motion it was voted that the invitation be accepted 
with thanks. 


SCIENTIFIC ProGram 


Mr. Charles L. Pollard, curator-in-chief, made an address on the work 
of the museum since its removal from Borough Hall. He pointed out that 
the attendance for the first five months was more than treble that for the 
corresponding period last year, and argued that this increased public 
interest demanded a broader scope in the museum policy and better facili- 
ties for exhibits. 

In the discussion that followed, the president spoke of the needs of the 
library, particularly the importance of having pamphlets and serials prop- 
erly bound, and stated that it was his desire to have a good reference 
collection of works on economics. 

Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a specimen of the corn snake, Coluber 
guttatus L., collected at Chatsworth, N. J., in July, ror1, stating that the 
species had not been previously reported from that state, a fact espe- 
cially alluded to by Cope in “The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of 
North America,” page 833. 

Mr. Davis also presented an account of his observations on the occur- 
rence of the periodical cicada on Staten Island and vicinity in 1911 (pub- 
lished in this issue of the ProcEEDINGs, p. I), and showed a series of speci-= 
mens dating back to the visitation of 1877. 

A general discussion followed. 

Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited a number of inflated larvae of various 
moths and butterflies, prepared by Mr. Josef Mattes, and by him presented 
to the museum. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, NovEMBER 18, IQII 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, President Howard R. Bayne in the 
chair, and about 50 persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of October 21, 1911, were read and 
approved. 


ScIENTIFIC ProGRAM 


The program for the evening was arranged by the Section of Biology. 
President Bayne introduced the speaker, Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, as- 
sistant curator, who delivered a lecture on the topic “Sea birds of the 


66 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Virginia coast islands,” illustrated by stereopticon slides made from 
original photographs. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 16, IOII 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, First Vice-President William T. Davis 
in the chair, and about 50 persons present. Mr. Charles L. Pollard was 
appointed secretary pro tem. 

The minutes of the meeting of November 18, I91I, were read and 
approved. 

Mr. Pollard reported the receipt of a large and valuable collection of 
art objects from Mr. Wallace MacDonald, of Stapleton, in memory of his 
mother, Mrs. Francis MacDonald. 


ScIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The program was arranged by the Section of Art. 

Vice-President Davis introduced the speaker, Dr. J. QO. Adams, assistant 
secretary of the Municipal Art Commission of the City of New York, and 
acting secretary of the Association, who delivered a lecture on the topic 
“The beauty of machine-made things,” illustrated by the stereopticon. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 20, IQ12 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, President Howard R. Bayne in the chair, 
and about 40 persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of December 16, 1911, were read and 
approved. 

The following resolution was adopted: 

“ Resolved, that the Board of Trustees be requested to consider, through 
committee or otherwise, such amendments to the constitution and bylaws 
as may be necessary to bring that instrument into harmony with the 
charter, and to formulate such amendments for presentation to the 
Association.” 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The president introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr. George L. 
Mitchill, M.E., who gave a lecture on certain phenomena of electrolysis 
with the title “Tramp currents and their peculiar effects.” The lecture 
was illustrated by the stereopticon. 

On motion a vote of thanks was afterward tendered to the speaker. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


RECORDS OF MEETINGS 67 


REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 17, IQI2 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, First Vice-President William T. Davis 
in the chair, and 85 persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of January 20, 1912, were read and ap- 
proved. 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The program for the evening was arranged by the Section of Biology. 

Vice-President Davis introduced the speaker, Dr. Leland O. Howard, 
Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
who delivered a lecture on the topic “ The necessity for a national quar- 
antine against injurious insect and plant diseases.” The lecture was pro- 
fusely illustrated by the stereopticon. At its conclusion, upon motion, a. 
vote of thanks was tendered to the speaker. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


RecuLar MeeEtiInc, MarcH 16, 1912 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, First Vice-President William T. Davis. 
in the chair and about 60 persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of February 17, 1912, was read and 
approved. 

Mr. William MacDonald presented to the Association a pane of glass 
bearing the autograph of Aaron Burr and submitted the following 
memoranda: 

“Some time ago I was appointed a committee of one to secure as a 
historical relic for the museum the pane of glass from the bedroom 
window of a hotel in Port Richmond in which Aaron Burr died. This 

- hotel was known at various times as the Continental, the St. James and 
the Richmond, and is now Danner’s. It is situated at 2040 Richmond 
Terrace. 

“About twelve years ago a family named Simonson was in charge of 
the hotel, where I had occasion to lunch several times. Members of this 
family told me the history of Burr’s connection with it, and showed me 
the room he had occupied with the pane of glass in the window bearing 
the legend “ How are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished. 
Aaron Burr.” This is a quotation from 2nd Samuel, chapter 1, verse 27. 
Some years later the hotel was purchased by Mr. Wm. J. Quinlan, who 
removed the pane and unfortunately broke it. Mr. Quinlan presents this 
relic to the Association on condition that it always remain on Staten 
Island and be publicly exhibited. 

“Mr. D. M. Van Name has kindly furnished me with the following 
historical statement : 


68 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


‘This pane of glass was taken from the window of the second story 
at the northeast corner of the Continental Hotel, Port Richmond, also 
known as the St. James and the Richmond at different times. I can 
certify that the writing is genuine, as Colonel Burr’s face was often 
seen and recognized at the window by my mother. On one occasion my 
father, with others of his company, called on Colonel Burr intending to 
invite him to dine; but Burr being quite feeble, declined, and invited 
everyone up to his room. Judge Jonathan Edwards, then living in the 
Dongan house in West New Brighton, was Colonel Burr’s grandfather, 
and placed him in the old hotel at Port Richmond. Burr died on Septem- 
ber 14, 1836, aged 80 years, 7 months and 8 days. His body was con- 
veyed in the steamer John Patten from the Port Richmond dock, opposite 
the hotel, to Princeton, N. J., where he was buried, ” 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


Vice-President Davis introduced the speaker for the evening, Mr. John 
B. Golden, who delivered an illustrated lecture on “ The military life of 
the cadets at West Point.” On motion, a vote of thanks was subsequently 
tendered to the speaker. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 20, 1912 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, with about 90 persons present. In the 
absence of the officers Mr. Charles L. Pollard called the meeting to order. 
Upon motion Mr. George S. Humphrey was elected chairman and Mr. 
Pollard secretary pro tem. 

The minutes of the meeting of March 16, 1912, were read and approved. 

Mr. George S. Humphrey submitted a report on behalf of the delegates 
appointed to represent the Association at the Centennial of the Phila- 
delphia Academy of Sciences, stating that he had attended the celebration 
and had been cordially welcomed. 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The chairman then introduced the speaker of the evening, Dr. Arthur 
Hollick, secretary of the Association, who delivered a lecture on the topic 
“Eleven hundred miles by canoe down the Yukon,” illustrated by the 
-stereopticon. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


ANNUAL MEETING, May 18, 1912 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, First Vice-President William T. Davis 
in the chair and 20 persons present. 


Recorps oF MEETINGS . 69 


The minutes of the regular meeting of April 20, 1912, were read and 
approved. 

The annual report of the Board of Trustees, including reports of the 
standing committees and the curator-in-chief, was read and ordered placed 
on file. (See p. 70 of this issue.) 

The annual report of the secretary was read and ordered placed on file. 
(See p. 80 of this issue. ) 

The annual report of the treasurer was read and ordered placed on file. 
(See p. 81 of this issue.) 

President Howard R. Bayne arrived and took the chair. 

Verbal reports were given, by Mr. William T. Davis for the Section of 
Biology; by Dr. J. Q. Adams for the Section of Art; by Mr. E. C. Delavan 
for the Section of Historical Research. 

The president stated that the next order of business was the election of 
four trustees to fill the vacancies caused by the expirations of the terms 
of office of Howard Randolph Bayne, William Thompson Davis, Arthur 
Hollick and Charles Arthur Ingalls, and called for the report of the com- 
mittee on nominations. The committee, consisting of George S. Humph- 
rey, William H. Mitchill and John Rader, submitted, through its chairman, 
the names of Howard R. Bayne, William T. Davis, Arthur Hollick and 
Charles A. Ingalls to succeed themselves. 

There being no other nominations the chairman of the committee was 
instructed, on motion, to cast one affirmative ballot for the nominees sub- 
mitted by the committee. The chairman cast the ballot as instructed, and 
the president declared the nominees elected trustees of the Association 
for the ensuing three years. 

The president then delivered his annual address. 


ScIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The curator-in-chief read a paper on “The Future Development of 
the Museum,” illustrated by suggestions in the form of ground plans of a 
museum building. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


Annual Reports 


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 


The Board of Trustees held five stated meetings, as follows: May 27, 
‘October 7, December 2, 1911, and February 3 and April 6, 10912. 

At the annual meeting of the board the officers of the preceding year 
were unanimously reelected. 

The following active members were elected by the Board during 
the year: A. C. Baldwin, Werner Boecklin, Eleanor S. Bowers, Abram 
L. Burbank, Robert W. Gardner, John B. Golden, Lyman M. Greenman, 
John A. Grossbeck, William R. Hayward, Ernst Heinemann, Leonal W. 
Hoffmeyer, George M. Lillie, Mrs. George M. Lillie, Charles J. Mc- 
Cormack, Charles E. Pearson, A. L. Schwab, S. D. Scudder, Mrs. S. D. 
Scudder, R. N. Severance, J. Harry Tiernan, Frances M. Tollett, F. Win- 
throp White, A. Trechard Wood, Ralph Woodend. 

John A. Grossbeck qualified as a life member; and Charles P. Benedict, 
William T. Davis, Wallace MacDonald and William G. Willcox qualified 
and were elected patrons. 

The following budget, prepared under the direction of the trustees, was 
submitted to and adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 


SAVAGES! Mats sei Nena cea oUOAE Un NRE eR Tone Faye te eke ravayet $6,390.00 
Suppliesvand\ Materials) 2e eee eee nar aece niacr 212.50 
ANKGSTANIOINS BiG INGMEWES oo osocccacooanonavcccn00GaedoN0 550.00 
FALE Mh vies Pie co epee ska cee ie RTS eer MARR RR TOME ueenel cs cue iedatoes 121.00 
Re mitealle cg 7). stew 2 ical cs Aue aa teat og Cea EUN USS era Me rintes eer Ree a RUE 1,500.00 
AB VOIGT? scc.ciesce = va eee ee eRe stoma dst ieioke alerene 120.00 
Melephone) nee occ eae Se A YR Ree ar cirooe) os ene toe 48.00 
Riuinttiime yan GR ttin Stee ene eerie eer aior i retcnars 467.50 
CCVojaienakerealerl soe Seay ure Sletenc isin oioenia cecsae Ou cio Acer Cat oes cRCRO 71.00 
‘9,480.00 


The sum of $500, appropriated for alterations to the stable, having proved 
insufficient to convert that building into a janitor’s residence, and the 
owner being unwilling to contribute the further amount necessary, it has 
been decided by the Board to make such repairs as may be necessary to 
equip the building for use as a workshop and to provide storage space 
for part of the collections. 

The Board has added to the list of standing committees a Finance Com- 


7O 


ANNUAL REPORTS 71 


mittee to consider ways and means of raising an endowment fund of not 
less than $25,000 to provide for future necessities of the museum. 

- Use of the trustees’ room in the museum was granted to the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Women Teachers’ Club for a monthly meeting to 
be held on the Thursday following the second Friday of each month. 

In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Board on May 27, to11, 
refreshments have been served by the Women’s Auxiliary Committee at all 
meetings of the Association. 

The Board appointed as official delegates to the Centennial celebration of 
the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, held March 109, 20, and 21, 
1912, Messrs. Charles L. Pollard, Arthur Hollick, George S. Humphrey and 
William T. Davis. 

Through the Publication Committee Parts II] and IV of Volume III 
of the Proceedings have been issued during the year, thus completing the 
printing of our records to May, 1011. 

The Board tenders to the Association its hearty congratulations on the 
greatly increased advantages offered to the public in the shape of a far 
greater variety of interesting exhibits; and the high standard of its 
evening lectures, and especially on the Friday afternoon lectures to school 
children. 

The Association is also to be congratulated on its able and efficient 
museum staff, every member of which is loyal to the interests of the 
Association. 

J. Q. Abas, 
Acting Secretary. 


REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 


The executive committee held one meeting during the year, transacting 
certain items of business referred to it by the Board of Trustees. Its 
action is duly reported in the minutes, which have been approved by the 
Board. J. Q. Apams, 

Acting Secretary. 


REPORT OF THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE 


This committee has held several meetings for the consideration of 
matters of policy and museum details and also for the consideration of 
various plans for the remodeling of the stable on the premises with a view 
to making it a convenient store room and work shop. 

Wititiam 7. Davis, 
Chairman. 


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ACCESSIONS 


The committee begs to report that it has inspected and passed on all 
accessions to the museum during the year. A list of these is given in the 
report of the curator-in-chief. 

J. Q. Abas, 
Chairman. 


72 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


REPORT OF THE WOMEN’S AUXILIARY COMMITTEE 


The committee has taken charge of the refreshments served at meetings 
of the Association. The expense account is given in the report of the 
treasurer. 

ADELINE A. HOLLICK, 
Chairman. 


REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 


The Museum Bulletin, edited by the curator-in-chief, has been issued 
monthly. 

Volume III, Part III, of the Proceedings (October, 1910-February, 1911) 
including pp. 109-152, was issued February 15, 1912; Part IV (March- 
May, 1911) including pp. 153-215, with title-page and index to the volume, 
was issued April 25, 1912. 

Puitiep DoweELL, 
Chairman. 


REPORT OF THE CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 


To THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 
StaTEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 

Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith my fifth annual report 
as curator-in-chief for the fiscal year ending May 18, 1912. 

This period, following our establishment in the present museum build- 
ing, has been one of achievement and progress in many directions. 
Exhibits have been increased and improved; the accessions have been of 
considerable value; a satisfactory beginning has been made in cooperative 
educational work by means of public lectures to school children; there 
has been an increasing tendency to make use of the study collections and 
the library; and finally, the attendance for the year exceeded all estimates, 
being nearly double that of 1910-1911. 


Tue City Bupcet EXHIBIT 


The museum participated in the second municipal Budget Exhibit, held 
during October, 1911, and was accorded a more favorable position than in 
the previous one. Our exhibit consisted of statistical placards and photo- 
graphs illustrating our present and former quarters. The facts thus pre- 
sented were undoubtedly influential in securing the adoption of our muni- 
cipal budget with practically no reduction. 


MusEeuM EXHIBITS 


The receipt of the MacDonald collection of Greco-Roman, Etruscan and 
Egyptian antiquities, modern bric-a-brac, corals, fossils, etc., necessitated 
a temporary abandonment of our policy of devoting the first floor ex- 


ANNUAL REPORTS 73 


clusively to local exhibits. The more valuable art objects of this col- 
lection were, therefore, placed in the southeast room, the Staten Island 
Indian relics being moved to the geology room. In the northwest room: 
extensive additions have been made to the local collection of birds, and it 
will be necessary to provide two new cases to accommodate the larger 
aquatic and shore birds. An exhibit illustrating numerous biological facts. 
in connection with birds’ eggs was prepared early in the year by the 
assistant curator. 

The main hall now contains some interesting examples of old furniture, 
which may serve as a nucleus for a special Colonial room in the future 
new building. 

From the general biology room the old storage cabinets have been re- 
moved to the kitchen, and a new table case has been built to hold the 
glass exhibition tops of these cabinets. The lower part of the new case 
contains a shelf sufficiently deep to accommodate the collection of exotic 
butterflies exclusive of those displayed on the wall. The entire museumt 
collection of corals is now placed in one of the upright cases in this room. 


LIBRARY 


A year has elapsed since subscriptions were asked for a library fund. 
The amount received by the treasurer was $00, to which no addition has 
been made for several months. In the meantime the number of periodicals 
awaiting binding is constantly increasing, and the need of certain standard 
text-books for use in preparing the children’s lectures is an imperative one. 
A recommendation on this subject will be found at the end of this report. 


ATTENDANCE 

Month Open Days Visitors Average Per Day 
IVIg bere PN cates Achonsiale Sloth ert Dian Weteos hese Obie Meroe ease 24 
Sta eye taepatiscieictss kewlio ok BO! aaceaeenseieys OU ite Meese ie eocies 25 
Alten ere eee ean p eo sec var Senate ag t BOMraer ees OGM ete iis crater ot. 23 
BAUS UIS Gms See eas che iia) tae ales, De syste O22 ecm seosever: 23 
Siembe tml etehan saree airs chalet ay Oy age Re AGS e ee cr either: 18 
Octobemermerrcrc wee rier BORNE eres PCIE Manes fete et 20 
INO Wen Clam eee ZO Medes mses AV 9 5 Rae eRe 48 
December per ase seston oe ZB OMe et seene arte TOO.) wancecss ooo 40 
AM ich tay ane aay henel ai eka ail Die SA Rae ie OSs cise pes: 36 
Ble Wattciyon aenostsss/cce aes eae Zire i tiiweisets « REALM Saree crete cae ore 50 
WViaanic lity ke oe eee wise BOT eae reer GQO2k sce c wc. 38 
MPV ee Sen Se PA sei oa sila BOW Nae ieniehe GOW msi eensiaks 26 

314 9,918 Av. for year 32 


The highest daily attendance was on February 16, when 193 visited the 
museum, the highest number we have ever had in any one day. 


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The lowest attendance was on March 6, a very cold and stormy day, 
when only one person was recorded on the ticker of the museum guard. 

Approximately 49 members have paid 130 visits to the museum during 
the year. 

The holiday attendance was as follows: 


Decoration AD ays vey ccc chee RUE CA er eee Pea asec tedsveleereee 1 
Indépendences Day cat sae veces te ltene oe rere Tet cerninree ce 8 
Taub 2D aay, si Bape see reicetcaveteu deve ys ny Oe ee a Oly Bom eSNG eA ras Taare 14 
Colwmb ust aywieiesicels ieee acme eine nie inlet ceeiau uN ane 22 
EST eCti@ nD anya sec retisie ste ere AeA eT aS EE ELUNE oe EES 53 
Thanks puvatioy iD ayy spectre evens one ante eee ach he Anan neat 14 
Chiristinasrs Daye scun tarcctare nena ea tien Eas Setanta yt rhe ee 16 
IN wa Wie aris ID aisyc carry aerate gas, rare cee Puerta eves Cees ste Wann get 31 
Psitae Oia Spi ES rs latcla ysis aur wae a tec rata eres cane ise Sotten  naR el ae nereee ae 36 
Wiashine tonic aBinthidayae arcmin eer eee Camere 56 

262 


Classes of children with teachers have visited the museum as follows: 

Miss Cleaves and class from Bloomfield, N. J. 

Class from Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y., with two teachers and fifty 
pupils. 

Miss Parker and class of defective pupils, some of whom afterwards 
attended the Friday lectures by special permission. 

One of the teachers from Fort Wadsworth also brought her class to see 
the exhibits, and the following week to the Friday lecture. 

Miss Tollett and a class of eight from Great Kills have made one visit, 
and have planned for another during the summer. 


ACCESSIONS 


The following table of accessions shows the number of specimens re- 
ceived in each department of the museum during the year. The most 
important of these were: The MacDonald collection of 2,000 (estimated) 
archeological, biological and antique objects; 787 insects and mammals 
from C. W. J. and J. W. Angell; 571 insects from C. W. Leng; insect 
cabinet from R. P. Dow; 157 mounted herbarium specimens of violets and 
87 mounted birds and mammals from W. T. Davis; 117 shells, Indian 
pottery fragments and geological specimens from Mrs. W. G. Willcox; 
628 insects and 116 birds from the United States National Museum; 550 
(estimated) specimens of shells and fossils from Miss Mary Racey Ridg- 
way; 21 photographs of former presidents and other noted American 
men from R. W. Gardner; pane of glass from window of St. James Hotel 
in Port Richmond, bearing signature of Aaron Burr, from Wm. J. 
Quinlan. 


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WepariimeitmOteAOOlOLV eine icttac cits «the stew ore aledevsjolersy a ereis 7,933 
WepagemmentMon me GeEOlOCwa yet W.lteldlds -<lakbeciors c/s crelsiclervere« 1,216 
Deepak itive mops O tatiana. ciacis clos siecle is sieveieasicce «eles eine ees 271 
Department of Archeology and Anthropology ........... 735 
Depariment ompants and AtmtHGUILIES Wr. does els toe yates 113 
Department of Books, Maps and Photographs ............ 237 
MiSCellaneEOUSMODIeCtsm nce eee heen cckerloere eieclela siereseesveke are 9 

10,514 
Collectedmnone NW itusemmsmeyeies sets acts dares s ssietleccs low oe canvas 2,669 
Ohtainedmthinouchwexchancemnreem ate eee ee eee cacicee 676 
(Gi S mere eras ee haem aecee le gla oaaea a vidlarts Memmareiners 7,160 

10,514 


CHILDREN’S LECTURES 


A series of Friday afternoon lectures to school children was begun on 
October 20, I91I, and was continued weekly until April 26, 1912, making a 
total of 28 lectures in seven courses. Of these, Courses I, 2, 3, 5, and 7 
were given by Mr. Cleaves; Course 4 by Miss Lee, of the Children’s 
Museum in Brooklyn; Course 6 by Miss Pollard, and a special lecture on 
March 22, by Mr. Pollard. The subjects treated and the attendance at 
each lecture are given in the appendix to this report. The total attend- 
ance was 2,376, with an average of 85 at each lecture. 

The experiment proved in every way a success. Besides furnishing 
much useful information to the children, supplementing the work of their 
school courses, the lectures advertised the museum, and stimulated interest 
in the exhibits. Although children of all grades above 3 B were admitted, 
it was found that high school pupils did not attend, and this has sug- 
gested the advisability of giving one or more special courses for the older 
boys and girls during the coming season. A conference will shortly be 
held with the principals of the schools in the vicinity of St. George, to 
formulate plans for those and other courses. 


FIRE PROTECTION 


The museum has conformed to the various requirements of the Fire 
Department, which inspects the premises at frequent intervals. 


House AND GROUNDS 


A defect in the main drain developed in the fall months, and a plumber 
employed for the purpose reported that the private sewer was free from 
obstruction. As no improvement was noticed the City Department of 
Water Supply was notified, and its inspector found the main sewer and 
its connections to be in satisfactory condition, thus proving that the 
trouble was within the grounds. The owner was requested to make proper 


76 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


repairs, and upon his failure to act promptly, a complaint was sent to the 
Board of Health, which took immediate action, with the result that repairs 
are now in progress. 

The estimates submitted by various contractors for the renovation of 
the stable and its conversion into a janitor’s dwelling were all considerably 
in excess of the sum appropriated by the city for that purpose. The 
Executive Committee thereupon approved my recommendation that the 
amount be expended to the best advantage in rendering the building suit- 
able for storage and as a workshop annex. 

An appropriation of $10 voted by the Executive Committee for the im- 
provement of the grounds, has been expended in sodding the terraces, in 
reseeding bare spaces on the lawns, and in the purchase of a few orna- 
mental shrubs and flower seeds. Arrangements are under way with the 
principal of Public School No. 17 looking toward the use of the rear 
grounds for children’s gardens during the summer. It is believed that 
this concession will benefit the museum, besides being another progressive 
step in the line of cooperative work. 


THE Museum STAFF 


The activities of every member of the administrative staff have been so 
varied that a detailed enumeration is scarcely practicable. The curator- 
in-chief in addition to his increasing administrative duties, which now 
include the management of many activities of the Association, has per- 
sonally installed many exhibits, has constructed cases and other furniture, 
and has mounted, labeled, and arranged all the entomological accessions. 
During the summer he defended the budget estimates at various hearings 
by the special examiner in charge, and of late has been obliged to give a 
large amount of time to the increasing complexities of the Comptroller’s 
requirements. This has left practically no opportunity during the year 
for the development of new exhibits, or for scientific investigation, the 
only work of this kind accomplished being the identification of certain 
groups of insects at the American Museum of Natural History during 
the winter. 

The assistant curator has been largely occupied with preparation for the 
children’s lectures, and with taxidermy and other work on the collections. 
He is now charged with the duty of preparing the monthly payroll 
vouchers and checks. His report, showing detailed work, is hereto 
appended. 

The museum assistant, as heretofore, has performed an immense amount 
of routine work, as shown in her report herewith transmitted. Much of 
her time now necessarily occupied with guard duty might be more ad- 
vantageously employed in museum work, and in this connection I offer a 
recommendation which will be found tabulated with other recommenda- 
tions at the end of this report. 

The honorary curators of zoology, botany, geology and art have sent 


ANNUAL REPORTS Thi 


no formal reports of their work during the year. The honorary as- 
sistants, Messrs. Chapin and Skinner, have been absent throughout the 
year. 

On June 1, 1911, Mr. Charles Kipper was appointed night watchman. 
There have been no other changes in the staff. 

An additional guard is greatly needed in the museum, especially during 
the children’s lectures, when the whole staff is needed to police the 
museum. A request for two museum guards was made in the budget of 
1911, but was refused on account of the other large increases in that year. 
It is believed that the importance of our educational work with the chil- 
dren will be an argument of sufficient importance with the city authorities 
to secure this addition to our staff. 

I beg to submit the following recommendations: 

1. That the salary of the museum assistant be increased from $1,000 to 
$1,140 per year. As already explained, the museum assistant now per- 
forms the work of librarian as well as clerk, and she is also in charge of 
the museum catalogue, which involves technical knowledge. Her present 
salary is much lower than that paid in other city departments for the same 
grade of work. 

2. That the salary of the janitor be increased from $720 to $900 per year. 
This would seem to be a just measure, in view of the failure of our effort 
to furnish living quarters for the janitor. The salary he now receives is 
that paid to the lowest grade of cleaners in Borough Hall. 

3. That the salary of the night watchman be increased from $520 to $540, 
in order to obviate troublesome bookkeeping. 

4. That an additional museum guard be employed at a salary of $540 
per year. The need for this employe has been explained. It is suggested 
that if he is secured, his hours of duty should be fixed at from 3 to 12 
p. m.: that the janitor be on duty from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.; and the night 
watchman from 12 p.m. to 8 a.m. This arrangement adjusts the hours 
more nearly to those in other departments; it gives us the services of the 
full staff during the busy period from 3 to 5 p. m.: and it will facilitate 
transfers on holidays or in the event of sickness or other contingencies. 

5. That the library fund, now amounting to $90 be expended without 
further delay, $25 to be used in the purchase of text-books, the list to be 
approved by the museum and library committee, and $65 for binding. 

6. That the curator-in-chief be authorized to award the contract for 
alterations to the stable and outbuildings to the lowest bidder, on the 
basis of the accompanying specifications or such modifications thereof as 
may be found necessary. It is important that this work be done as early 
as possible, to afford space for new exhibits and for our fall activities. 

Respectfully submitted, 
CuHarLES Lours PoLLarp, 
Curator-in-chief. 


78 StTaTEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
APPENDIX 
Date Lecturer Subject Attendance 
Ociolse Ao, wow Whe, Cleaves Woe Barred! Otgllessocscccasec 69 
20 we MINI Temml cian © wile ieertaierar OI 
November 3 eS Smaller OwllS sccoscccocscasc 86 
IO = The Red-shouldered and Other 
TAWA Sere rate eae claelare sinie mG eiauave Tara 
17 we ANE paaniS tay elicit) cean eerie eres 140 
24 x Sparrows and Finches........ 90° 
December 1 tS The. Crow, the Blue Jay and 
Otherst eee eae tae 70 
8 a Gulls, Ducks and Grebes..... 100 
15 i How to Attract the Winter 
Ba tidisi Vine rain rerio ere TIO 
22 ss The Spotted Sandpiper and 
aS LOUNGES souacodnocssece 33 
20 i Some Other Interesting Snipes 
eal SeynchonperS.ocascocsecc 29 929 
January 5, 1912 Miss Lee When Old New York was 
VOU tebe Gael ie ere sence mista rete 60 
eT sf George Washington ......... 75 
18 e ross ame@l WoadSsccocasccons 165 
26 ss Snakes and Other Reptiles.... 130 430 
February 2 Mr. Cleaves Staten Island Mammals...... 115 
9 ve How Animals Capture their 
Prey. Ryn Neraps staat sys 130 
16 o Animals that have Weapons 
Ou IDSISNES ccoadoascdooooc 135 
23 * Birds and Animals that are 
Protectively Colored ...... IIO 490 
March I Miss Pollard How Plants Grow, with Some 
[cite Enistoniesmenaaer cerns 60 
Wi i Trees, Useful and Ornamental 55 
15 a Wild Flowers and Their 
ITO MME SH sesame se nearnatneae 45 160 
22 Wier, Polllaccl AL Diep to Cillobsoscoccss00cd 137 137 
29 Mr. Cleaves Some Interesting Bird Families 24 
April 5 os What the Birds do for Us.... 22 
12 Se The Way Birds get Food..... 20 
19 How and Why Birds Migrate 29 
26 ef Nest-building and Egg-laying 25 120 
28 lectures given Total for the whole course 2,376 


Average at each lecture 85. 


ANNUAL 


CONTRIBUTORS TO THE MusEUM 
Louis Achilles, West New Brigh- 


ton. 

American Museum of Natural 
History, New York City. 

G. W. J. Angell, New York City. 

J. W. Angell, New York City. 

Harold Aubry, West New Brigh- 
ton. 

James Ball, Brighton Heights. 

Lawrence S. Barroll, New Brigh- 
ton. 

Howard R. Bayne, New Brighton. 

Charles P. Benedict, West New 
Brighton. 

Mary Beyer, Tottenville. 

Werner Boecklin, Dongan Hills. 

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 
Boston, Mass. 

L. Brick, Stapleton. 

Brooklyn Institute 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

William W. Bryan, New Brighton. 

John Callahan, New Brighton. 

Howard H. Cleaves, Princes Bay. 

W. P. Comstock, Newark, N. J. 

W. K. Connor, through C. R. 
Tucker. 

William T. Davis, New Brighton. 


Museum, 


Harold K. Decker, West New 
Brighton. 
John De Morgan, West New 
Brighton. 


W. J. Dempsey, Richmond Valley, 
through D. M. Van Name. 

Jacob Doll, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

R. P. Dow, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Stafford C. Edwards, New Brigh- 


ton. 
George P. Engelhardt, Brooklyn, 
INE Ys 


Alexander Forsyth, New Brighton. 
George Franck, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Robert W. Gardner, Tompkinsville. 
C. F. Groth, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
A. J. Grout, New Dorp. 
John J. Hannan, Port Richmond. 
Gladys Hasson, New Brighton. 
We EP Hay, Washington, D. C. 
Jack Hillyer, New Brighton. 
J. Blake Hillyer, New Brighton. 
Arthur Hollick, New Brighton. 
Erik Jensen, Port Richmond. 
Herbert K. Job, West Haven, 
Conn. 
Frank M. Jones, Wilmington, Del. 


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AND Liprary DuRING IQII-I912 


S. Jennie Kingsley, New Brighton. 

C. G. Kolff, Stapleton. 

C. W. Leng, West New Brighton. 

Wallace MacDonald, Chicago, III. 

Donald Macken, New Brighton. 

V. Magri, Stapleton, through 
Arthur Hollick. 

Richard Mansfield, Staten Island. 

Henry Martin, New Springville. 

Josef Mattes, New York City. 

Eugene McCallion, New Brighton. 

Muséum d/Histoire Naturelle, 
Havre, France. 

National Museum of Wales, Car- 
diff, Wales. 

C. E. Olsen, Maspeth, N. Y. 

Agnes L. Pollard. 

Charles L. Pollard. 

Mrs. Edwin R. Pollard, Winchen- 
don, Mass. 

Philadelphia Commercial Museum, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Philippine Bureau of 
Manila, P. I. 

Harry C. Raven, New York City. 

Mary Racey Ridgway, New York 
City. 

J. Rodway, British 
Guiana. 

Mrs. Rombeck, Bayonne, N. J. 

Charles Schaeffer, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Maude Schagrin, New Brighton. 

H. Ernst Schnakenberg, New 
Brighton. 

Ernat Schroeder, Rosebank. 

Ernest Shoemaker, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Charles W. Sleight, Ramsey, N. J. 

William Sleight, Ramsey, N. J. 

Benjamin A, Smith, New York 
City. 

R. J. Smith, through W. P. Com- 
stock, Newark, N. J. 

Sanderson Smith, Port Richmond. 

Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 


Science, 


Georgetown, 


ioral, ID), (C. 

W. E. Snyder, Beaver Dam, Wis- 
consin. 

Storrs Agricultural Experiment 
Station, Storrs, Conn. 

Robert Strachan, West New 
Brighton. 


Ballingall Sullivan, New Brighton. 

Lawrence A. Toepp, New Brigh- 
ton. 

Frances M. Tollett, Great Kills. 


80 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


J. R. de la Torre Bueno, White 
Pikyiag., IN. We. 

Mrs. A. O. Townsend, Stapleton. 

Mrs. C. E. Townsend, Stapleton. 

United States National Museum, 
Washington, D. C. 

D. M. Van Name, Richmond 
Valley. 

Flora N. Vasey, Washington, D. C. 


Frank Watson, New York City. 

Mrs. H. Prescott Wells, Great Kills. 

Mr. White, New York City. 

Mrs. W. G. Willcox, West New 
Brighton. 

Leland Wincapaw, Princes Bay. 

William Wincapaw, Princes Bay. 

Henry Wort, Rossville. 

Charles Young, Princes Bay. 


PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO STABLE AND OUTBUILDINGS 
First FLoor 


Furnish and install eight new windows of uniform size at the points 
indicated on diagram; making new openings or enlarging existing open- 
ings as required. All windows to be properly equipped with pulleys, 
sash cords and counterweights, and to have approved sash fastenings. 

Remove existing staircase, partition of box stall, partition between 
room “D,” and all other waste woodwork. Build new staircase 2% feet 
wide, leading to a landing not less than 3 feet wide and thence to the 
floor above, as shown on diagram. 

Build new partition between room “D,”’ on a line with outside wall. 
and provide door, with ordinary lock and bolt. 

Close up opening to room “A,” and provide double doors in the middle, 
‘with approved Yale lock and inner bolts. 

Erect shelving the full length of the south wall of room “B C”: 
shelves to be 1 foot deep, 18 inches apart, of 7% inch stuff; support for 
the same to be 3 feet apart, and the shelves to rest level upon side cleats, 
so as to be easily removed. 

Lay new flooring in rooms “B C” and “D,” of hard pine % inch 
matched boards, leveling it up wherever necessary. 

All new partitions to be sheathed with hard pine matched boards. All 
windows to be protected with strong 1 inch mesh galvanized wire, securely 
fastened with staples. 


SECOND FLooR 


Furnish and install three new windows to replace existing ones, and 
provide new window on south wall of main room. 


In outbuilding, remove 
Pro- 


Build new steps on pathway leading to stable. 
old water-closet seat and furnish new windows and locks to doors. 
vide new door on south side of building. 


REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 


Eight regular meetings of the Association were held, including the 
annual meeting, with a total attendance of about 432, or an average at- 


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tendance of 54 for each meeting. The smallest attendance was 25, at the 
annual meeting, May 20, 1911; the largest was 90, at the meeting of April 
20, 1912. 





New members elected during the year ................. 24 

Resigned, deceased and dropped from the roll ......... 15 
@Oniperolleatadates eerste ee eds Ssh Ae deve ree oe 330 

Consisting of 

INGtIV Genin Gime LSI eT teae teak ec: ome 310 

Corresponding members ..:............... 4 

Ehemmlent ersury eaten eis espe hice e 2 lees bis oes 3 

LOMO LARVAE IGi ei Smmeeraen cyanea eee. 2 

IBS< (OunmGuo) male socdsogoupespeuoeroonue I 

elt OLS HRT ROS I ee a co koti ole saa oie 10 
330 
ArTHUR HOLLIcK, 

Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE TREASURER 
INCOME 
Balanceardateonm last anuttal reporte.s.-4.000es sees). $ 284.89 
Sincemnecenvedsainot diese fanny anise see cin ce ceeiee 650.50 
SUMNSchipMonsmtomlbiraty chUnG An aeeeraes ces eeen eee a 90.00 
SUMSSTMAOTIS tie) IPTC ECECHIMNOS Gonos oooobnbosdboenodoeno je 1.50 
One parronship (William ‘G. Willcox) 2... .526.536.6. 100.00 
One life membership (John A. Grossbeck) ............ 50.00 
Selle. ie SACI Nes Seen oid a clones Bae sic A ee Rea 5.00 
Iinferestronsavangs bankdeposits) ..es....s.s2en02 ose es 4.09 
NEO AIST ae On ee en ee aah inelastic eae 950.00 
News Vonks Gityrapprophiation saasoosedade een ect eee 4,459.91 
$6,604.89 
DISBURSEMENTS 

Epitntitl em LOCC COMM OG ere attels piace -(2in. = Fiaisyeeicie aid oi dyavesers. 0 « $ 222.61 
Sundry expenses \CNssociation ace t)) <.ac.cee6i ene. so 962.40 
Salaries and maintenance (City appropriation) ........ 4,368.17 
GHC Sm Hel ame ee eee ae ORE AL 8 taht. 32 utmisad cs 700.00 
IDISCOMMIMON TIO LESIEn nme terrae ee ces eal wai 12.03 
$6,265.21 
AINSI aN. ita nase eee. oe as 339.68 
$6,604.89 


CHARLES A. INGALLS, 
Treasurer. 


82 STraTeEN IstAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF BIOLOGY 


The recorder presented a report in the shape of the proceedings of the 
section, as follows: 


OCTOBER II, IQII 


The meeting was held in the museum. 

Mr. Charles L. Pollard exhibited many bred specimens of the ailanthus 
moth, Philosamia cynthia Drury, and remarked on their pattern varia- 
tions. 

Mr. Stafford C. Edwards gave an account of a trip that he had made 
during the summer to Colorado, where he had seen great numbers of 
grasshoppers. One of the methods employed by the farmers of the region 
in protecting their potato crops is to saturate a bean with a solution of 
Paris green and place it in the path of the insect. 

Dr. Hollick reported having visited the hybrid oak locality at Tottenville 
on September 30, and the locality at Cliffwood, N. J., on October o. 
Acorns were collected from one tree at Tottenville and from three trees 
at Cliffwood. The trees at Tottenville are Quercus heterophylla and 
those at Cliffwood QO. Rudkinii. The acorns were collected for Dr. D. T. 
MacDougal, of the Carnegie Institution, for planting in Arizona and Cali- 
fornia. Seven small seedlings were collected at Tottenville and are now 
planted in separate pots buried in the ground. An effort will be made 
to protect and plant these permanently somewhere, in the future, so that 
they may be preserved. Acorns from Tottenville collected some years ago 
and planted in the New York Botanical Garden germinated, and about 
fifteen trees are now in the plantation. Some are apparently true willow 
oaks, others true red oaks and the remainder hybrids. 

A discussion followed. 

Mr. Charles P. Benedict remarked on certain butterflies with peculiar 
wing patterns and exhibited specimens. 

Mr. Howard H. Cleaves reported having seen a fully adult bald eagle, 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus (1.), at Great Kills, Staten Island, 
on September 24, 1911. The bird was observed to pursue a fish hawk and 
cause the latter to release a menhaden that it was carrying. This took 
place only fifty yards from the observer, who was equipped with field 
glasses. 

Mr. Cleaves also reported having taken Cicindela marginata at Oak- 
wood Heights beach on July 14, to11, while collecting beetles for the 
Staten Island museum. This species has not heretofore been recorded 
from Staten Island. 

Mr. Pollard exhibited a specimen of the longicorn beetle Goes tigrina 
taken at West New Brighton, and remarked that this was only the second 
record of the insect for the island. 

Mr. Charles W. Leng exhibited specimens of Lachnosterna prepared by 
Mr. Robert D. Glasgow of Illinois to show the form of the genitalia; and 


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remarked upon the importance that had already been attached to these 
organs in taxonomic work, instancing the papers by John B. Smith on 
Lachnosterna and by the German author, Verhoeff, on Coccinellidae and 
other families of Coleoptera, besides the use to which they have been put 
in other orders. The investigation of the genitalia of Lachnosterna has 
been carried on very thoroughly by Mr. Glasgow, his examinations in- 
cluding not only that of large numbers of specimens in the laboratory in 
Illinois, but also that of the type specimens in the Horn, Smith and 
other collections, wherever they were accessible to him. The result of the 
examination and comparison of the genitalia of so many specimens may 
not improbably be the demonstration of a certain degree of variability in 
the development of these organs, analogous to that known in other struc- 
tures and in maculation, so that while differences in type of structure of 
genitalia may be indicative of specific difference, more or less minute 
differences in degree of development may prove to be of no great im- 
portance. 

Mr. Leng also showed specimens of Serica similarly prepared by Mr. 
Glasgow to show the genitalia and explained the process by which the 
preparation was effected. He stated that the importance of these organs 
in classifying Scarabaridae of generally similar appearance was indis- 
putable and while it was possible by the Glasgow method to readily pre- 
pare dried specimens for examination, and without damage to the speci- 
mens, yet it would be of great advantage to have the genitalia extruded 
by abdominal pressure while the insect was soft, and he urged collectors 
to so prepare such specimens in future. 

Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a paw paw collected by him in the 
vicinity of Washington, D. C., and commented on the toothsomeness of 
this fruit in season. He also displayed a living specimen of mantis, 
Stagmomantis carolina L., from near the same locality, and an alcoholic 
specimen of Spelerpes longicauda Green from a decayed log on a dry 
hillside near Cabin John Run, Md., collected by himself and Mr. Ernest 
Shoemaker on September 19, 1911. Hyla evittata Miller was found on a 
bush in an old quarry on the Virginia side of the Potomac and one mile 
above the Aqueduct Bridge. This and one other collected in June, 1910, 
just above the Aqueduct Bridge on the Virginia shore, are probably, so 
far, the furthest up the river records for the species. Three specimens 
of the six-lined lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus L., were seen near 
Beltsville, Prince George Co., Md., September 26, 1911, while looking for 
insects with Mr. Clarence Shoemaker and Mr. Frederick Knab. They 
were on a warm sandy hillside on the edge of a wood where grew many 
black jack oaks. This locality is between five and six miles northeast of 
the District line. These records may be of interest in connection with the 
“List of Batrachians and Reptiles of the District of Columbia and 
Vicinity,” by W. P. Hay, and printed in the Proceedings of the Bio- 
logical Society of Washington for June, 20, I9QTTI. 


84  STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Mr. Stafford C. Edwards remarked on poisonous mushrooms and the 
lack of popular knowledge regarding them, citing some instances recently 
reported in the papers where deaths had been caused by the eating of 
poisonous species of these plants. He concluded by making the motion 
that a letter be written to Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, Supervisor of Public 
Lectures of the City of New York, inquiring if a lecture or lectures on the 
topic of mushrooms could not be given appointments on Staten Island. 
This was carried unanimously. 


JANUARY 24, 1912 


The meeting was held in the museum. 

Mr. Cleaves reported that, in accordance with a motion made and 
seconded at the preceding meeting, he had written Dr. Henry M. 
Leipziger a letter inquiring if the subject of mushrooms could not be 
treated in some for the Staten Island lecture centers. Mr. Cleaves said 
further that a reply had been received, in which the Supervisor of Lectures 
asked for the names of competent lecturers on this subject. The name of 
Mr. Stafford C. Edwards had been recommended, but no appointments 
had been made. It was noted, however, that Miss Nina Marshall, author 
of “The Mushroom Book,’ had been put on the course at Public School 
No. 14, Stapleton, S. I. 

Mr. Pollard announced that Dr. Leland O. Howard, of Washington, 
D. C., had been invited to deliver a lecture before the Association at its 
regular meeting in February, 1912, this meeting to be held under the 
auspices of the Section of Biology. 

Mr. Leng exhibited a specimen of the genus Stenus with the ligula pro- 
truded and stated that it was the only specimen he had in that condition. 
He quoted from Leconte and Horn’s “ Classification” the statement that 
“the ligula is attached by a loose membrane in Stenus, and after death is 
frequently protruded to a distance equal half the length of the body,” and 
the statement by Casey in his “ Revision of the Stenini” that “it is a very 
rare condition; among the multitude examined I have only noted it in 
three species, and then in but one specimen of each.’ He commented 
upon the various explanations that have been suggested, accident, death 
struggles, facilitation of capturing prey, and added that since several 
species of the genus were abundant on Staten Island, the solution of the 
problem might be found here. 


May 28, 1912 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum. 

William T. Davis, chairman, and Howard H. Cleaves, recorder, were 
re-elected for the ensuing year. The meeting took the form of a memo- 
rial to Professor John B, Smith, State Entomologist of New Jersey, who 
died March 12, tor2. 


ANNUAL REPORTS ; 85 


Mr. William T. Davis remarked on the activities of Professor 
Smith, especially with regard to the partial extermination of mosquitoes 
in New Jersey and his influence in bringing about similar work on 
Staten Island. 

E. L. Dickerson spoke at length about “The Work of Professor John 
B. Smith in Economic Entomology” (printed in full in this issue, p. 17). 

Charles W. Leng presented a paper entitled “John B. Smith as a Cole- 
opterist”’ (printed in full in this issue, p. 25). 

John A. Grossbeck read a paper on “ John B. Smith as a Lepidopterist ” 
(printed in full in this issue, p. 28). 

Mr. George Franck remarked upon “ Professor Smith’s Personality.” 

Mr. Pollard spoke of the favorable attitude that Professor Smith had 
borne toward the Staten Island museum from the first, and told of the 
proposed mosquito exhibit in the museum in which material donated by 
Professor Smith will be used. 

Jacob Doll stated briefly that his acquaintance with Professor Smith had 
extended over a period of thirty years and that he looked upon Smith’s 
work in economic entomology as being of more importance than the 
work of any other man along similar lines. Remarks followed by 
Messrs. Schaeffer and Engelhardt. 

Mr. Davis displayed a small specimen of the gopher turtle of the south 
and showed some grass pellets from a larger specimen of the same 
species, remarking that these turtles are vegetarians, eating’ grass prin- 
cipally. Mr. Davis also showed a Riker mount filled with small shells 
from the Florida coast. 

The meeting adjourned at 9:45, after which refreshments were served. 

Howarp H. CLEAVES, 
Recorder. 


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No separate meetings of the Section have been held during the year. 
The regular meeting of the Association on December 16, 1911, was held 
under its auspices, when an illustrated lecture was given by Dr. J. Q. 
Adams on “ The Beauty of Machine-made Things.” 

Various numbers of the Section have cooperated with the curator-in- 
chief in the arrangement of art exhibits. 

J. Q. ApDAMs, 
Chairman. 





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CONTENTS 

A Star-Nosed Mole from South Lakewood, New Jersey . . . WiLtI1AM T. Davis 87 
A Corn Snake from Lakehurst, New Jersey. ....... WILLIAM T, Davis 89 
Indian Camp or Village Sites in the Southern Part of Staten Island and Adjacent 

ares-O1 New. Jersey. si na io en es Oe . ._. ALANSON SKINNER 90 
The Seventeen-year Cicada-on Staten Island inigi2.. . . WiLLiam T, Davis .99 
The Allegheny Cave Rat at West Point, New York. .... WILLIAM T. DAVIS 100 
A Collection of Indian Relics from Watchogue.... . .. ALANSON SKINNER -102 
Museum Extension Work with Boy Scouts. ....... CHARLES L.-PolLARD 105 
Additional Facts Concerning the Hybrid Oaks fe oaene? nana xX Quercus maryland- 

ica. (Q. Brittoni Davis) F : . ... WILLIAM T. Davis r10 
Literature Relating to Staten Island : 

Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir Book of Tompkins Lodge. Cretaceous Pityoxylon 

with Marginal Tracheids. The Structure of the Stomata of Certain Cretaceous 

Conifers, Limonite Deposits of Staten Island, New York. Interesting People : 

Ernst J. Lederle. The Week-Ender Takes a Walk on Staten Is!and. _ The His- 

tory, Comparative Anatomy and Evolution of the Araucarioxylon Type: Parts 

I-IV. A cee ee of the co ee ae of the State of New 

VESEY ahd Le 3 ‘ 112 
Records of Meetings ..... Hf Tia ea Re as ee arg ae Oe RE tobe 
Annual Reports ......-., REE Sone has Eine pte, ts 121 
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A Star-Nosed Mole from South Lakewood, New Jersey’ 
Wi1iam T. Davis 


The writer is indebted to Mr. Alanson Skinner for a star-nosed 
mole, Condylura cristata Linn., which he found near South Lake- 
wood, New Jersey, July 28, 1912. 

In The Mammals of New Jersey (1907) Mr. Witmer Stone has 
this to say of the species: “ This mole is more aquatic than the 
naked-tailed species, and frequents meadows and the immediate 
vicinity of streams. Floods do not seem to trouble it in the least, 
and it no doubt frequently takes to the water of its own accord, 
as it has been seen swimming by careful observers. 

“This mole is very abundant in the northern half of the State, 
but does not, so far as I am aware, occur in the pine barrens. In 
southwestern New Jersey and along the coast strip to the east it 
occurs rarely.” 

The region about Whitesville and South Lakewood should not 
be considered as true pine barrens, although included under that 
head in the maps showing the life zones and floral belts of New 
Jersey. The scrub pine, Pinus virginiana Mill., a tree so far as I 
am aware absent in the true pine barrens, occurs there, and now 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association, October 10, 1912. 
87 


88 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


we may include the star-nosed mole, an animal of the coast district 
to the east. As a further proof it may be stated that the seven- 
teen-year cicada appeared in I9II in great numbers in the oak 
timber about South Lakewood and Ridgeway, and it is a well 
known fact that this insect is absent from the true pine barren 
areas of New Jersey. 

On Staten Island, as previously recorded,? the star-nosed mole 
has been found at Woodrow and Silver Lake, and numerous 
skulls have been discovered in the pellets of barred owls. 


2,Proc. Staten Iisl. Assoc. Arts and Sci. 2: 67, 133, 141, 142, 170. Octo- 
ber, 1907—May, 1909. 


A Corn Snake from Lakehurst, New Jersey? 
Wiiam T. Davis 


In Science for March 15, 1912, the writer gave an account of 
a corn snake, Coluber guttatus Linn., from Chatsworth, Burling- 
ton County, N. J., from which state the species apparently had 
not been previously reported. Cope, in The Crocodilians, Lizards 
and Snakes of North America (1900), particularly states that the 
corn snake had not been found in New Jersey. The Chatsworth 
specimen was thirty-four inches in length and was collected in 
July, 1911. 

On June 1, 1912, while at Lakehurst, in the pine barren region 
of New Jersey, and a little over twenty-five miles northeast of 
Chatsworth, I found a corn snake at about 5 p. m., opposite the 
Pine Tree Inn, on the gravel sidewalk of Union Ave., the main 
street of the village. Miss Margaret Shinn was wheeling a baby 
carriage and nearly ran over the snake, which was lying at full 
length on the walk and hardly moved until I came along and 
picked it up. The snake had come from a vacant piece of land 
of small area and was about to cross the road. It is three feet 
and five inches in length, and is now in our museum. I have been 
informed that two other corn snakes were found in the vicinity of 
Chatsworth during the summer of 1912. 

From the foregoing it may be seen that the very beautiful and 
harmless corn snake is a resident of the pine barrens of New 
Jersey, although it cannot be very common, for so few are found. 
As is well known, Lakehurst and vicinity have been much ex- 
plored by many naturalists, and pine snakes, king snakes, and 
other species have been found, but until the past summer no corn 
snake. It is probable that Lakehurst is about the northern range 
of the species in New Jersey. 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association, October 19, 1912. 


89 


Indian Camp or Village Sites in the Southern Part of Staten 
Island and Adjacent Parts of New Jersey’ 


ALANSON SKINNER 


I. SITES AT ROSSVILLE, KREISCHERVILLE AND TOTTENVILLE, 
STATEN ISLAND 

Beginning at Rossville, and running along the shore to Totten- 
ville,.are a series of interesting camp or village sites and shell 
heaps, mostly prehistoric, which may safely be attributed to the 
Raritan Indians. 

On June 10, 1907, a cursory examination of these sites was 
made, and enough material gathered and examined to prove them 
very closely connected with the sites at Morgan’s Station, etc., on 
the neighboring mainland. 

The nature of the ground is quite different from that of the 
sites thus far examined on the opposite side of Raritan Bay and 
Staten Island Sound. Instead of the fine white sand so charac- 
teristic of the New Jersey localities the soil is mostly a coarser 
red or yellow sand, broken frequently by layers of hard, indurated 
red sand or clay. Throughout Staten Island, with very few ex- 
ceptions, aboriginal sites are confined entirely to the sandy spots. 

In the vicinity of the Rossville post office, where explorations 
were begun, are sandy fields, containing relics, but few shells, 
which have been frequently “surfaced” by local collectors. One 
high sand hill to the north of the post office is known locally as 
“Hammerstone Hill,” from the numbers of pitted hammerstones 
once found there. 

On the opposite side of the main road from the post office are 
two small but interesting shell heaps. The first begins about 
seventy or one hundred feet back from the road, and is covered 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Section of Biology, December 11, 1912. 
go 


SKINNER: INDIAN CAMP OR VILLAGE SITES g! 


in part by buildings, and is partially in the grounds of the local 
cemetery; but about one half of it is cultivated. 

The writer had always imagined this to be a rather old heap, 
mainly from the quantity of archaic (?) arrowpoints of the 
“doubled ended” variety found here on former occasions; but the 
finding of the ear of a brass kettle (?) on the surface may pos- 
sibly suggest white intercourse. 

Potsherds, net sinkers, hammerstones, arrowpoints, mostly of 
the archaic (?) type above mentioned, deer bones and other 
ancient kitchen refuse, etc., occur abundantly on the surface, and 
a pit on being opened produced quite a number of sherds and deer 
bones. The shell layer is probably not very thick, and the area of 
the heap is quite small. 

North of this heap, and nearer to the Sound, is a heap of similar 
nature on a slight bank or bluff above a stream. Arrowpoints, 
sherds, etc., and a fragment of a steatite vessel were found here. 
The intervening sand fields contain a few shells, arrowpoints, etc. 

The next place of note, although traces occur in every sandy 
field, is a small sand hill on a point perhaps three fourths of a 
mile south of this place. The point is called Burial, Point. It is 
to be supposed that this name refers to the finding of Indian 
graves in years gone by, and some farmers in this locality affirm 
this, but no one remembers anything about them, although several 
tell the story. At the present date the small hill seems to contain 
several large pits, and a little shell heap is near by. It would 
probably repay excavation. 

From this point on to Tottenville traces of aboriginal occupa- 
tion, for the most part of no long duration, occur almost continu- 
ously. Shells are, as a rule, scarce, but they are in some locali- 
ties abundant. In one or two places between Rossville and 
Kreischerville digging might pay, but surface relics are not 
abundant. 

Near Kreischerville, about one fourth of a mile from the Rich- 
mond Brick and Tile works, is a large shell heap. This one was 
cultivated, and the usual objects may be found there. 


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At Tottenville the sites are so well known through the many 
papers and notes which have been published in our Proceedings 
during the past thirty years,? and through the investigations of 
Mr. George H. Pepper for the American Museum of Natural 
History, that further description here is not necessary. Recent 
rains had washed down part of the bluff, and exposed some 
objects but, from the scratched and trampled appearance of the 
spot when examined for the Museum, local collectors had appar- 
ently swarmed over the whole bluff in the neighborhood of Burial 
Ridge. A single argillite arrowpoint was found on the beach 
below high water mark. 

Nearer the village of Tottenville the top of a sand hill was 
removed a year or more ago and the contents used to fill up a 
pond near by. Great quantities of shells were exposed. These 
formed a heap six to twelve inches thick, but it contained few 
relics. A fragment of the stem of a clay pipe was found and 
some sherds. Probably this was a clam and oyster drying place 
merely. Such sites rarely contain many relics. Probably many 
of the Staten Island and coastal New Jersey sites are of this 
character. 

In closing it may be said that the sites at Rossville and Kreisch- 
erville are, apparently, little known to most Staten Island col- 
lectors. Only one of the many contributions to our local arche- 
ology is concerned with Rossville*, and Kreischerville has received 
only occasional incidental mention. 


2. SITE AT MorcaAn’s, NEw JERSEy* 


On June 4, 1907, in accordance with the instructions of Dr. 
Wissler, curator of the department of ethnology and archeology 
of the American Museum of Natural History, the writer made 


2 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Isl. 1: 1, 2, 1883; 6, 8, Io, 12, 1884; 24, 
1885; 30, 1886; 50, 1887; 2: 17, 1880; 3: I2, 1892; 40, 1803; 4: 48, 1804; 
CEP OOH ION 76h Islas (2 itch Zy eaysn Tue, 

3 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Isl. 3: 37, 1803. 

4For previous mention of this locality see Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten 
Isl. 1: 34, 38, 1886. 


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the first of a series of explorations for the purpose of locating 
and investigating the Indian sites of New Jersey adjacent to New 
York Bay. 

Crossing the Staten Island Sound to Perth Amboy, N. J., a 
search was made along the shore from Perth Amboy to Cheese- 
quake Creek, a tidal stream about a mile southeast of South 
Amboy. | 

From the southern bank of the Raritan River to about one third 
of a mile beyond the town proper of South Amboy, the above men- 
tioned district is either built upon or filled in with soil brought 
from elsewhere, so that the original surface of the ground is de- 
stroyed or concealed. In one or two places, where small patches 
of the original surface remained, oyster shells, old, and possibly of 
Indian introduction, were seen. But they were, if aboriginal, 
merely souvenirs of a brief and limited occupation. No other 
traces were noted. 

Shortly after leaving South Amboy, however, one comes upon 
less disturbed land, and all along the railroad, which follows the 
shore, and cuts through most of the hills and knolls, one may 
obtain a section of the country which will tell at a glance whether 
it was occupied in Indian days or not. 

The soil is a fine white sand which overlays large deposits of 
kaolin, etc. This sand is in some places discolored by iron and 
is occasionally filled with small pebbles and iron concretions of 
various kinds. This sand is very quick to show the dark stains 
left by charcoal or the decay of organic matter, which is so 
plentiful on most of the ancient Algonquin village sites or kitchen 
middens. 

No traces of any importance were noted until a point a little 
more than a quarter of a mile west of Morgan’s Station was 
reached. Here the shore rises up from the water, forming a steep 
bluff from thirty to forty feet high, at the foot of which the 
Pennsylvania Railroad runs. This bluff. continues to Cheese- 
quake Creek, turning and following an arm of the creek which 
runs back, forming a V-shaped plateau in part, which stands high 


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above Raritan Bay and the salt meadows surrounding the creek. 
All over the point of the plateau, and along the northern bluff for 
some distance are strewn countless bushels of clam and oyster 
shells, the domestic debris of an ancient Algonquin encampment. 
A section of this great heap is exposed along the northern bluff 
and must be plainly visible from the windows of the Pennsylvania 
railroad trains going to and from Long Branch. 

At the extreme northern end of the site a wooded hill rises to 
a considerable height, and about the base of this little eminence, 
shells occur, although how far up the sides they run was not de- 
termined. South of this hill, and partly upon its southern side, a 
cultivated field covers what is probably the very thickest and 
richest part of the shell bed. 

A careful and thorough inspection of this field showed that the 
thickest part of the heap extended from the edge of the bluff 
back, about a little more than 100 yards, beyond which it began to 
thin out, and at a further distance of 100 yards few or no shells 
were to be seen. 

Running back from the middle of the plowed land were several 
irregular little ridges or knolls, and upon the tops of these and 
between them the oyster shells were exceedingly thick and abun- 
dant. Those on the summits of the knolls were composed mainly 
of whole shells, while in the body of the heap they were mostly 
broken. A few clam shells occurred here and there, but their 
numbers were insignificant compared with those of the oyster. 
On the southerly side of the wooded hill before mentioned the 
refuse was less thick, although in a number of places large patches 
of whole shells in the sand indicated pits; but as the ground was 
under cultivation none were opened. 

Mr. George H. Pepper stated that some time ago graves were 
found in this vicinity, though where or by whom he did not state. 
It is possible that some graves might yet be found on this southerly 
hillside but, on the whole, prospects are not encouraging. 

Throughout the shell heap the soil has a very rich black aspect, 
as though from the decay or carbonization of great quantities of 


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organic matter; but in spite of the fact that in many places the 
flow had penetrated deeply, and a heavy rain the day before had 
washed the surface considerably, but comparatively few animal 
remains were found. The astragalus of a deer, a few bones, ap- 
parently split to obtain the marrow, two or three small fragments 
of antler, and a couple of bird bones were found. Implements 
were very scarce. Two rude net sinkers, made by modeling a 
piece of “iron stone” on either side; two perfect and several im- 
perfect arrowpoints; a geode or iron concretion, apparently 
worked, and some potsherds, were also obtained. Chips or spalls 
of black flint; some rejects of the same material, and a rough 
“turtle back” of Trenton argillite were found in the heap; on 
one side of the cut made by the Keyport trolley line, an elongated 
pecked and battered object of red shell, probably a pestle, was 
discovered. 

The pottery was typical of the local Algonquin. Some of it was 
coil-made and some fragments of the rims of vessels were deco- 
rated by pressing a stick wrapped with twine upon the soft clay 
before firing. One sherd was decorated upon the inner surface 
of the rim as well as on the outer. Locally this is an uncommon 
feature. None of the fragments obtained showed incised decora- 
tion, but this undoubtedly occurs, and no specimens showed 
Iroquoian influence. This too is but negative testimony, as the 
number of sherds obtained was very small. 

It is rather remarkable that more arrowpoints were not picked 
up, but as this was probably a fish- or shellfish-subsisting settle- 
ment, and was possibly inhabited only during the summer months, 
when much sea food was obtainable, the apparent scarcity of ani- 
mal bones and projectile points may be explained. 

The inner whorls or columnella of the conch (Fulgur sp.) were 
quite abundant throughout the heap, and their presence may be 
explained in one of two ways. In the first place, it was cus- 
tomary among the local aborigines to smash or break off the outer 
whorls of the conch in order to lay bare the flesh, which was 
eaten, and in the second place, these were a step in wampum 


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manufacture. Piles of these shells, containing the living animal, 
were often made, the flesh being allowed to rot. When this was 
accomplished, the outer whorls were broken away until only the 
inner column remained. One end of this was ground and polished, 
a section was then severed from the rest and perforated. Such 
columella in the process of manufacture are locally called ‘‘ wam- 
pum sticks”? and, as evidence that they were valued, ninety-six 
were found in a grave at Tottenville many years ago. 

Inasmuch as the post holes sunk in the midst of the heap proved 
profitless, and as most of the exposed surface of the shell beds, 
as well as many sections made by the Keyport trolley line, wagon 
roads, and an old railroad cut along the summit of the bluff, even 
where pits were exposed and opened, contained no objects, it is 
probably not worth while to systematically excavate this site, 
although many fine specimens might be brought to light. 

The site is probably merely a summer fishing station of the old 
Angonquin Indians of the region, probably the Raritan, and the 
remaining shells and debris are merely the refuse of their daily 
life, and few objects of value would be likely to find their way into 
such a kitchen midden. 


3. SITES AT SouTH River, NEw JERSEY . 


Throughout the region along South River, N. J., east from 
Sayreville, the country is one long series of sandy, wind-swept 
dunes, surrounded and in some places covered by a second growth 
of pine and scrub-oak forest. In some localities great portions of 
the sandy surface soil has been removed to get at the underlying 
fire clay and kaolin which is rarely or never visible above the sand 
which covers the surrounding country. 

All along South River, a branch of the Raritan, except where 
the clayseekers have cut away the original surface, traces of the 
aboriginal inhabitants may be found on the northern bank of the 
river, at least as far east as Runyon. 

On June 6, 1907, the writer explored the region between Sayre- 
ville and Old Bridge, under the direction of the American Mu- 


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seum of Natural History, for the purpose of locating and investi- 
gating such sites as appeared promising. 

The sites, which are practically contiguous, apparently represent 
ancient hunting villages or encampments of the Raritan Indians, 
dating from the pre-Columbian well into the historic period. 

Shells are scarce, probably on account of the the distance of the 
oyster beds from this place and the attendant difficulties of trans- 
portation. Here and there a few small and shallow shell pits may 
be found, averaging a foot and a half broad by six inches or a foot 
in depth. These pits contain occasional sherds, and a compara- 
tively large number of deer bones. 

One fireplace, of quite large size, contained shells, blackened 
earth, and several fragments of Dutch (?) glazed pottery. Ata 
depth of about ten inches a layer of clay and charred shells oc- 
curred which apparently formed the bottom of the fireplace. 
Split and cracked deer bones were found, and the inference is 
that this spot was an Indian fireplace of the historic period. 

The most common type of fireplace noted was represented by 
large patches of split and fire-cracked pebbles, usually of a small 


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size. These “patches” were irregular in shape, often containing 
several hundred pebbles, all of which showed the action of fire. 
Occasionally potsherds occurred with these, but this was the ex- 
ception. This may be accounted for by the fact that most of these 
fire-places were entirely on the surface, and objects left there could 
easily have been picked up or weathered away in the years be- 
tween the departure of the Indians and the present. Flint, quartz, 
and argillite chips were scattered in great abundance all over the 
surface everywhere, and a large’ number of projectile points, 
blades, etc., were found, all of which supports the hypothesis that 
these sites were ancient hunting villages. 

A systematic search did not reveal any localities where exca- 
vation would appear to be profitable. The very peculiar, small, 
high, and round sand dunes have locally the reputation of being 
mounds, but they are naturally formed, the wind blown sand col- 


lecting about the bushes or the Hudsonia plants, and forming a 


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small dune. Later Hudsoma, bay, or scrub oak spring up upon 
this, and yearly accumulations of sand raise the “ mound” bit by 
bit. Several of these were opened, but no traces of any other than 
natural origin were found. 

In other spots here circular depressions, supposed to be “ wig- 
wam rings” are perhaps natural, but the occurrence of shell pits 
and fireplaces in these have an almost aboriginal look. 

According to Mr. Isaac Wort, Sr., of Rossville, Staten Island, 
whose family formerly lived near the South River district, the 
Raritan Indians long lingered about this locality. Mr. Wort says 
his father or grandfather used to relate that the Raritan Indians of 
Staten Island, when they left their old homes, removed to this 
spot, settling on the opposite side of the river from those who had 
always been there. Up to comparatively recent years Indians 
hung about the settlements, where they sold baskets, etc., and they 
often came to Mr. Wort’s father’s house for fire, which they car- 
ried away by igniting a long roll of “bark” (?), the interior of 
which smouldered for a considerable time and could be fanned 
into flame when needed. No Indians are now supposed to survive 
in the region of South River, though some may be found in the 
interior of the state and possibly at Tom’s River. 

There are probably sites between Sayreville and the Raritan 
along the north shore of South River. Along the Raritan itself 
and on the south side of South River the ground is now largely 
built upon and originally was probably tnsuitable for Indian 
occupation. 


The Seventeen-Year Cicada on Staten Island in 19121 
Wi11aM T. Davis 


While 1911 was “Locust Year” in the valley of the the Hud- 
son, a considerable number of seventeen-year cicadas appeared in 
June, 1912. No doubt there are eighteen-year cicadas, that is 
some individuals are delayed from one cause or another and do 
not appear with the majority of the brood to which they belong. 
This is a well-established fact with insects of a shorter life cycle 
than the cicada. 

On June 21, 1912, several seventeen-year cicadas, Cicada sep- 
tendecim Linn., were heard singing on the hill near Richmond. 
Mr. John A. Grossbeck reported hearing one on June 16 in the 
Clove Valley, and Mr. Isaac Wort heard a number in June at 
Woodrow, but did not see any. Three cicadas were collected at 
West New Brighton by Mr. Charles P. Benedict and many were 
heard singing. Off Staten Island, at West Point, N. Y., on June 
17 and 18, the writer heard many seventeen-year cicadas and, on 
the latter date, with Col. Robinson, Mr. Charles Schaeffer and Mr. 
Charles L. Pollard, collected two adults and several pupa skins. 
Mr. Pollard and Mr. William Sleight reported hearing cicadas 
near Bear Swamp in the Ramapo Mountains, N. J., on June 25, 
1912. During a week’s stay in the nearby lowlands at Ramsey 
none wer heard. 

The experience of 1912 but duplicates that of 1895 following 
the general appearance of Brood No. 2 in 1894. In June, 1895, 
seventeen-year cicadas were heard near the central portion of 
Staten Island, also in the Clove Valley and at West New Brighton. 


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The Allegheny Cave Rat:at West Point, N. Y. 


WiLiiAM T. Davis 


A number of years ago Col. Wirt Robinson, observing that 
some of the plants on the rocky slope of Crow’s Nest Mountain 
facing the Hudson River, had been gnawed off, commenced to 
look about for the animal that had been so industrious. It was 
not long before some of the plants were found stored beneath the 
shelter of the great rocks loosely piled at the base of the moun- 
tain, and a few traps set at these places secured several of the 
colony of cave rats living on the side of Crow’s Nest. 

On the 26th of October, 1912, Col. Robinson placed twenty- 
three traps, baited with bread, among the rocks where Neotoma 
pennsylvanica Stone was known to occur, and the next day he 
kindly took Mr. Charles W. Leng and me to the place to see what 
success he had in securing a few specimens for our museum. While 
Mr. Leng sifted for beetles 1 went after the traps into mountain 
crevices and deep holes among the rocks, under the direction of 
the Colonel. The first ten traps had not secured a Neotoma, but 
with the remaining thirteen we had better fortune, and found 
three, two females and a male—the latter much larger than the 
females. We also secured one white-footed mouse and one red- 
backed mouse. | 

The rats at the time of our visit had collected a great many 
tops of Baptisia tinctoria, gnawing off the plants about a foot 
from the ground, or as high up as they could reach. When the 
plant stood near a rock it was sometimes cut off higher up, doubt- 
less as the rat stood on the rock. Later we found a great store of 
this material, together with a dried fungus, some fern fronds, aster 
tops and many small sticks of woody plants, that had been freshly 
cut. This “hay” did not seem to be intended for a bed, but was 
stowed away loosely among the rocks in an exposed place, open on 
both sides, where one great rock resting on some others came to 


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Davis: ALLEGHENY Cave Rat at West POINT IOI 


within a foot of touching one lying beneath it. In this narrow 
space the rats had stored their hay for about six feet. This, as 
has been said, was open to the air on both sides and showed no 
signs of being occupied by the rats as a nesting place, indeed 
it would have been quite unsuitable, owing to its exposed position. 

James E. DeKay, writing of his American Black Rat, in the 
Zoology of New York, published in 1842, mentions John G. Bell, 
and this same Mr. Bell, according to literature, took Neotoma 
about the year 1850, in the Palisades at Piermont, Rockland Co., 
N. Y., which is about twenty-five miles south of West Point. 
North of Crow’s Nest Mountain Neotoma has been taken at 
Storm King Mountain, as recorded by Dr. Allen in the Bulletin of 
the American Museum of Natural History, 1884, Vol. VI, p. 362. 
Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads records the cave rat from Bearfort 
Mountain at the southern end of Greenwood Lake (Mammals of 
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, p. 88). Mr. W. DeW. Miller and 
James Chapin, in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of 
Washington, April, 1909, Vol. XXII, p. 88, record it from Jeffer- 
son Mountain, Newfoundland, N. J., which is a few miles south 
of Mr. Rhoads’s locality. On February 22, 1909, Mr. James 
Chapin and I climbed the rocky side of Torne Mountain, near 
Ramapo, and when quite high up we came to a ledge on which 
were what appeared to be the droppings of a cave rat. The cave 
rat is more common in parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and 
Dr. Allen gives, in the publication above cited, even Massachusetts 
and Connecticut records; and a Connecticut record is given by 
Dr. Mearns in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, 1898, Vol. X, p. 336. Unfortunately it is doubtful if any 
specimens have been preserved from the two states last mentioned. 

In the Revision of the Wood Rats of the Genus Neotoma by 
Edward A. Goldman, U. S. Dept. Agric., Bureau of Biological 
Survey, N. A. Fauna, No. 31, 1910, Neotoma pennsylvanica is 
said to be a well-marked species, requiring no close comparison 
with any known living form, and its range to include localities in 
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, 
Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. 


A Collection of Indian Relics from Watchoguet 


ALANSON SKINNER 


For many years Mr. Peter B. Decker, of Watchogue, has 
assisted the writer in his work of collecting and tabulating the 
different types of Indian remains found on Staten Island and, in 
the first three or four seasons during my absence at college and in 
the field, Mr. Decker accumulated quite a collection, which, at the 
writer’s suggestion, was purchased and donated to the Association 
by Mr. William T. Davis. 

Of chipped implements the collection contains over one hun- 
dred arrowpoints, drills and knives, and some splendid scrapers, 
several of the latter of unique form. Of pecked stone articles 
there are two good axes, one notched, the other grooved, a quan- 
tity of hammerstones, mullers, notched and grooved net sinkers, 
an arrowshaft smoother and a sinew stone. Of polished stone 
articles there is a broken bannerstone, showing boring with a 
tubular drill, a square stone bead, and an interesting engraved 
object of unknown use. Pottery is represented by a number of 
sherds, some decorated, and two fragments of clay. pipes. A 
brass arrowpoint is also included. 

Besides the Indian material Mr. Decker had in the collection 
two “trade” (?) pipes, several gun flints, a leaden bullet and a 
brass spur from Watchogue, and a revolutionary bayonet, found 
by his brother in an excavation on John Street, Mariner’s Harbor. 

Among the most interesting of the Indian specimens are the 
brass arrowpoint and a fragment of a clay pipe bowl moulded in 
the form of a bird, which was found with some fragments of 
Iroquoian pottery on a sand hammock at Watchogue. At the 
same place, within an area of a few hundred feet, the writer had 
previously found a brass arrowpoint and Iroquoian pottery, while 


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SKINNER: COLLECTION OF INDIAN RELICS FROM WATCHOGUE 103 


Mr. Decker had picked up a fragment of a clay pipe stem with 
the figure of a man wearing an Iroquoian headdress, scratched 
upon it, and a flint arrowpoint, long triangular, with concave sides 
and base, quite like some shown in an article in Popular Science 
Monthly several years ago, from an Iroquoian site in the Mohawk 
Valley. Was there a Mohawk war camp at Watchogue? The 
presence of the brass arrowpoints, so abundant on historic Iro- 
quois sites, the Iroquoian pipe and pottery, with the other relics 
all at one spot seem to indicate as much. We know that the 
Mohawks subdued our local Indians, and even claimed title to 
their lands, by right of conquest. Mr. Davis has recorded in the 
supplement to his Staten Island Names, Ye Olde Names and 
Nicknames, a “certain Tract or Parcell of Land Lying and being 
at Sagoddiochguisatt, which by deed of gift has been granted unto 
the said John Mangilson by the Maquase [Mohawk] Indians in 
the year 1681-2 the said Land Running from the marked tree 
whereon ye name of the sd John Mangilson Stands and also the 
mark of the Maquase Indians unto the Creek that Lyeth West- 
ward the line of the sd Land Running into the woods direct North 
upon a straight Line, Together with all houses, Barnes, stables, 
orchards, fencings, Feedings....”. Dated February 10, 1698-9. 
icibetaa. pus22: 

A curious little obelisk-shaped object of slate covered with a 
network of scratched lines was possibly an ornament, although, 
from the writer’s experience with woodland Indians of the same 
stock as our own Delawares, he would judge it to be perhaps a 
charm or “medicine” object. It is unique from this locality, but 
we have observed other somewhat similar specimens from New 
Jersey, especially from near Trenton. 

The broken bannerstone comes from Chelsea, and is a good 
and unusual specimen, though by no means a novelty. A splendid 
yellow jasper knife, one of the best made and largest implements 
of the type in the museum collection, comes from the same place. 

Among the arrowpoints are several uncommon forms. One of 
the notched variety with a bifurcated base is rare locally, and a 


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still more unusual type is one with a round butt. The latter form 
is common about Trenton and in south Jersey generally. 

The large notched axe is a welcome addition to our collection, 
as is also the arrowshaft smoother, a grooved pebble, the first of 
its type reported from hereabouts. 

The Association is fortunate in obtaining this collection. Its 
value is enhanced by the fact that building operations are con- 
stantly encroaching upon our Staten Island Indian sites, and a 
few years hence we shall see the end of archeological research in 
the borough of Richmond. 


Museum Extension Work with Boy Scouts? 
Cuartes Louis PoLLarp 


During a conversation held one day with a boy visitor to our 
museum the work of the Boy Scouts of America came under dis- 
cussion, and the suggestion was made, half jokingly, that it might 
be a good plan to organize a troop in connection with the museum, 
with the curator-in-chief as scoutmaster. The idea was received 
with such unexpected enthusiasm that several boys presented 
themselves for admission as tenderfeet even before the scout- 
master had received his commission. Finally, on November 25, 
1912, the 138th New York troop, known locally as the First St. 
George, or more familiarly as the “museum troop” was duly 
organized, with a membership of six scouts. 

In the course of his educational work the writer had long been 
interested in the progress of the scout organization and was in 
thorough sympathy with its aims and principles, although not well 
acquainted with the details of its administration. A careful study 
of the official handbook published by the Boy Scouts of America, 
however, indicated that a scoutmaster’s requirements might be 
considered as within the capabilities of a museum curator. It 
also revealed the fact that scout work held unforeseen possibilities 
in the line of museum extension. 

The Staten Island public museum has hitherto confined its ex- 
tension work to school lecture courses. We have lacked the 
means and the facilities for developing the travelling collections 
that have proved so instructive elsewhere; nor has there been 
sufficient demand for class instruction to warrant the establish- 
ment of a system of docentry. The population of our island is 
the smallest of New York’s five boroughs; yet it is scattered over 
a territory much larger than Manhattan. Many of our people are 


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106 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


still unaware of the existence of the museum, and many others 
have not taken the trouble to visit it. Every opportunity should 
therefore be welcomed of expanding our activities beyond the 
four walls of the museum if the latter is to continue a vital factor 
in the educational life of the community, 

The school lectures delivered at the museum have been supple- 
mented by additional ones at the high school and at some of the 
- more remote grammar schools; but attendance at these lectures 
has been largely confined to children under twelve, and the prob- 
lem of winning the interest of older children, especially of the 
older boys, has long demanded serious consideration. A course 
of unusual excellence was arranged last fall exclusively for high 
school students, and several curators from the New York and 
Brooklyn museums generously offered their services; but the 
attendance was so small that the course had to be abandoned after 
the third lecture, and it was just at this time that the museum 
troop of scouts was organized. It seemed reasonable to assume 
that as the minimum age for a scout is twelve years, and as most 
of these boys were therefore in the high school, the troop would 
form the center of attraction for which we had been seeking. The 
problem was therefore in the first instance to make the museum 
useful to the scouts, and if this could be accomplished they could 
scarcely fail to help the museum. 

There is a large stable on our grounds, which was remodelled 
last year by means of a city appropriation obtained for that pur- 
pose, so as to provide a carpentry shop and storage room on the 
first floor with a large loft above. Permission was obtained from 
the trustees of the Association for the troop to use this loft as 
headquarters for play, and to hold their regular bimonthly meet- 
ings in the assembly hall of the museum. They were also allowed 
to use the carpentry shop and tools under certain restrictions, and 
it was not long before they had built themselves lockers and some 
crude but serviceable gymnasium apparatus. As a natural result 
of these inducements, the scoutmaster was soon besieged with ap- 
plications for admission. It was not our policy, and still less is it 


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the policy of the national organization to encourage a boy to be- 
come a scout merely in order to have a good time. New members 
were admitted only after careful scrutiny of their school records 
and affiliations, and their home relationships. The troop therefore 
increased slowly in numbers but rather rapidly in efficiency. With- 
in five months after organization there were two patrols (16 boys), 
of whom six had already passed their examinations and become 
second-class scouts. Three months later, at the close of the school 
year, the troop included three patrols of boys, of whom one had 
become a first-class scout, 17 second-class, and 6 were still tender- 
feet. There is always a waiting list, and if the museum accom- 
modations permitted indefinite expansion it is evident that the St. 
George troop would become one of the largest in the city, 

For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the organiza- 
tion of the Boy Scouts of America, it may be stated that in order 
to secure admission every boy must be at least twelve years old, 
must know the history of the national flag and the forms of 
respect due to it, must be able to tie four out of a number of pre- 
scribed knots, and must be familiar with the scout law, badge and 
oath. After a month, upon passing certain additional require- 
ments, such as elementary first aid, signalling and cooking, he 
becomes a second-class scout, and later, after taking more ad- 
vanced requirements, he reaches the grade of first-class scout. 
He is then at liberty to try for merit badges in any of a large 
number of subjects, according to his taste or inclination. The 
work is thus nicely adjusted to the mental and physical develop- 
ment of the boy, and affords a constant center of interest as well 
as a goal for the ambitions. 

Every troop is governed by an adult scoutmaster, and the troops 
of one city or district are commonly under the jurisdiction of a 
local council, of which the scout commissioner is the executive 
officer. Troops may be affiliated with any religious, social or 
civic organization ; and it is evident that if the scout program can 
be successfully carried out through the agency of a church or 
club, still better opportunities are afforded by a public museum. 


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At present, however, it is believed that the Staten Island museum 
is the only institution of its kind with which a troop of scouts is in 
direct affiliation. It is scarcely necessary to enumerate the ad- 
vantages which even a small museum offers for this work; it con- 
tains the material necessary to teach the boys not only the pre- 
scribed requirements in natural history but also the knowledge 
requisite for many of the merit badges; its library and historical 
relics serve to foster and develop the patriotic and civic ideals for 
which the scout organization stands; and in general the museum 
may be said to furnish a constant inspiration and stimulus to the 
active mind of the growing boy. 

The underlying scheme in scoutcraft, it should be understood, 
is not to make a good camper, a good athlete or even a good 
naturalist of the youth; it is to develop ultimately high ideals of 
character and citizenship. The name of “ scout” was selected for 
the organization because of the sterling qualities of courage, 
endurance and self reliance exhibited by the scouts of pioneer 
days. These ideals are embodied in the scout law, and they are 
impressed on the boy through the principle of the “good turn” 
which he is expected to perform daily. The success of the mutual 
relationship between the museum and the scouts lies in the fact 
that they are able and willing to do their good turns for the 
museum as well as for individuals. The St. George troop spaded 
up and prepared the museum grounds for planting; they have 
been assiduous in providing food for the live pets in the children’s 
room, and those who are interested in ornithology have helped 
Mr. Cleaves, our assistant curator, in bird banding. At museum 
meetings and receptions they have been very helpful as ushers and 
messengers. ‘The curator-in-chief, as scoutmaster, has given much 
attention to the troop, and has conducted outdoor excursions at 
least twice a month during the year. On these trips the various 
requirements of scoutcraft are practised and observations made 
which will lead, if possible, to subsequent reading or study in the 
museum. ‘That some of the lessons taught have borne fruit may 
be seen in the record of woodland fires extinguished by members 


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of the troop, and by the fact that one, at least, of the boys has 
justified his training in first aid by saving the life of a person over- 
come by illuminating gas, having administered artificial respiration 
by the Schaefer method until the arrival of a physician. 

The writer cordially endorses Professor Franklin W. Hooper’s 
plea for the establishment of more commercial and industrial 
museums. In communities like Staten Island, where the museum, 
though limited in size, must be broad in scope and diversified in its 
activities, there is excellent opportunity for such departments or 
institutions, and each should have a troop of Boy Scouts organized 
in affiliation. If the natural history museum can develop good 
results, it is evident that one which contains a well-chosen series 
of industrial exhibits can make an even greater appeal to the boys 
and will be an admirable adjunct to the ordinary school training. 

Our local experiment has certainly proved that the benefits of 
the connection betwen the museum and the scouts are mutual, and 
that the latter are a positive asset as well as a good advertisement 
for the former. From the personal standpoint, as a lover of boys, 
the writer can testify that all the labors of the scoutmaster are 
repaid by the pleasure of the work and the confidence reposed in 
him by the troop. 


Additional Facts Concerning the Hybrid Oaks Quercus nana 
Quercus marylandica (Q. Brittoni Davis) 


WitiiAmM T. Davis 


Owing to forest fires the interesting oaks considered to be hy- 
brids between Quercus nana and Quercus marylandica (Q. Brit- 
toni Davis), discovered at Watchogue, Staten Island in 1892, have 
never borne many acorns. An account of the trees was given in 
the Proceedings of the Natural Science Association of Staten 
Island for September, 1892, and also in the Bulletin of the Torrey 
Botanical Club, Vol, Xap. 301, Oct, 1802, On October Zz 
1905, these trees, or what was left of them, were examined by a 
party of ten botanists from the New York Botanical Garden and 
Columbia University, and they proved of as much interest to them 
as they did to the writer when they were first discovered. 

In the Proceedings of the Natural Science Association of Staten 
Island for February 18, 1905, there is an account of one of these 
hybrid oaks growing near Lower Jamesburg, Middlesex Co., N. 
J., by the side of the road leading to Matchaponix. The tree is 
described as being about fifteen feet high with a single trunk, 
smooth bark, and lighter colored foliage than the black-jack oak. 
The leaves are rusty pubescent beneath, the pubescence being more 
generally spread over the surface than in marylandica, though 
not so close as the white down of nana. This tree was later cut 
down by a negro in making a clearing for his home. A number 
of other trees more or less resembling this one have since been 
found in the vicinity of Lower Jamesburg, particularly in the 
open woods on the easterly side of South River. Some of these 
trees bore a considerable number of acorns, and in September, 
1908, three lots were collected, one from what were unquestion- 
ably Q. nana bushes, another lot from Q. marylandica, and the 
third from what was considered a hybrid between the two. The 


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Davis: Facts CoNCERNING Hysrip Oaks III 


last lot of acorns all came from the same tree. After these acorns 
had been drying for some months it was discovered that they 
showed intermediate color characters of much interest. That 
is to say they were not as dark as in mana, nor as light as in 
marylandica. In September, 1912, the trees were again visited, 
and another collection of acorns secured, which now after drying 
several months show the same intermediate color characters as 
did the first lot. 

There are many hybrid oaks to be found in the vicinity of 
Jamesburg, N. J. Of the above mentioned cross there have been 
about six examples discovered. An occasional hybrid between 
Quercus phellos and some other member of the-red oak group is 
to be found, and at Matchaponix a few miles to the east, there 
are some fine examples of such trees. To the southeast, namely at 
Farmingdale, grow the hybrids between Quercus nana X phellos ; 


also Quercus phellos XX digitata, first described in these Pro- 
CEEDINGS for February, 1907. 


Literature Relating to Staten Island 


FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR BooK OF ToMPKINS LopGE? 


This is a handsome, cloth bound, octavo volume of 120 pages 
and 34 plates, including portraits of many Staten Islanders, de- 
ceased and living, who were or are active in the Masonic fraternity 
in connection with Tompkins Lodge. The title page is without 
date, but the book was printed some time subsequent to 1909 (the 
fiftieth anniversary year) and was distributed, so far as known to 
the writer, in 1912. It contains a history of Tompkins Lodge; 
by-laws ; lists of members and officers, past and present; account 
of the ceremonies and other functions in connection with the an- 
niversary celebration; reports; etc. 

The frontispiece is a portrait of ex-Governor Daniel D. Tomp- 
kins, in honor of whom the lodge was named, and there are inter- 
esting cuts depicting the home of the lodge at various times, which 
include Nautilus Hall, now only a memory to those who used to 
travel up and down Arietta street to the old Tompkinsville ferry 
landing; Tompkins Lyceum, now the German Club House at 
Stapleton, as it appeared some fifty years ago; etc. 

The volume is a credit to those who were responsible for its 
preparation and publication, and it possesses a local historical value 
which everyone who is interested in our island’s affairs will ap- 
preciate. iNeoEle 


CRETACEOUS PITYOXYLON WITH MARGINAL TRACHEIDS? 

In this paper the author describes and discusses the peculiarity 
and significance of ray tracheids in a specimen of Pityoxylon 
from Morgan’s, N. J., with incidental references to species of this 
genus, and of Brachyoxylon, Araucariopitys and Prepinus de- 
scribed by Hollick and Jeffrey from the Cretaceous deposits of 
Staten Island. Nias 

11859-1909 | Fiftieth Anniversary | Tompkins Lodge| No. 471 F. & A. 


M.| Stapleton | N. Y. 
2 Irving W. Bailey, Annals Bot. 25: 315-325, pl. 26. April, 1911. 


112 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND En 


THE STRUCTURE OF THE STOMATA OF CERTAIN CRETACEOUS 
CONIFERS? 


This is another of the many scientific publications of recent 
years in which the fossil plant remains of the Kreischerville clays 
are either described in detail or incidentally discussed with ref- 
erence to other similar remains from elsewhere. In the present 
article the author describes and figures the stomata and surround- 
ing guard cells of certain living and extinct coniferous plants, 
including Androvettia statenensis Hollick & Jeffrey, in regard to 
which he says: “Fig. 9 is a photograph showing the general 
features of the epidermis of the species. The cells are very thick- 
walled and irregular in shape. The numerous stomata lack the 
definite arrangement characteristic of Frenelopsis. The more 
highly magnified representation given in Fig. 10 shows the pres- 
ence of accessory cells around the stomata as before. In this 
case they lack the conical projections of Frenelopsis, the opening 
having a uniform outline. . . . Owing to the good condition of 
preservation of this plant, the guard cells are distinguishable in a 
majority of cases.... Fig. 11 shows two stomata from which the 
guard cells have completely disappeared, although the accessory 
cells are present in their normal condition.” 

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LIMONITE DEposITS OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW YorxK* 


This contribution consists of a brief description of the main 
topographic and geologic features of Staten Island, with a dis- 
cussion of the distribution and origin of the limonite deposits. 
Several old analyses of the ores are included, and a comparison is 
made with certain Cuban ores whose genesis and general rela- 
tions are similar. A number of references to old articles relat- 
ing to the Staten Island iron ores are cited, but the more recent 
notes and papers relating to them, published in our PRocEEDINGS 
in recent years, were evidently not seen by the author. 


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3W. P. Thompson, Bot. Gaz. 54: 63-67, pls. 5, 6. July, 1912. 
*Charles R. Fettke, School of Mines Quarterly 33: 382-391. July, 1912. 


114 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


INTERESTING PEOPLE: Ernst J. LEDERLES 


Although not now a resident of Staten Island we can justly lay 
claim to the subject of this sketch, on the score of his nativity and 
his early days before he had achieved the enviable reputation 
which is his today. This brief but appreciative sketch of Health 
Commissioner Ernst J. Lederle is mostly concerned with his 
activities as head of the New York City Department of Health, 
and what he has succeeded in accomplishing in the lowering of 
the death rate. In the words of the author “Lederle is giving 
us one dollar’s worth of public health for one dollar. When we 
are educated to want more and pay for more, he has it ready for 
us, all we want. He puts the issue flatly, like the real wissen- 
schaftlich German-American logician that he is. Public health is 
something that can be bought like soap and sugar. There is 
plenty of it to be had, and it is simply up to us to say how much 
we want.” 


ya dale 


THE WEEK-ENDER TAKES A WALK ON STATEN IsLAND® 

This is a charmingly written description of a ramble through 
the Moravian Cemetery and over Ocean Terrace, by one who 
evidently thoroughly appreciated the various features, natural and 
artificial, that he sensed on the way. His descriptions, free from 
the usual perfunctory phrases and affectations of enthusiasm by 
which such attempts are so often spoiled, are convincingly sincere 
and are refreshing for that reason. He merely refers to the Van- 
derbilt Mausoleum, for example, as “a magnificent memorial 
erected by a famous old family,” without mentioning the name; 
and it will interest all who recall old associations of the region to 
note that he speaks of “ White’s pond,” with its rustic bridge, 
which he crossed en route before emerging upon the Manor Road. 
Evidently the name of the present owner of the property had not 
yet impressed itself upon his informant or changed the old famil- 
iar designation which yet lingered in his mind. The delight of 
this stranger over the novelty of actually losing himself, in what 

° Albert Jay Nock, Amer. Mag., August, 1912, pp. 415, 416, with portrait 


on p. 417. 
® Anon., New York Times, Sunday, November 24, 1912. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 115 


he so aptly describes as a region of hills and hollows and ponds, 
causes us to hark back to the time of our boyhood, when similar 
interesting adventures were sometimes experienced. 


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THE History, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION OF THE 
ARAUCARIOXYLON TYPE. Parts J-IV* 


This is a series of four papers, well illustrated with heliotype 
plates, giving the results of the author’s investigations and a gen- 
eral discussion of the characters of araucarian woods belonging 
to both living and extinct species, with their significance when 
viewed from the standpoint of evolution. 

Specimens collected in the Cretaceous clays of Kreischerville 
are discussed, and enlarged sections of Araucario.xylon nove- 
boracense Hollick & Jeffrey, collected in that locality, are shown 
on plate 2, figs. a-d; 4, figs. e and f; 5, figs. a and 0; 8, figs. 
a and d. 

Local references may also be found to the genera Araucario- 
pitys and Brachyoxylon in connection with the work of Hollick 
and Jeffrey on Studies of Cretaceous Coniferous Remains from 
Kreischerville, New York (Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 3). Ap- 
parently the material collected at Kreischerville may be utilized 
to an almost unlimited extent in critical studies of the Cretaceous 
flora, inasmuch as a dozen or more contributions, by English and 
Japanese, as well as by American paleobotanists, have been based 
upon it, and yet only a limited amount has thus far been sub- 
jected to careful examination and study. 


A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE 
STATE OF New Jersey, Etc.® 


Although the title of this Bulletin would naturally lead to the 
supposition that it was concerned with the state of New Jersey 
alone, yet the authors have wisely disregarded arbitrary and un- 

7 Edward C. Jeffrey, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. 48: 531-571, pls. 
I-S. 1012. 

8 Alanson Skinner and Max Schrabisch, Bulletin 9, Geol. Surv. N. J. 
Svo pamphlet, pp. 94, with map. Trenton, N. J., 1913. 


116 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


natural political boundaries and have included Staten Island in 
the region explored and described, for the reason that it is “ geo- 
graphically in New Jersey and [was] occupied by New Jersey 
Indians.’’ Chapter I includes a general discussion of the types of 
the localities in which Indian relics have been found, such as 
camp and village sites, shell heaps, cemeteries, rock shelters, 
caches, quarries and trails; characters of the relics—stone, pot- 
tery, bone, shell and metal; and a brief sketch of the history of 
the Indian tribes that inhabited the region, and the traditions con- 
cerning them. The authors are rather non-committal, in their 
references to the so-called paleolithic argillite implements of the 
Trenton gravels; but on p. 20 is a statement that “it is the belief 
of the writer that the argillite culture represents an eastern 
emigration of Algonkin peoples older than the advent of the 
Lenapé, although it would not be altogether surprising if they 
proved to be the earliest wave of the Lenapé themselves.” 

Chapter II deals with a general discussion of the camp sites. 
and rock shelters of Northern New Jersey and Chapter III with 
lists of and notes on the sites in the southern part of the State, 
including Staten Island, and similar notes on those of the north- 
ern part. 

The Staten Island localities are listed on pages 43-45, and 
incidental mention of certain of our local relics may be found 
scattered through the pages of Chapter I. Neither in the text, 
or in the bibliography at the end, however, is there any reference 
to our PROCEEDINGS or to the work of the Association, which 
naturally leads to the inference that other equally interesting and 
important sources of information have been neglected. Inas- 
much, however, as this is stated to be merely a preliminary report 
on the subject, based upon a survey of only some two months’ 
duration, completeness can not be expected. 

The map, on which the various village and camp sites, burial 
grounds, shell heaps, etc., are indicated by suitable signs, is clear 
and shows in a striking and instructive manner the regions of 
greatest aboriginal activity and popularity. 

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Records of Meetings 
REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER I9, 1912 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and forty persons present. 

The minutes of the annual meeting of May 18, 1912, were read and 
approved. 

The committee appointed to award the annual prize in natural science, 
offered by the Association to pupils in Curtis High School, reported to 
the effect that for the year ending in June, 1912, only one essay was sub- 
mitted on the subject announced, “ The Bird Life of Staten Island,” and 
that the prescribed conditions in connection with the same had not been 
complied with. The prize was, therefore, not awarded. No subject for 
the year 1912-13 was suggested. 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


Mr. Howard H. Cleaves gave an account of his recent observations on 
certain Staten Island birds. 

Mr. Davis read a paper on “A Star-Nosed Mole from South Lakewood, 
New Jersey” (see this issue, p. 87). 

Mr. Davis also read a paper on “ A Corn Snake from Lakehurst, New 
Jersey ” (see this issue, p. 89). 

Mr. Alanson Skinner gave an account of his observations on the poi- 
sonous snakes of New Jersey while engaged in investigating Indian camp 
sites and rock shelters, especially mentioning the copperhead, Ancistrodon 
contortrix (Linn). 

Mr. Skinner also gave an account of the significance of the “ medicine 
bag” among the North American Indians, with special reference to its 
use in the Menominee tribe. . 

The meeting then adjourned. 


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REGULAR MEETING, NOVEMBER 16, I9I2 
The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 
President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and fifty-three persons present. 
The minutes of the meeting of October 109, 1912, were read and approved 
as amended. 
At this stage of the proceedings the electric lights suddenly went out. 


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118 STATEN IstaAnD ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The announced illustrated lecture by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, on “ Camp- 
ing in Nova Scotia” had to be omitted by reason of the failure of the 
electric current. 

The president called on Mr. Alanson Skinner, who read and explained 
three stories in manuscript written by an Indian interpreter and trans- 
mitted to him. He then sang several Indian songs and explained their 
origins, purposes and meanings. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 21, I912 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and forty persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of November 16, 1912, were read and 
approved. 

The president announced that the Board of Trustees had approved a 
suggestion to hold an Association dinner on March 25, the anniversary of 
the opening of the museum in its present quarters, and that Dr. John Q. 
Adams, Mr. Charles A. Ingalls and Mr. Charles L. Pollard had been ap- 
pointed a committee to inquire into arrangements and to report either to 
the Board of Trustees or to the Executive Committee. 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


Dr. John Q. Adams delivered the announced lecture of the evening, on 
“Franz Hals, Rembrandt, and Other Guild Painters of Holland.” The 
lecture was illustrated by lantern slides and by a loan exhibit of photo- 
graphic and other reproductions of famous paintings by Dutch masters. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY I8, 1913 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 

First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair and forty-five per- 
sons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of December 21, 1912, were read and 


approved. 
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


Mr. Edward L. Morris, curator of natural history in the Central Mu- 
seum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, delivered the an- 
nounced lecture of the evening, on “ Plant Life in the Desert,” illustrated 
by lantern slides. 

At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Morris 
for his courtesy. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


Recorps oF MEETINGS 119 


REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY I5, 1913 
The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 
President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and fifty persons present. 
The minutes of the meeting of January 18, 1913, were read and approved. 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


Dr. Arthur Hollick delivered the announced lecture of the evening, on 
“Phe Big Trees of California,” illustrated with lantern slides. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, MarcH I5, 1913 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 

First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair and seventy-five per- 
sons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of February 15, 1913, were read and 
approved. 

Mr. Charles L. Pollard, on behalf of the Anniversary Dinner Committee, 
gave an outline of the final details of arrangement for the dinner, to 
be held at Hugot’s, on the evening of March 25. 


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


A collection of Indian relics from Watchogue, recently acquired for the 
museum, was exhibited and described by Mr. Alanson Skinner (see this 
issue, p. 102). 

Mr. Skinner then delivered the announced lecture of the evening, on 
“The Ethnology of the American Indians,” illustrated by lantern slides. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 10, 1913 

The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of March 15, 1913, were read and approved. 

Mr. William T. Davis, on behalf of the Tree Planting Committee, and 
Mr. William G. Willcox, president of the Staten Island Civic League, 
made informal reports of progress. A number of trees, chiefly oriental 
plane, Platanus orientalis, had been planted, and the work was to be ex- 
tended as opportunity afforded. 


ScIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


The announced program for the evening, consisting of a symposium on 
“Museum Extension Work,” was participated in by Mr. Charles L. Pol- 


120 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


lard, on the subject “ The Museum and Boy Scouts” (see this issue, p. 105, 
under the title “Museum Extension Work with Boy Scouts”), and by 
Mr. Howard H. Cleaves on “The Museum Lectures.” Both addresses 
were illustrated by lantern slides. 
A general discussion of methods of museum extension work followed. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


ANNUAL MEETING, May 17, 1913 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyve- 
sant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and eighteen persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of April 19, 1913, were read and approved. 

The annual report of the Board of Trustees, including the report of the 
curator-in-chief, was read and ordered placed on file (see this issue, p. 121). 

The annual report of the Secretary was read and ordered placed on file 
(see this issue, p. 133). . 

The annual report of the Treasurer was read and ordered placed on file 
(see this issue, p. 133). 

The president stated that the next order of business was the election of 
five trustees to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of 
office of William Goodenow Willcox, James Richard Walsh, Stafford 
Clarence Edwards, John Quincy Adams and John De Morgan, and called 
for the report of the committee on nominations. 

The committee, consisting of William H. Mitchill, M. E. Stone and 
William C. Rowland, submitted the names of William G. Willcox, James 
R. Walsh, Stafford C. Edwards and John Q. Adams, to succeed them- 
selves, and Edward Willard Brown in place of John De Morgan, who had 
declined reélection. 

There being no other nominations, the secretary was instructed, on 
motion to that effect, to cast one affirmative ballot for the nominees sub- 
mitted by the committee. 

The secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the president declared 
the nominees elected trustees of the Association for the ensuing three 
years. 

The president addressed the meeting on the subject of some of the 
achievements of science and their value to mankind. 

Mr. George L. Mitchill urged the advisability of establishing a section 
of engineering in the Association. 


ScIENTIFIC PROGRAM 


Mr. E. C. Delavan exhibited serpentine drift bowlders found on Man- 
hattan Island and commented on their significance. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


Annual Reports 


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 


The Board held five stated meetings during the year, as follows: May 
25, October 5, December 7, 1912, February 1 and April 12, 1913; also one 
special meeting June 14, 1912. During the intervals between the meetings 
of the Board the Executive Committee met when necessary and transacted 
all ad interim business; and at the meetings of the Association the social 
features were admirably looked after by the Women’s Auxiliary Com- 
mittee, to whom the thanks of the Board are hereby tendered on behalf 
of the Association. 

At the annual meeting of the Board on May 25 the officers of the pre- 
ceding year were unanimously reélected as follows: President, Howard 
Randolph Bayne; First Vice-President, William Thompson Davis; Second 
Vice-President, William Hinman Mitchill; Treasurer, Charles Arthur 
Ingalls; Secretary, Arthur Hollick. 

The following active members were elected during the year: Mr. Court- 
land V. Anable, New Brighton; Miss Bessie E. Davis, New Brighton; 
Miss Theodora Lins, New Brighton; Mrs. F. Winthrop White, New 
Brighton; Miss C. C. Mase, New Brighton; Mr. John May, New Brighton; 
Mrs. John May, New Brighton; Mr. Guy Pene Du Bois, West New 
Brighton; Mr. Edgar L. Benjamin, Port Richmond; Dr. Sidney G. Carney, 
Tompkinsville; Mr. Wm. C. Rowland, Stapleton; Dr. H. G. Steinmeyer, 
Stapleton; Mr. Henry A. Tabb, Arrochar; Mr. Frederick Marshall, Great 
Kills; Mrs. Percival G. Ullman, Huguenot Park; Mr. Ernest Shoemaker, 
Brooklyn. 

Mr. Shoemaker qualified as a life member. 

The following budget estimate for the year 1914 was submitted to the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 


SMELL CMM cen crete Palos eer tae ales eoset ite cevaleraterateos eve aivabenatectters $7,270.00 
Supplies and materials eaves Aveiro NS VE Es SEE ee Si 178.50 
INepaiicntOniMLenlOn (One MOUSCMe yet sess cue alee une eee 50.00 
FELT meee Pe ayer Up Ea nN Cerrar rc a. Lease cate aig nfaveratere: 6 hates 130.00 
VSTi all GMM Teer oe racer iis Teint a eieraueieiereielevavgiecalere woe tats 1,500.00 
Pa ioinl CMM tae aye Sule eeTee torent tite rela ss oc lee ahd ae Paid sie) e-es > 120.00 
MRCP ING m nae slere cis otto la etateiatartlat < otal aia) a/ahes ele lelalereielinle (tie) « 50.00 
SP MGIMCCICLOS emcee ciple meen aot lee adiee elec ane eee 90.00 
uCeGIMIE TIEN ATL CennEUTIIS: 1g cata ete craleve aiein elalctalayalls elses e's « «ch 523.50 

$9,912.00 


This was reduced to $9,335 by the Board and was finally adopted and 
apportioned as follows: 


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122 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Code No. Title. Amount. 
2189 Sgileines, incetilleur CMOS ccccscscasasocascas $6,840.00 
2190 MuelSsip plese eee e cee aa Rear ee 130.00 
2101 Office asup plies: $0. 6e ey cnr peter eran ae ce Te 107.00 
2192 General pllamic smypplieS saccosccccocndcenooosens 67.50 
2193 General plantareqcnipiie nts ee eer 444.50 
2104 General remaincyerd: sai cmcars eee et eke 50.00 
21905 Divoire keer, ee aeravcners he Ce A RE eM ewe 100.00 
2190 Cali Falher pace tence Blaha RE ee PN af 5.00 
2107 EXP EESCA Cues eR apa cea eat eat EAT EE TIS 10.00 
21908 Rete omen yc gets sey avatar iaiey oe A eee eee 48.00 
2199 WOmtIMGenClesm pik coke Pe eee Ee ee 33.00 
2200 SFROTUERG Sager ntarszecettea tar oh ay Sista yen ANS ah ee CSE ee a I,500.00 

$9,335.00 


In March, 1913, formal application was made to the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment for an issue of corporate stock in the sum of $2,000 
to defray the cost of plans for a new museum building, to be located upon 
the plot bounded by Stuyvesant Place, Jay Street, Wall Street and Ham- 
ilton Avenue, now owned by the city. This application is still pending. 

The following changes in the museum staff were made during the year: 

On account of illness Mr. D. M. Van Name, museum guard, was granted 
indefinite leave of absence without pay, from August 1, 1912, and Mr. 
George Elliott was appointed to serve ad interim. At the close of the 
year, Mr. D. M. Van Name being still unable to return to the museum, he 
was made an honorary associate of the museum in recognition of his 
faithful services, and Mr. Elliott’s appointment was made permanent from 
January I. On the same date Mr. George W. Pero was appointed second 
museum guard, the new position having been created in the 1913 budget. 
A readjustment of the hours of service of the operative staff was then 
effected, looking to greater efficiency. On December 7, 1912, Mr. Alanson 
Skinner was appointed honorary curator of the department of anthro- 
pology and archeology. 

The use of the assembly hall in the museum for public meetings of other 
civic organizations has been permitted by the Board under certain restric- 
tions. The regular meetings of the Executive Committee of the Women 
Teachers’ Club and of the Richmond branch of the New York City Visit- 
ing Committee are held here. The Board also granted permission to the 
First St. George Troop of Boy Scouts, of which the curator-in-chief is 
scoutmaster, to meet in this room. On May 24, 1912, a meeting was held 
for the organization of the Richmond branch of the Agricultural Educa- 
tion Association, and on May 13, 1913, one for the organization of a local 
branch of the Consumers’ League. 

On June 8, 1912, the members of the American Association of Museums, 
which had just concluded its annual convention in New York City, were 
entertained by the Association. About thirty delegates were taken on a 


ANNUAL REPORTS 123 


motor trip around the island and afterward visited the museum where 
refreshments were served. 

A dinner of the Association was held on March 25, 1913, the second 
anniversary of the opening of the present building to the public. Ninety- 
seven members and guests were in attendance. 

The Publication Committee issued Parts I and 2 of Volume IV of the 
Proceedings, carrying our records down to the close of the last fiscal year. 
The Museum Bulletin was issued each month during the year and proved 
an invaluable medium for the publication of official announcements and 
items of general interest concerning the museum exhibits. A new descrip- 
tive circular was prepared under the direction of the Board, giving the 
history of the Association and statistics of the museum; this is distributed 
free of charge to persons interested. 

From the appended report of the curator-in-chief the following excerpts 
of general interest to members of the Association are taken: 


Museum ATTENDANCE RECORD, 1912-1913 


VM aieiire rt Sieviite: Sieve devef seus 602 IN@WEMDSE diceoogosve 1,175 
AMC ree teatro wie tties 661 Wecembene sree oat 868 
Alitillvagucrasctetees.c.avee as acete 501 Samibatnycasevasine cherie ss ete 
ANGST EW at rie tear 805 ebmitatva scene ascii 1,010 
Seuss Gancdennooc 570 iain chit, mace conesctonem ees 1,02 
Octoberros cn sca. ede) ATi he regen comets 847 
PIN CREME Ch VICA TaN OS aioe eens fia sicne Sica ares clerel ets,» Senate accne ete siete 10,448 


This is an increase of 530 over the last fiscal year. 


Lectufe Courses 


Primary course—3 lectures. Total attendance—156, or an average of 52. 

Grade course—19 lectures. Total attendance—1,030, or an average of 54. 

Four lectures of a proposed high school course were given, but the 
attendance did not warrant their continuance. 


ACCESSIONS 


The following is an enumeration of accessions received: 


ID ENagciMente© fer AOOlOOwe sevebeerristi stasis <1oxer elec ste cave «accu since = 2 4,402 
POEs pea GRAN, Om EXOLATLY Wis ware rapmeaereisp tcc sete oi CG acta ieee eyaeos a ee 8» 1,508 
Department of Geology and Mineralogy .................. 70 
Department of Anthropology and Archeology ............. 205 
DWepaguinentinoteAGtsmanGd vAttiGIittes! oar. aeace ys ec ace« see © 48 
Department of Books, Maps and Photographs ............ 380 
IVES nl Ont SRMaure Beary foe Aiea t ePyeyaials tis) sid sila gi x ahs 4.8. ofe!es. blero is 14 


MotalminieallindepantimentSws sem sjotie. coeur esis + ee eacie ae 6,786 


124 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Among the most important of these are 53 reptiles and batrachians from 
Frank Watson; Indian implements and Revolutionary relics from Alanson 
Skinner, William T. Davis, and the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory; 1,065 mounted plants from Charles Humphrey, and many bound 
and unbound books from Hon. Howard R. Bayne, Hon. Ralph McKee, 
ie igibtiseandsothers: 

A highly successful loan exhibit of paintings was displayed in the mu- 
seum from March 15 to April 15, 1913, consisting chiefly of water colors 
and pastels, the work of well-known local artists. A similar exhibit on a 
much larger scale will be opened in this room next week. 

Further details in connection with the activities of the museum may be 
obtained from the appended report of the curator-in-chief to the Board 
of Trustees, which will be submitted to the Board at its annual meeting 
on May 24. 


REPORT OF THE CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 
To THE BoArRD oF TRUSTEES, 
STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 

Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith my sixth annual report 
as curator-in-chief, for the fiscal year ending May 17, 10913. 

While the growth of the museum, as measured by the list of accessions 
and the record of attendance, has not been as marked as during the fiscal 
year IQI1I-1912, there are many indications that it has gained in prestige 
and influence among our people as an educational institution. The various 
activities have been strengthened and extended, and the work of the 
museum has commanded the respect and won the continued support of 
the municipal administration. 

oO 
Museum EXHIBITS 


Removal of the large mantel and mirror in the lower hall gave oppor- 
tunity for the placing of two large cases to contain part of the MacDonald 
collection of antique ceramics. Two square glass cases were added to our 
equipment, one containing the model of the Billopp house and the other a 
life group of the downy woodpecker. Some minor changes have been 
made in the biological and ethnological exhibits. 

A loan collection of paintings was installed in one of the lower rooms 
on March 15 and was open for one month. A much larger exhibition is 
now being prepared for display in the assembly hall, and will remain on 
view during the summer. 

Alterations and repairs to the stable, converting it into a museum annex, 
were completed in September, at a total cost of $414.11. Of the balance 
remaining from the appropriation of $500 for this purpose, $80 was trans- 
ferred to the fuel account by permission of the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment. When the annex was ready for use all the mineralogical 
study collections were moved into it, leaving considerably more space in 
the museum available for exhibition purposes. 


ANNUAL REPORTS 125 


Metal insect-proof cases have been obtained for the study collection of 
birds and birds’ eggs, which are now systematically arranged; and more 
recently for the herbarium, which will be installed therein during the com- 
ing summer. 


LIBRARY 


Accessions to the library have included the usual number of exchanges, 
a list of which is appended, and many gifts of official reports and volumes 
relating to civics from the president of the Association. 

It is hoped to complete arrangements during the summer for binding 
sets of the more important periodicals, as already authorized by the 
Board. There is a Library Fund of $84.75 available for this purpose. 


ATTENDANCE 


Following is a tabular statement of the attendance record for the year, 
exclusive of lectures: 


Month Visitors Daily average 
Mieny TOUZ wees Ra Re rer eee shen c iavasnai GOZ Re ee iin stetotele 22 
Witicle Mme etch eeats clare oVs is ie apneic GOT Reon saeco 26 
RI tain tees oe shalt’ farsa) ore scaietesete QU one aia tetra 22 
PACT eS tara che toes eos lfeicvarckese re raise oS ROE rage getok, saps ce eaters 30 
Sepiem Det weak nte-colaccint> «clase = BOLE Searle teen ass 23 
QO CLOM CIP es Meee etic citer neler averste's DRDO oye rece epace tree 2 
INO ict tensors acl uereinel orate BAIS eae tars ofe Siesta 45 
IDEGET NE? “God dbooeobooodpobompobede SOC ene aie or nine 38 
Smeterevtayes SLOUS) «oars acters eres = aie ries EUs Har ke cts core eteta ee eto ets 43 
IVE SG ITaayaeraiage nicte ore, oe ie, ste cte) answoealoneles* TOG ater Siresicrners ees es 42 
Wicca hectic nares tere evar TOD be tone ciate Aces sie 39 
PR enror tren ters hota levet re eke} o.e 5:3) CATE aes emt te acer: 32 
alnaytiaUamer ney oky-t or cet stern chelates iene te ois ars 10,448 Monthly average 871 


Highest attendance 172, on February 28, 1913; lowest 5, on May 6, 1912. 

Approximately 65 of our members have visited the museum during the 
year at other times than at the monthly meetings. This fact is of interest 
in view of the assertion recently made by an anonymous correspondent of 
the Staten Islander that the bulk of the attendance is made up of members. 

Among distinguished visitors from a distance may be noted Dr. T. S. 
Palmer, ornithologist and assistant chief of the U. S. Biological Survey ; 
Dr. Forbes, entomologist from Cambridge; Professor Tyler, of Columbia 
University, and Miss Draper, Librarian of the Children’s Museum. 

Several classes and teachers have visited the museum, as follows: Port 
Richmond, teacher and 10 children; P. S. 20, teacher and 15 children; 
P. S. 16, teacher and 8 children; P. S. 7, N. Y. City, teacher and 14 chil- 
dren; Staten Island Academy, teacher and 14 children. 


126 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 





ACCESSIONS 
Department of Zoology 

Binds Mmests wegecierae late eth in abies hee none ne QI 

Miasrrairaaraal ig 4s ster ste ea ap oe ta spice loge oor eee esse ea cae T5 

Isthis Cts iss oie coh eee acchisoaeo wears ace ere 4,159 

Reptilessandsbatrachians) eee eee rer 50 

Shells ss ee ctw, PRS ae Te ge Mi arc eee oe 156 

QHIME TWAYSHHADIAES scoosccoscdacccno cod on0KbebnDS 12 
4,492 
Department vote Sotanyaeee cee ein ER Gre or arioe i: 1,508 
IDeparianent Or Geollosar amel WMbinerallosy coccocccoccc00cce 70 
Department of Anthropology and Archeology ............ 265 
Depargitie rn Ero rey Ataccma nid ae Nate C)CseS meee ener ieee 48 
Department of Books, Maps and Photographs ........... 380 
Mis cellameoisisis Seles arsine oo ars eran RO ero Se CES 14 
STR teal ea) ae eS le Ag A Ne ae aie Peg ne 6,786 


These were comprised in 137 accessions, of which I10 were gifts, 13 
exchanges, 12 collected for the museum, and 2 purchased. The list of 


contributors is as follows: 


Nip botten Ca: 

Achilles, Louis 

Allen, E. Chesley 

Amer. Museum of Natural History 
Angell, J. W. 

Aubry, Harold 


Bainbridge, Mrs. 

Barrett, Miss Laura 

Bayne, Howard R. 

Benedict, Charles P. 

Bevin, N. P. 

Bloemstrom, Carl 

Brick, Samuel, Jr. 

Brooklyn Public Library 

Buffalo Society of Natural History 


Carnegie Institute 
Clark, Mrs. Hobart 
Cleaves, Howard H. 
(Caos, INS J. 
Cushman, Duncan 


Davis, William T. 


Decker, Harold K. 
De Morgan, John 


Dixon, Mrs. E. N. 

Doll, Jacob 

Dow, R. P. 

Durning Lawrence, Sir Edward 


Forsyth, Alexander 
Fratello, Serafino 
Fulda, O. 


Geoffroy, O. P. 
Grae, Michael 
Grant, W. W. 
Grant, Mrs. W. W. 


Herman, Peter 
Hillyer, J. Blake 
Hillyer, J. Blake, 3d 
Hirsch, Jacob 
Hollick, Arthur 
lOTtoneelslem Cx 
Humphrey, Charles 


Janet, Charles 
Joy, Mrs. Henry DeWitt 
Judson, Edmund 


Kipper, Carles 


Light, Alexander 


ANNUAL REPORTS 


McKee, Ralph Skinner, Alanson 


McQuillan, Edward 


Skrzyneki, G. A. 


Mulligan, Owen om, is J. 

a ake Standerwick, Wm. 
Municipal Art Commission S M.E 
Murrill, W. A. LONG ae 
Noble, G. K. Tollett, Miss Frances M. 
Olsen, C. E. Sista Tish le eles 


Pecker, Louis 


Pollard, Charles Louis 


Pollard, Mrs. Edwin R. Van Name, D. M. 
Quinlan, Wm. J. Wallace, Mrs. Henry E. 
Rader, John Walsh, Mrs. James R. 
Robinson, Wirt Watson, Frank 


Wheeler, Raymond 


Salzman, J. W. Wincapaw, Leland 
Saunders, Whitman Noodie \prahamn 
Schaeffer, Charles Wort, John 
Schnakenberg, H. E. 

Shoemaker, Ernest Young, Sidney 


CHILDREN’S LECTURES 


127, 


Shaw, Robert G., Post, G. A. R. 


U. S. Department of the Interior 


Twenty-five afternoon lectures were given in five different courses, as 


follows: 


Date, 1912 
Oct. 25 
Nov. I 
8 
15 
18 
22 
29 
Dec. 2 
6 
13 
16 
19 
1933 
Jan. 10 
13 
17 
20 
24 
27 
ait 


Subject Lecturer Attendance 
How Birds are Studied and Classified. Mr. Cleaves ....... 102 
iil Sano feteah Vcore init sste (tise ays oh eedaccer « as Wate Resets ct 56 
Wraterrandm Shore indies eee ec Siac aR gee 66 
Gallinaceousm binds eeeeeee cere acces os Se RRS ot fee 51 
Camping in) Nova Scotia ...22...6... ig Se eo ect uy 
FACHO MIMO PETES Males re kk. aston < st vos ial abet dare 45 
Sonne Iriel Noues emal (CAINS so5egcece- Sessile ee 27 
Five Weeks at Juan Vinas, Costa Rica. Mr. C. H. Rogers.. 17 
Binds. Usetulito eMlaniiyeecien «sian sos Mr sGleavies) cn v.60 61 
Ectin Gta» Sid Stns ae tire scisra cc sics esteeis. 6 PPR Ras Nat Win: ot 36 
PROS. Tn (Cre Gs acodoceannaeobaene Mr. Dwight Franklin 15 
Band Siathiat ALO PESTS mit net ceva lele oie Mir @ leaves) ac a2. 15 
Earthquakes and Volcanoes ......... IDye, ISIOMMNCK Soackac 44 
iGeesnoteotatenslslandseitas se eise es Wissmbollande. +. sk 30 
IR@ES ehaal (doer IPOS Sooeouondac Dee ollicke eee 45 
NEC Car AmiTTIall Se syeta\ ccs xeStencrcie oe etehie eas Whies etolleneGl oo sen. 66 
Rivessmand: thet VWOtki cscs ssaccees Miran @leaveswnas ee 33 
NTIIMAISMOLe EMer UNSLE: wees css. Miss Pollarde.ad-: 51 
Shore Line and Wave Action ....... lie, CUECATES. so58o oc 31 


128 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Feb. 3 Through Northeastern Corea ........ Mr. R. C. Andrews 40 
7 Indians of Yesterday and. Today ....Miss M. D: Wee ..: 25 
14 Early Days on Manhattan Island .... e Louse 
21 Weike or George VVashinetonmeneeerres os Bae 71 
28 Important Battles of the Revolution- 
ary War’. serene eer ere ea ip CaS 
Wien 7 (Ohiclee Simei Sirig—aie ieincl 55555¢ Rey. L. M. Greenman 50 


14 Life in Syria—the People .......... Rev.L.M.Greenman 68 
Total for the courses 





UNDA Bice eRe ARE otc ee Ct aa 1,275 


The Monday afternoon High School lectures were discontinued after 
the third lecture, owing to insufficient attendance. Summing up the re- 
sults, the Friday lectures may be considered an established institution, at 
which a fairly good attendance is always assured; that high school lec- 
tures will hardly prove successful without the codperation of the teachers 
and of the Board of Education; and that the primary lectures should be 
increased in number. The most effective extension of our lecture work 
would be the giving of one or more courses in schools at remote points on 
the island. With our present staff and income, however, this is hardly 
practicable. 


HovusE AND GROUNDS 


The buildings are greatly in need of repainting, and I recommend that 
the owner be officially requested to attend to this work during the summer 
or fall. The front gate and adjacent masonry are also in bad condition. 

The garden was prepared for planting by the Boy Scouts of the museum 
troop, to which reference has been made in my quarterly reports. An 
appropriation of $5 was made by the Board for the purchase of flower 
seeds, and the grounds are expected to present an attractive appearance 
during the summer. 


THe Museum STAFF 


As stated in the annual report of the Board, Mr. George W. Elliott, who 
had been acting museum guard since August 5, 1912, was given a perma- 
nent appointment January 1, 1913, on which date also Mr. George Pero 
was appointed as the other museum guard. Mr. David M. Van Name 
became Honorary Associate of the museum, and Mr. Skinner was advanced 
to the curatorship of the Department of Anthropology and Archeology. 

The time of the curator-in-chief has been devoted almost wholly to 
administrative and routine duties, including the preparation of budget. 
accounts, inventories of the city property, etc. It has become evident that 
with the increase in the clerical work of the Association, owing to its 
many activities, the need for a salaried employee who shall act as a clerk 
to the Secretary and the Board is more and more pressing. The employ- 
ment of such a clerk would relieve the museum staff of a large amount 


ANNUAL REPORTS 129 


of purely routine work for the Association, and would enable the curator- 
in-chief to devote his entire time and energies to increasing the efficiency 
of the museum as a public institution. 

The following synopsis of the general work performed in the museum 
may be of interest to the Board. 

1. Educational—Two or more lectures weekly during the fall and win- 
ter season, involving careful preparation by study of books and specimens. 
Instruction given to high school and other students, chiefly in ornithology. 
Information on all branches of natural history for visitors. Photographs 
of children, live animals, etc. 

A large part of this work is done by Mr. Cleaves, although much atten- 
tion is also given to visitors by Miss Pollard and myself. 

2. Curatorial——Mounting, labeling’and determination of about 5,000 spec- 
imens annually, Mr. Pollard; taxidermy, for birds and mammals, Mr. 
Cleaves; cataloguing of all museum specimens, Miss Pollard. Selection 
and arrangement of material for exhibition, by all members of the admin- 
istrative staff. 

3. Mechanical—Building of cases, supports, stands, cages, etc., is largely 
done in the museum workshop by Mr. Cleaves and myself. Printing of 
labels is also done on our own press. 

4. Clerical—During the past year Miss Pollard has completed the cata- 
loguing of the original herbarium belonging to the Association, 8,787 
sheets; has added 3,659 cards to the museum catalogue; has written 722 
letters, labels and miscellaneous cards; listed and filed 403 exchanges; 
and bound 59 pamphlets. This work is wholly museum work; for the 
Association she has addressed 5,138 envelopes and 590 postal cards, and 
has written 105 letters and 171 miscellaneous notices. 

5. Bookkeeping—The monthly payroll vouchers and checks are made 
out by Mr. Cleaves; the other accounts are handled by Mr. Pollard. These 
consist of payroll vouchers and voucher schedules; the monthly summary 
of invoices; the appropriation ledger, general ledger and journal; the 
balance sheet, monthly statement and monthly synopsis; the museum 
voucher schedules and museum order book, the latter kept by Miss Pollard. 

During the winter a complete inventory of city property in the museum 
was prepared and has since been supplemented with lists of supplies 
consumed. 

The above is a synopsis of the continuous routine work of the museum. 
To this must be added the preparations necessary for all meetings and 
special functions; the attention and supervision by Mr. Cleaves and myself 
to the Boy Scouts; and the time spent in receiving business communica- 
tions and visitors in general, also in supervising and laying out the work 
of the janitor. I have thought this synopsis might be of interest as sev- 
eral members of the Board have at times expressed to me the wish to 
know of what the museum work consisted. 

As we have nearly reached the limit of capacity in our present building, 


130 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


I have no special recommendations to offer for the coming year. I hope 
to enlarge and improve upon the lecture courses to be offered, and expect 
to hold a conference shortly with the new principal of the Curtis High 
School. 

Following the precedent of last year, the budget estimates, as soon as 
they are prepared, will be laid before a special meeting of the Board to be 
called to consider them. 

Respectfully submitted, 
CHARLES LouIs POLLARD, 
Curator-in-chief. 


APPENDIX 
List of institutions from which publications were received as exchanges 
during the year 
New York City 


Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences 
Central Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 
Columbia University 
New York Academy of Sciences 
New York Botanical Garden 
New York Public Library 
Torrey Botanical Club 
United States 


California 


California Academy of Sciences 
University of California 
Colorado 
Colorado College Library 
Colorado Scientific Society 
Connecticut 


Connecticut State Library 
Yale University 
District of Columbia 

Smithsonian Institution 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
U. S. Geological Survey 

Illinois 
Augustana College and Theological Seminary 
Chicago Academy of Sciences 
Field Museum 
John Crerar Library 
University of Illinois 

Iowa 
Davenport Academy of Sciences 
Towa Academy of Science 


ANNUAL REPORTS 131 


Kansas 
Kansas Academy of Science 
University of Kansas 

Massachusetts 

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 
Boston Society of Natural History 
Tufts College 

Michigan 
University Museum Michigan Academy of Science 


Minnesota 
St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences 


Missouri 
Academy of Science of St. Louis 
Missouri Botanical Garden 
Public Library of St. Louis 
University of Missouri 

Montana 
University of Montana 

North Carolina 

Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 


New York 


Rochester Academy of Science 
University of the State of New York 


Ohio 
Cincinnati Society of Natural History 
Geological Survey of Ohio 
Lloyd Library 
Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society 
Wilson Ornithological Club 


Pennsylvania 
Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art 
Pennsylvania State Museum 
Warren Academy of Sciences 


Rhode Island 
Roger Williams Park Museum 


South Carolina 
Charleston Museum 
Vermont 


University of Vermont 


132 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Wisconsin 


Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 


Foreign 
Canada and British Columbia 
Canadian Entomologist 
Geological Survey of Canada 
- McGill University 
Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club 
Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba 
Natural History Society of New Brunswick 
Nova Scotian Institute of Science 
Provincial Museum of Victoria, B. C. 


Bohemia 
Societas Entomologica Bohemiae 


Brazil 


Sociedade Scientifica de Sao Paulo 


Costa Rica 
Museo Nacional 
Finland 


Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 


Germany 


Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinschen Akademie der Naturforscher 
Oberhessischen Gesellschaft fur Natur und Heilkunde 


Ireland 
Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club 


Japan 
Sapporo Natural History Society 


Mexico 
Instituto Geologico de Mexico 


Scotland 
Natural History Society of Glasgow 

Sweden 
Royal University 

Uruguay 


Museo Nacional de Montevideo 


ANNUAL REPORTS Pn eals3.3 


Three new exchanges were added during the year, as follows: Bulletin 
of the Charleston Museum; Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of 
Arts and Sciences, received through Yale University; and the yearly 
reports of the Provincial Museum, Victoria, B. C. 


REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 


The Association has held eight regular meetings, including the annual 
meeting, with an average attendance of 47 persons at each meeting, a slight 
decrease from the figures of last year. The largest attendance was at the 
meeting of March 15, 1913, when Mr. Alanson Skinner gave a lecture on 
“The Ethnology of the American Indian.” 

During the year 17 new members were elected, 7 resigned, 10 were 
dropped from the rolls and 8 have died,! leaving the total membership at 
date as follows: 


AGRE 160K Mn DOS soln cin Gh otro POOR AUC ae eGo 288 
Connrespordines membersm crac oslo coe ci see cio ose 4 
ihe MITT GIMME Stree eae reese Steere ae eres eo eee ate 4 
FLONOKAGVAIT ETH DERGM 5s seat chic. cine heedc sieve tavercistdls aettevel stain nls 2 
Fixe Oil CLO PATI ETTU CIs Os, c/eyo sea here here ake, Sora ihenacaleta el eiataraveleislele er 
RAEI GRR hare aresEa 5 Tansee BiE a ate eri Dis aie Ge OM eee easton 10 

309 


The secretary of the Association, Dr. Arthur Hollick, was absent in 
Washington from October to January and since March I. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. Q. ApDams, 
Acting Secretary. 


REPORT OF THE TREASURER 


INCOME 
Balen cerataccterote asteciiiiitte lam epOrtite reer erareeiels isis ctelsts ciel cieie (ote! $ 330.68 
Sill CEwEC CEMVEC et OM ACES a petcroie viele: ise ove eretershate evevalele ret eVeiein'e 6. sche 717.00 
Soles aor nee EO GEC UN OG ia eee egteeistaiaia ists ca lets ucla cfenaleitie Ae eiarel ee, wei0-s 42.75 
SASS M OMS DC CLIN ELIS mer terrae te tete otis olsis clas tole ee cea tice size rouse a seco)» 10.00 
Bite w LCM MeIMMEESILDN Heer eyyaae cic clnisiela Gaia srefsicatd.clele ere sieielas see's 50.00 
Subscriptions to entertainment, American Association of Museums 13.00 
STHSCHIP MOIS ae NSSOCIALIONMGINN Ctr aan secidcyertecicicin cs cicter<cicieis- «12 186.00 
MMiisc claile@tsn (KELUMG GN GLC) 1 alereicters cls «she nisieta + 2 clajeye, wisiec'e bose cece 66.74 
ISAT Sat eed rea a ons Ae eter ate She tev averse ilo ale Sévatecers. Grad 6 gie’s ele. 1,800.00 
Marenestlonesavings bank GEPOSITG cecwlencees se vacccsecccseceee 5.40 


$3,230.57 


1 David H. Cortelyou, Louis De Jonge, Jr., Thomas A. Fulton, Ernest 
Heineman, John J. Kenney, Emil F. Kipper, William MacDonald, Harry 
F. Towle. 


134 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


DISBURSEMENTS 

Soha xnondses, (AGMIMEIENINE) oonccoraceksuacdauoaocaccoas $ 317.84 
SHEOINCeHOLGKOIAS) WEY NSMIOGICIIS Go cacccsoconsooaadaocsanacsesonove: 9.50 
Purchase-.of: books: scot Wee eee ee ene a 5.25 
Printing Proceedings: te ee eee ene or cee on eee 244.85 
Expenses, entertainment, American Association of Museums .... 14.81 
ExpensesqtAcsociahonmcinnene aaree eerie ee a aes 210.18 
Dues returned  paideinmen,opeeeee eee ee ee eee 12.00 
INGtES Jpaid took. et ater eee eee Ra Sa NLS SU 2,050.00 
IbarSrese Amal CiGCOWI Oi MOVES oscccdonscccoccascenenoocesooces 30.08 
$2,903.51 

Bralari@ estima aracl ee eeees sews te coe ch nen iy as eco 2 eae aes 327.06 


The above does not include the accounting in connection with the New 
York City budget appropriations ($9,000 for the year 1912 and $0,335 for 
the year 1913) for the maintenance of the museum and the payment of 
salaries of the museum staff and other employees, which is transacted 
through the medium of the Department of Finance, according to forms 
and methods prescribed by the Department. 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF BIOLOGY 
The recorder presented, as a report, the proceedings of the section, as 


follows: 
DECEMBER II, I912 


A meeting was held on the above date in the trustees’ room in the mu- 
seum, with the chairman, Mr. William T. Davis, presiding, and the follow- 
ing members present: Charles W. Leng, Alanson Skinner, Charles P. 
Benedict, Stafford C. Edwards, Charles L. Pollard, John A. Grossbeck 
and Howard H. Cleaves. ; 

The minutes of the meeting of January 24 and May 28, 1912, were read 
and approved. 

Mr. Alanson Skinner read by title a paper on “Indian Camp or Village 
Sites in the Southern Part of Staten Island and Adjacent Parts of New 
Jersey” (see this issue, p. 90). : 

Mr. Charles W. Leng exhibited specimens of several species of weevils 
(Ballaninus) which feed on acorns and the nuts of the beech, chestnut, 
hazel and hickory, and commented on their life history, stating that a 
paper on the subject was in course of preparation which would: be sub- 
mitted for publication later on. 

Mr. Charles P. Benedict stated that his sister, Mrs. James B. Burkman, 
and her son, Everett, had reported having seen an albino gray squirrel 
on the Benedict estate, Manor Road, West New Brighton, about the 
middle of October, 1912. This is supposed to be the same animal in 
regard to which more or less satisfactory reports had been received by 


ANNUAL REPpoRTS 135 


members of the museum staff from other sources, inasmuch as all the 
reports referred to the same vicinity. 

Mr. Charles L. Pollard showed a box of Diptera belonging to the 
museum, the specimens in which had recently been identified and named 
by Mr. Charles W. Johnson, of the Boston Society of Natural History, 
who wrote that the collection included some excellent specimens. 

Mr. Stafford C. Edwards gave an account of his experiences while on 
a visit to California, principally in Humbolt Co., from August to Novem- 
ber, 1912. Specimens collected were mostly fungi. A number of photo- 
graphs taken on the trip and lantern slides made from them were shown. 
Bears were stated to be not uncommon and deer plentiful. The hides of 
the latter are not permitted, by law, to be shipped outside of the State, 
and at many of the ranches quantities of the hides were going to waste. 

Mr. William T. Davis read the following papers: “ The Seventeen Year 
Cicada on Staten Island in 1912 (see this issue, p. 99), “ The Allegheny 
Cave Rat at West Point, N. Y.” (see this issue, p. 100), and exhibited 
specimens of seventeen year cicadas secured on the island in 1912; also 
the skins of three cave rats and a red-backed mouse, with examples of 
the food of the cave rat. 

May 12, 1913 


The annual meeting of the section was held on the above date in the 
library of the museum, with the chairman, Mr. William T. Davis, pre- 
siding, and the following members present: Charles W. Leng, John A. 
Grossbeck and Howard H. Cleaves. 

The minutes of the meeting of December I1, 1912, were read and ap- 
proved, as amended. 

The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: chair- 
man, Charles W. Leng; recorder, Howard H. Cleaves. 

Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a large fungus from the farm of 
Howard R. Bayne at East Jewett, Catskill Mountains. The specimen 
had been observed during a period of some eight or nine years on an 
upright trunk of a sugar maple tree. Within the past three or four years 
the tree had fallen to the ground and the fungus had continued to grow 
in its new position, with the result that annual additions were made at 
right angles to the original growth in the effort of the fungus to maintain 
a horizontal position. 

Mr. Davis read a paper, illustrated by photographs, acorns and leafy 
twigs, on “Additional Facts Concerning the Hybrid Oak, Quercus nana 
< Quercus marylandica (= Q. Brittoni Davis)” (see this issue, p. 110). 

Mr. Davis also called attention to a pamphlet issued by the Bureau of 
Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, by W. H. Long, on 
damage by forest fires. 

Mr. John A. Grossbeck exhibited specimens of Schizura apicaulis G, & 
R., Cleora takenaria Pears., and Selidosema humarium Gr., taken respec- 
tively at Clove Valley, August 12, 1912, New Brighton, July 27, 1911, and 


136 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Clove Valley, April 25, 1913. The first two are records additional to Mr. 
Davis’ lists of the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island.1 The last named 
species is recorded by Mr. Davis and hence this is merely an additional 
noteworthy record. 

Mr. Grossbeck also showed specimens of male and female Tropea luna 
form rubromarginata Davis, captured in Clove Valley, April 26 (female) 
and May 5 (male), 1913, and mentioned the insensible gradations of this 
form into the typical T. Juna with greenish or very pale brown outer mar- 
gins, which also emerges from hibernating cocoons, but later in the season. 

Mr. Howard H. Cleaves remarked upon the early mating of a pair of 
killdeers, Oxyachus vociferus Linn., at Princes Bay, the young having 
been found by him, two or three days old, on May 4, 1913, indicating that 
the eggs must have been laid before the middle of April. 

Howarp H. CLEAVES, 
Recorder. 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF ART 


The Section of Art held one meeting, on April 11, 1913, when the follow- 
ing officers were elected: J. Q. Adams, chairman; Frederick Marshall, 
vice-chairman; Agnes L. Pollard, recorder. 

At this meeting the following members were appointed by the chairman 
to serve as a committee on art loan exhibits during the year 1913-1914: 
Mrs. Robert W. Gardner, chairman; Mrs. J. Q. Adams, Mrs. C. P. Bene- 
dict, Mrs. George R. Boynton, Mrs. C. H. Brown, Miss S. Gertrude Clark, 
Mr. Guy Pene du Bois, Mrs. T. Livingstone Kennedy, Miss Lucy J. Kip- 
per, Mr. Frederick Marschall, Miss Edith M. Pollard, Mrs. F. Winthrop 
White, Mrs. Park J. White, Mrs. William G. Willcox, Miss Annie F. 
Wood. This committee held several meetings during the season and ar- 
ranged an exhibit of 26 paintings, largely water colors and pastels, to which 
various Staten Island artists, and a few from outside the island, contrib- 
uted. The exhibit was installed March 15 and continued until April 21, 1913. 

The December meeting of the Association was under the charge of the 
Section, the speaker being Dr. J. Q. Adams, and his subject “ Franz Hals, 
Rembrandt, and other guild painters of Holland,” illustrated by lantern 
slides; and on December 28, 1912, a special blackboard lecture was given 
to the members of the Section and the Association by Miss Helen E. 
Cleaves, assistant supervisor of drawing in the Boston public schools. 

J. Q. ADAMS, 
Chairman. 


1Proc. Staten Isl. Assoc. Arts and Sci. 3: 1-30, 1909; 4: 4, 5, 1912. 


INDEX 


PETERS SAND. SUBJECTS 


PAGE 
Additional Facts Concerning the Hybrid Oaks Quercus nana x 
Ouctcusmimanylandicars (@.) Britto Davis) -. seas eee cele 110 
Administration ‘ 
PNIEE GATIONS MEOMSUADI Commi calcram ee sini Nicer ak oles alauae spaeenaneiavers 70, 80, 124 
IB SebmeStiinta te gp ay tess se ene aero 2 0) Ae oe Suse sege eaten 70}; WAR 
Electionseomepatrotsmancuamembense esc sc ccc sciee cccisoemeie a 70, 121 
ISSHIERORECORPONAtE StOCK ap plieda LOT \enmewis learns eee ee eee 122 
Allegheny Cave Rat at West Point, New York, The...............-- 100 
Announcements 
SPARS SO CALEY LMA CESIIVG Gates ho, oh frcere Besa sis ed wid, 2 sister yn is etehe re nee 118 
Appointments 
Committees 
COPA SSO CIATION A CITMNET en une aye heads eeooal> 6 a scchadels wt lee aeaue, syoberotatsease 118 
Of delegates to the Centennial Celebration of the Academy 
Gh Natucaly Sciences ot, Philadelphia <2. os. cece cs ano ose 2 71 
OMA SCIIMM OMAN Stns ott sspears oh Matin trees Sereilelaie aia aceig a aval Sirs oe 122 
UC INGMOrainy ASVOCES Oi VIS mnbewhIN Sobgoosoaounsdoougbuasouce 122 
To honorary curatorship of the department of anthropology and 
ERIS SCD © PAMPER ETE TP cet sf aided oo ate hd. Subs oa arae sah shes cithavesh'n <faysiasyer eet 122 
Bird Photographing on the Coastal Islands of Virginia ............. 6 
Boy Scouts, Museum Extension: Work: with .. 0... 0..ceccesseecesess 105 
Cave Rat at West Point, New York, The Allegheny ................. 100 
Cicada -in-torr, Notes on the Seventeen-year. ......5....dccesecuscce I 
Cicada on Staten Island in 1912, The Seventeen-year ............... 99 
Coastal Islands of Virginia, Bird Photographing on the ............ 
Coleoprenistan Cline See SInithtaSed) maa scm: «css aden cieveseie le eleislelels a6 slater 25 
Collectionsorelkuidtans Nelicsennom) Watchogue, Av oe. jaan cause + anetent 102 
Contributors 
CNC SMa @) eaeret oma cle tena saeey feces dU reece. Sn wg anctand A0.G, b'a'66e 9 66, 118, 136 
Avie om bd OWvielig Clam Nemmepegere tyes coy acai. c- 8 eloiaie Seaver siwrersvope levers exe o’o eysteteiers 69, 120 
ene dite ta @licin] sw lles Se peeyepsres stereo oiyare aisles auele isis o-e1% soe aRb ese 82, 134 
Gl eaviesnmele] eiiakisa era sremeretery sels siain) orc) ava cisinielevaceis ie auele eG Notereee e 136 
(Gleaviesmirtlowardittls myst e recon n)cros 6, 65, 82, 84, 117, 120, 135, 136 
visw NVallatti bee asc eee es I, 4, 65, 83, 85, 87, 80, I00, I10, I17, 135 
Ne ctyyicita tae Case iieepy yates step arstensie eras cielo ieteiare ele ore hers: occpteleds: o'sie: aie eePone 120 
ID 1El<Gts olives amllemmerirers err eINr pears SU UN oo ccs, sis ais. 0. cee IO wie evel oh TOS 
DCM AGo leer eee eer rottar forse erornicie ciavenedcl ovcisioce Sepa te-« slavate esas 85 
clnvy cig Semmes tI ots clan Gun rete nate re opesctafe icioke choysrole.s\a o. #iejele\ tte o: 9.8%s 82, 84, 135 


138 INDEX 


PAGE 

Engelhardt,“ \Geonpewieineccayshus saa ract cute ven ie eo ee eee 85 
Franck; “(Georee Pre cee ie ee she 2 a 4 Gh a oe Reet A ea 85 
Grol demas ie Fara sep Be ee ee ere ey ai ca 65 
Grossbeck.. Jolin agate vee nest: cn ee heen ena 28, 32; 85, 135, 136 
Eolltek: scAmthitnt ea. 5 coe ae eae epee OS O2 NIA 2 ta eno Men eT em TaTG) 
Phowar dit sO oe ee ae ance 1 Seen ee I eco 520 ce 67 
Eni wiltoms =F), hee kU Tag ne cee Rg ef 115 
Teng) “Gharles) Nia Aim se tence ee ea 25, 82, 84, 85, 134 
MacDonalds. Wallan Bigot. Uns th tates aera eis Go Mire) Stok aa 67 
Mirtelivil! (Geo re Gri tee oth vec oe ey ore ea ie pe wen SO 66, 120 
Miorriss| Henle Sines Pyaar ad: Oe. A Leech fen cael Sn See ke 118 
Pollleveal, Clagwles I, socccescss05 65, 66, 68, 60, 82, 84, 85, 105, 119, 135 
Schaerer }Charles Aw 221 eek os RT on ee ped ey teen e 85 
Skinner. Alansomuenvaeveh ccs eoee me cea aon G0, 102, wi, wis, LI, i134! 
Warn dNiameés SD CVE eee enn No aes RUNES Tk oe tH i bo eo 67 
Corny Snake tromplakehursta Newm) eiseyam wee eee eee cee eee ee 890 


Economic Entomology, The Work of Professor John B. Smith in.... 7 
Elections 


Members (o6i. aint taps sisbaor tab toeeae aun casene eae: Seo fascaesta eo aee o eee 70, I21 
PAR OMS Soe Atk SSA ieee a ee Sh ett eee OR he eee 70 
Section officers 
PASTE OE peta eM A 2 BUC MEST URE Det aU ea AAS Pa ey eae Ten a 136 
Biol oyu Urethra lads ciiea ior h: Ron eRe eeu rar oo area 84, 135 
AP TUSHEES tec eM Nai ho UY VAR u/s) Ce SO AN ee A i ert Che Re a 60, I2f 
Hybrid Oaks Quercus nana x Quercus marylandica (Q. Brittoni 
Days), Adchitiiomell Racis Comecnmning W@ scocconscsccccescccce 110 
Indian Camp or Village Sites in the Southern Part of Staten Island 
ently NCU Fal etal eas exes Hagen ane 8S Cy aeeeeetereeeee 90 
lkaghamn Ikehies iron Wenelioste, A COllleciiOMl OF coooqcccccccccnsccac 102 
pF OlinwBae Smithwaswas Coleoptentstasmaaae ese Ce eee enna n ore eee 25 
JOlnpRiesSmuithwashawlepidopteniste janetc cere tee rete 28 
John B. Smith, Professor, The Work of, in Economic Entomology... 17 
iLalkeinrst, New Jerse, A Coma Single trom soooscncosanc0cenncones 89 
Wepidopterist. John Bs Smitheas ayaa. cee sahara ee eee eee 28 
Literature Relating to Staten Island (See Reviews)........ 55-03, 112-116 
Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island, Notes on the ...................- 4 
Meetings 
INGSO CIATION seen cece Ses a tse Marana uaiiaey tok ee rate 64-68, 117-120 
SECtro mrt he ie east e i eee ha ota ns RN hae a Ie 85, 136 
Sectionnek Biology. ooo. Sahn ena Chee LOR ae 82-85, 134-136 
Museum and Library 
INCCESSTONS AR IAR A ER CUS S015. pave Un Da geAC aan lege Wiel, WAR A, AAS) 
Attendance: tai en Mens 08 Gao 7205, ce ah ci rece Araneta Merete The Gly WAS. WAS 
Bookkeeping ei ales foals aids sierainka ita eae ie See Nie oer eee 129 
BOy SCOUts. Rien panies fic sfariha taal ae tanateeet cet ce geler ete Ne Renee eae 128, 129 


INDEX 139 
PAGE 
(GSC ete NMR I 8. MRS ot spch athe net Bh aR Soi bogel 125 
Ghuilcinemeswlectunesweers scene laaee sts ios hm widse elas heh wie Miefohava stele obeterenat ES 
Grime DUET Ia eee: pee ae eee tceencl i altdland 0 sae Slabrobetsierecem ins Samer: 2 
GleTiCalawiorlctern secre aces Hoa se cutae ital asta a ike ee 129 
(Gortisrailn cutee ieee eee ha tN 5 es, 5 iP eh con nei eee Ra Rec Be DNs 79, 126 
Ccinayrortetall Saw O tke weeeyey re iets io sis wisi redeim ojeds re ool ey ever ciel canatees Gilenere rene euepets 129 
HV iireartsl Onell benwi@ treme poietic vareicatees secre rae res see selcn ate akenenat ener apap ieesiaieus 129 
CHAM CSM Py Tere renin ett tc MINA SUE GAAN ee dala yeceaeee tt ee TAG, 19} 
HEDexel ill hc pmmpetemiereren epee teh ne eine cya Als meetA AL Shem Sie, Bl, Rane arate ae 
IESE. (ORC HCCIOMS Say ie cies Cem ee ae ee ieee erect 75 
EO cise wal emer O iil SHEE Rete elie eterno emer kare ceir a 75 
BS SUIS CO MUSE Sperry eects ued EBA cesdier ia sake tree leven oe et eden RIERA ic 2G ear 
HE intel ta vp reece ora yt eats esa RLS cf evar s Siays cone donalpta (oorea pence rrr 73, 125 
HB Cr ecita em Coxe IMIG pa Pewee ce ace honey escohat aie tac saa ceo ah ohasaysteas itsreaatecuaveaeRe ns ONG 124, 136. 
Mite ein airar Cal lieavy, Ot kee de: Reva eter cea ci ccce tec aWM net cleats ras, aistiscsuciatemensici tomate hele 12, 
Sra Ree a ts ty SE ee dees aene dl Ge ns Rlce (had een) AUN a Me sia hula 76, 128 
Use OF: ascend, Well sooo uone cos aose sue nese comes digdouc colic Ce TaD 
Museum Extension Work with Boy Scouts ...............2eseee sees 105 
NG otal ol ere gear pe anne rs AIL he atapee Sais ule re RRA) sraesans or eralence, aya he 133 
David H. Cortelyou 
Louis De Jonge, Jr. 
Thomas A. Fulton 
Ernest Heineman 
John J. Kenney 
Emil F. Kipper 
William MacDonald 
Harry F. Towle 
Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island .................... 
Notes on the Seventeen-Year Cicada in TOTTI .............+....--+5. I 
Notes, references, and brief mention: 
Aaron Burr, pane of glass from bedroom in which he died ...... 67 


Ailanthus moth, Philosamia cynthia Drury, bred specimens of... 82 
Albino gray squirrel from West New Brighton, Staten Island, 


ACCOMM OMIT Yee MTT eae Rete ean eis lela trove oneralerarcsltciere Sidi o eiel ese sha) 8 134 
Bald eagle, Haliaetus 1. leucocephalus (L.), observations on be- 

fia Ao tana tee Gris Cte Cuneo penntis even ciel afolchepeie hale <vcherey ove/abepsbeyeneia ‘axe 82 
Butterflies with peculiar wing patterns, specimens of ............ 82 
Cicindela marginata, record of occurrence at Oakwood Heights, 

S PSIG | carn clean ary sree ee or Dayercace sve eee overeat aiiece) Ac. oho Styeyocavel ska sntebere 82 
Cleora takenaria from New Brighton, Staten Island, specimen of.. 135 
Collection of art objects donated to the museum ................ 66 
(Collonaiclo clesermiprivorn wr? €) tinh le) sceauec obo ceopocodpooosDDUrOOO0 82 
Copperhead, Ancistrodon contortrix (L.), observations on....... 117 


Corn snake, Coluber guttatus L., from Chatsworth, New Jersey, 
SNC MTOM eaten Mma tia eicvetare Sieve veieie cls 0) sin ae) eve, so2'6 4 spel slelevaale: 65 


140 INDEX 
PaGE 
Diptera; Specimensuot sone see ptsiee aes ss 6s oielacl- orperaie are eaten 135 
Fungus from East Jewett, Catskill Mts., specimen of ............ 135 
Gopher tuntlevo fale ;south, especinien \oteeans eee eee eerie 85 
Hybrid oaks at Cliffwood, New Jersey, and Tottenville, Staten 
Islandisvasttito localities seis sacar cee er cron oles eater 82 
Hyla evittata Miller from Virginia, remarks on .........:...... 83 
Indian! relics) from \Watchooie, specimensrot sree ae eee I1Q 
Indian-songs and stories) explanationyoie eee ee oe ee 118 
Inflated larvae of moths and butterflies, specimens of ............ 65 
John Ba Saithy notesson) iis literandswotk eerste eee rere 85 
Lachwosterna. “specimens Ot 2. cece = aan dee once einer tao 82 
Longicorn beetle, Goes tigrina, from West New Brighton, Staten 
Aslam, SPECIMENS) Oly were tare eseae eielole cr lobe ele tele tare ete ote renee ele 82 
Mantis, Stagmomantis carolina L., from Washington, D. C., liv- 
INL Se SPECIMENS) (Ole aa etiicistsl tals ale ees tote oi ot oeictanelekete del ata ve ete er ete teeetote 83 
“Medicine bag@ ”, its use in the Menominee tribe .............-25. gly 
Mushrooms, poisonots ispecies, remarks Om asec en teen 84 
Oxyachus vociferus L., notes on the mating of .................. 136 
Paw-paw trom Washineton. Ds Gy ispecimensiotes 40 4-)etreir 83 
Periodical cicada on Staten Island, specimens of ................ 65 
Plants and animals seen and collected in Humboldt Co., California 135 
Poisonous snakes of New Jersey, observations on ............... 117 
Schizura apicaulis G. & R. from Clover Valley, Staten Island, 
NSN Oe pooceedodsoascdasodcnboooodeaDoodoOnOBOnDOosDOCRCD 135 
Selidosema humarium Gr. from Clover Valley, Staten Island, 
SPECHIMEM LOL - esses erates wees ore evel ieeroks Cacvole se remeron 135 
SICHICEy SPECIMENS AOleay Me cien ee Seine lee eke een eee 83 
Serpentine drift bowlders from Manhattan, specimens of ........ 120 
Shelllsiinomehloridarcoastmer eee eeteeeee Deere een 85 
Six-lined lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus L., from Prince 
Georgie (Co. Midis mecondio bess ce eee eiecae ee elke ene 83 
Spelerpes longicauda Green from Cabin John, Md., specimen of.. 83 
Statenmlsland) birdss necent opsetvatlOnSmotl yer serie i-tliletreeel= II7 
SWE7S GS PECIINEN OGL Was utela: Heise isin ei eietel ce icicle to eee 84 
Tropaca luna form rubromarginata Davis from Clove Valley, 
Sratcm liglesaal, Gnecmmesns Oe coococosgadcsnoccausscn0cooboensec 136 
WicevilsseBalloninuss specimens ol meine elicitin 134 
IPgoeeoalinss, Seemornl cone IBMOleeAy 5 545casc5tcod acess oucunoscdooses 82, 134 
IRexoneels One MLSHbNS ans ca ooemmee odaccedaoaoaboos bono doodadodcDD.S 64, 117 
Reports 
Committees 
PANS HONNG. GA, Ce een oe ado os mumcaeceete sts 00 d6'c iL 


ASINIVENS AMY pGUMIMER, aise 55. e'ovc ons: a onete eretete s ererets onal e teat ate er eneeanemene 119 


INDEX 141 


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AMintaleprzenil natiinalesclencel... scalded ences 64, I17 
Delegation to represent the Association at the Centennial 
Celebration of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 


lel PITapn nT ATER Ie ioe kv Rae iS ee See 68 
EXEC ULM CMe Tete Saeed es ADEE Pra ots he feu PLaee UND San Ree gen ete 71 
Mis erimiscta ye le tiatcutsyaesys ttsts pstutae Me, 21.1 IM Cells GOS AO yet a 71 
UNM aaa OILS eee AP ee coheed Oe Rees Wd bene ny ate 69, 120 
Onisecunins tistontcallireltem 2) Seen 2 ee meee 690 
SIC CMP eit menrne Leones cae ten tans ah UDA ue 2 eR Oe ee ei 119 
WMO TILE Taser Acttot lived tay pale wnt sts ey eet Geeaie s'ste sc-al ok araeee 72 
Cra cOnoitia GMCs yc ae tot are AGH ee Foie db ke Se ee 72, 124 
Officers 
SG ORE LEAVE eho TS ee ee erate ores OSI sees Sars 80, 133 
WRT EATS TTC Tykes peeeeemeea te Cee sehatcta an sane inet cel tte bichon aan nee SN 8I, 133 
Sections 
NGA Ree RS PIT. ta BOS e ed sty ais ke EE, PUTO Ce 85. 136 
STOO Daye taRcrae te Pat tech chia cts yk Roig Wy Mona pee atel D1 M AR a 82, 134 
MINT ITSECCGRMMNE errr eAt ree A Teahouse alaska aene enehe phe Mesa sake nore FO, WHI 
Resolutions 
Accepting invitation to visit log cabin of C. G. Kolff ........... ecw OF 
Requesting the consideration of amendments to constitution and 
yela Seve LEM DOA Ol (a CUSLEES 2 ch. tocls cclcsige tes 6 fe eile welttesiete 66 
Requesting the Supervisor of Public Lectures to arrange for 
lectures on mushrooms to be given on Staten Island .......... 84 
ENG WG WISHR ERR Pater Peto eaete ei shetebara cy ster at a ra mre pa eis ote ais sath al iter Rates 55-63, 112-116 
PMS ITs OM eStea enw Me mapteyaateys yore, sieves tc alelaveliers vers wataraisicraicls: cealtiete.e 55 
Cretaceous Pityoxylon with Marginal Tracheids ................ 112 
EDehiraa DIN Tas Came Man sete mp ae  Stayecech oe tales Sur CS sich aie Guedes tee 60 
Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir Book of Tompkins Lodge ........ 112 
iPineworkobactory, at Graniteville; The sf. 02.3 cssccca.es ees ecess 56 
History, Comparative Anatomy and Evolution of the Araucari- 
OxyloOnerbypenmantSml—=lVeadlTe ae oar cat cvs cee did eslaes cach occa ee II5 
Howard Henderson Cleaves, Nature Student .................... 63 
Interesting coplermbristelalwedenle aeaqe sues scenes aces cs: 114 
interestincmeeopless welande@Os Howards. .cesteecuescesuc.osce: 57 
Limonite Deposits of Staten Island, New York ................. 113 
Pamphlet on Staten Island Twenty-five Years Ago, A ........... 58 
Preliminary Report of the Archeological Survey of the State of 
IN(GwanlEECeya CLOME Ate a aerreE rE rarie tt eRe cicrelt Sistas cceieios olsarnies 115, 
PRaZ SMOGLIM ONE Oia Oahu tyes vad dais Ss oi cc dase Cuafecieies ch ead 55 
Progress Reports of Experiments in Dust Prevention and Road 
FRCS Call O MNT OG men sar ery Ayer seer Aine MEL Sc e, ol do tauclatesid 6 50 
Remarks on the Cretaceous Fossil Flora and the Causes of Ex- 
ELEC HOMES OM CMM Matas eel aedttene e. Seiliehieralelcishe olalelslae cao sueverene) oe 61 


SA LCLIM CS eMMCMMpN Ee Se iene cohe ernie sericea oe clopalsgieie ela site Guaes 57 


142 INDEX 


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Structure and Affinities of Two New Conifers and a Fungus from 
the Upper Cretaceous of Hakkaido (Yezo), On the ........... 61 
Structure of the Stomata of Certain Cretaceous Conifers, The.... 113 
Ieaebillizne IiraS IDervormnisies; AWO nodcscoadocsonocsoobbeuboonsace 50 
Wieek=Buder MakesiamWalkonsstatentisland. dulce! pes ae en 114 
Sevemisnajeaie (Ciezyele, tay moi, INOS OM WIG sscancocccccescsc-o +225 I 
SEeventeen-year  Cicadavongstavenelisianicdennnen@n2 die uses ee 99 
South Lakewood, New Jersey, A Star-nosed Mole from ............ 87 
Star-nosed Mole from South Lakewood, New Jersey, A ............ 87 

Staten Island and Adjacent Parts of New Jersey, Indian Camp or 
Willevers Sieg sin Wale Soman Reve Ol 56 ab 5sccencsccuscusscoen: 90 
Staten! Island in 1012) @he Seventeen=yean Cicadalon) 02-2445. eeeee 99 
Staten Island, Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of .................... 4 
Virginia, Coastal Islands of, Bird Photographing on the ............ 6 
Wattdiozwe, A Colllestom or Ihachiaim IRCCS iWROM .ococccosonscancce- 102 
Wese Ronni, Wei Work, Wine Allesineay Cave IRair Be oo cocanccancons 100 
Work of Professor John B. Smith in Economic Entomology, The.... 17 

SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES 
PAGE PAGE 
Abiocaulis yezoensis .......... CLA e Mraticai|@pitycmme et eee Tule 
VAC OT EIA er sts cea Stee a 36 ©Araucarioxylon noveboracense. I15 
ANCOR Renae OO a sls NeNtoIST ounIIC eae Same NC Cl eamelieaan eT © dics i 8 
ANCTOMVCH, coooscccncc0e BSE SON IS) =) a ALG oallite nmin cas cena teonee ees 92, 07 
Nedeststiitiiiiins-)-.ceve asec ae 50 DAIGOMMIME soccscacsecscc 116 
INCATOIMONNA,,. 6 oS uiedectocdose Slee + 25  ANeAVONOS lneillOMe, sosccos5+c0% 5 
INGO Pei iam seer yarn: 30) PArstlonche in). 4 4. aa eee 33 
PAH ayia tn Seer Ob le 82 Asiatic lady bind beetles... 19 
PMA asilae iG eulllllc came CRSP ac Otisnll cet] chen n i nian 45 
ANMoyeno) SapeMrell 5556c0cencence T2A OW UNSER soiree en oan eee 100 
AMNIG@INeTIN? CAVE INE socon6c- NGO, UB  ASSORODES accaconcoaccvcons 35 
yNtimvalianarchval Caleta aera enna 40 

PAMITAUITIES suseneee eee ea epi geen cee 27) 2 Bao WOT tii s/c ree eee 45 
Petal Gal eerie) ac erste eee ee TOT. Baldneagle oi ana 82 
Ancistrodon contortrix ....... Tie Sallanintisie eee eae eee 134 
Androvettia statenensis ...... 112) Bantam i vias aki eee 14 
Angoumois grain moth..44, 45, 46  Baptisia tinctoria ............- 100 
PWAKOY DNS ES 5 o gue omten obebooade 50... Barred, Owl <. 4. .con.ee eee 88 
NGI ts chiar aerate A reiedl ith aeen Sa ane Aw 53.1 Bayi eae Basle alee eeee 08 
SAGA LATS eter Come Nexsta acute eee 38) Beart dagitec. Aaipiass op Ge eee 135 
Ama, Inlay jeRCIMS 45ccsn00ne AOA BC Cer eis ays sie aca ciertz st AG 156} 
Ap honictamitraicmeeeee rn eet 38 GISSER 4.0.8 aac eee 53 
Apple sboterteamnccmirme a ioe 45... “Bee smarting” ..1.). eae ee 8 


Dllarme WOWSE ooorancsoe GAs (AGG BEECH Baier Gece sch eee 56, 134 


INDEX 


PAGE 

REetleme ee eee kt Age BAAS (Se: 
Asiatic ladybird —. 2.5. <.). 19 
GMA See as so ersteiciste ols AS 
INNER, (33.3 Seen elena 4I, 46 
CaMallniG wertennyatar teehee eters 2 
Clowetnaleadaeiase s ymcries 40 
Gimeekeohosapone BOM AS 
IUD ATK meee eee ne Cane 46 
lOnsiconnemenesetont deer 82 
sweet-potato tortoise- ... 46 
WiabCine chines secon ake 38 

pr DIOMSERIIef yi sts ets Scere ele ae 8 
Bic OMeSie Asta ae erclsisis oeesiak ee 95 
IBlaclsernty tac ccnecn eros oe 40 
ORCI Sas eet emion ee 40 
calllsmakety aaeeee aces 46 
Black headedhron |e eetins ar 7 
Bilackeajackwoalkamer seein seater 83 
iBlacksipeach-aphist eens aces 40 
Sifhiinilei ier sere ST OwIGr 
Strikceteecs coronene eae ere 8 

EE TINE FR Gem cA ay saie foc 8 
BISteru beetles ars .cmies< tase 41, 46 
litem enone ean sees os 8 
TOMES HBDINGs coectales otras wtnele 905 
Bonerwnap pl Gains. con scree igen: 45 
blackhertyecrns<eaeecn 40 
PCAC vatyrees tas isk 43, 45 
Sillliatespeat="s soe ae see 46 

Slt Slalgeteateaiacairemessiewsciste 40 

I ObIGia rerctran ey pote sah rote s Be 
Brachyanthasticsitia em secine. co 25 
Brachyoxylouts. 22. ses «-- yet nS 
Brachyplyllim’ is. sak cidewe cca 61 
HI ChO Cat PU thlyerreeercrree le 62 
IBiRowelorme) shit) Weneehooseecoe 4 
ierown-tail MOL +. necient sees 21 
STR OSC stress sls cievesctoi serene 40 
Cabbage-bug, harlequin ....... 43 
Gapbage maccot snes es. ose 48 
NW Ode LIT MN ey CPN A epee) Siatol ancl os 45 
Calimesa cs eevee TG ZOmEse 
Gamipomebratetse nest teee ss 3d 30 
Gapisn Cui vciieerey steak aieok os 33 


Carabid beetle 
Carneades 
Caterpillar, yellow-necked 
Catocala badia 
palaeograma phalanga .. 
relicta 
Cave rat 
Allegheny 
Cerathosia tricolor 
Cecropia 
Chafer, rose- 
Charadra 
Charcoal 
Cherry, wild 
Chestnut 
Cicada 
periodical 
septendecim 
seventeen-yeat...1) 2, 3; 


eee eee eee eee eee es 
ee te eee eee ee ee eee eee 
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eee eee eee eee ene 


eee eee ee ee ee eee ee 


eee eee ees ee 
Se er 
eee ree eee eee sees 
sete eee eee ee eee eee ee 


eee eee eee eee eee eee eee 


eee ee we meee we ee ee wee ene 


eighteen-year ..:.......- 
Cicindela marginata 
Clapper rail 


Clam 


Cr 


FOC Wwe) 9) aharevanctereararstays)eisie 3 

takenaria 
Clover-leaf beetle 
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus ... 
Codling moth 
Coluber guttatus 
Common tern 
Conch 
Concretion, iron 
Condylura cristata 
Copipanolis 
Copperhead 
Copris carolina 
Corethra brakeleyi 
Corn snake 
Cosmosoma omphale 
Cotton-worm moth 
Cottony maple-scale 


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she) @ \elehe) ee. ee leele ele 


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134 


65 
99 


135 


135 


89 


144 
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Grabs snc BERR eee tae rte: 10 
GranbernyeinSectaeeeee UF, BO, 2G/ 
“"Grankie Yatton? ena cnee 8 
Créssoniaieetes een eee 51 
Crick eis an Bera eee AI 
Cryptomeriopsis mesozoica.... 61 
Cucullia peiyek cee ace 34 
(Colles GAMAGOTSS sososcuosocce 50 
PUNSENS) | Lee eee 49 
PerbitTnbatlS men eeeeeeeeee 51 
GSAt ay dodo cooogceD an 50 
GOUMCHEME 4 o050000c0000c 50 
Cnenlioysplumpereeer 40, 42, 45 49 
(Gnit=wiortieeeeerricrerrs 30, 42, 45 
Gy dosiagee: Aa: 08 to eee 33 
Damimara. 5 2cctctis ates Geimeee 61 
TD SG meets ctiscamren aoa teneeae ie 135 
Digger bee sien ents chen ae 53 
DD ilitclias eee eee eer ee 2 
ID rOp=wOrml Secs. weciaatns cies 45 
acle: bald. 2 swansea 82 
Eighteen-year cicada .......... 99 
slimisin'Secty. ts see eee 4O 
Elm-leaf beetle ...... 30, 41, 43, 45 
ID DZECOS IRENE soog00cs0ec 35 
EUca ly DLE Ags. cy jesse eters 33 
IWC ROSCA, WECAE cooccsosanc0ce 5 
Etetytinaminiinact lata meen 32 
IBEXOE) GIGWARSEY Boggounasavcsoce 38 
DEGSONAEA: cele eee 38 

Hie litical eter ears, aerate ries taetets 35 
lenallvcin mates oe aesone Geel meneeras 34 
SiG alla kee es Fee sia Ae atolls ates 82 
Flat-headed pear-borer ....... 42 
So Ea OO Cag alll acapewermey retest:  1W@, Lit 
Talkie Jelsctsieh ity A kote a Cree eae 42 
Omer enerorie cians enon 30 
MOUSE ere cites ccs ess 4I, 54 
Firenelopsispncy ct. sicplec errs cies Tan 
Idsebltiloebdle DEES soccccoccancs 46 
Pulletr sp: ategeesctresrcieiers cute 95 
Galerucella xanthomelaena .... 41 
Gallsmaker! sepa eerre rece 40 


INDEX 


Gall blackberry 
Geode 
Goes tigrina 
Gopher moth 

turtle 
Grape vine 
Grasshopper 
Grass, marsh 
Gravel, Trenton 
Gray squirrel 
Grub, white 
Gull, flood 

black-headed 

harbor 

herring 

latelineee eee TOO Mme 
Gum, sweet 
Gypsy moth 


Hadena 
Haematobia serrata 
Haliaetus 1. leucocephalus 
Haploa triangularis 
Harbor gull 
Harlequin cabbage-bug 
Hazel 
Hen, marsh 
Heron, blue 
Herring gull 
Hessian fly 
Hickory 
pig-nut 
Homohadena 
Homoptera 
Hop insect 
Horn fly 
House fly 
Hudsonia 
Ely ig dod kane SQ leis 
Hydroecia americana 
atlantica 
Hyla evittata 


cere eee ese ees e 
eoceeveceecoesce ee cose eee eee 
eeceoeee seo ee eee eee e 
eee eee ee oe eee ee oe 
ccc e ee eee ee eo ee ee 


eecoe eee ee oe ee eee ec 


ec ees eo eee ee eee oe 
eee e eee eee cece 


eee seer eee 
ee oes ee eee ee eee we 


CC Ce Ce 


eoece reo ee eee eee oes 


eoccee ese oe 
eee ee 
a ee 
eee eee ee ee we eee eee ew 
eee cece 


CC 


cee eee te tt ee ee et 
Ce Ce Ce 


eC 


eee eee ecece 
CC Ce ee 


eee eee ee ee se ee ee 


Indian relics: 
Antler, deer 
Argillite implements .... 


eee eee ere eee 


T16 
134 
47 


7 
9 
9 
15 
3 
aI 


35 
52 
82 
33 
9 
43 
134 
10 
g 

9 
42 
134 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Indian relics: 
IAELOWwPOlllimeeeo: oe Ol, GF 
IDRIS: 6 Reka ia oreie 102, 103 
fliitastterercrcmcicnscseesanclchane 103 
mOwelKeal Gassoacce oc 103 
' Arrowshaft smoother 102, 104 
ASR, AXON Goon dooocc 102 
TMOWEMNEGL Gaoaoe 102, 104 
IBY: GOMES Goboncceae 97, 102 
Blader onesies 07 
Bones, deer ...... Oi; OS, Cy 
Brass arrowpoint ...102, 103 
Ghai sack selina ease 103 
Glamisshells ee aneeeeceee 94 
Glayapipemmeeeee 92, 102, 103 
Deen antler ace e sce 05 
IDOE soacoe On, OR, Cy 
obras lereree ree ese te eset, & 102 
Paints aes oe te tree wae eG 07 
ALLOW POM jesse 103 
Hammerstone ....90, 91, 102 
Implements, argillite .... 116 
EINE ee raat arabs 102 
yellow-jasper 5 TGR 
IML Greene sa taints oii 102 
INietestnilcens 2s. 4 escieer QI, 95 
TTOOVEMU erases 102 
TOUCHE Gaerne cere 102 
Oyskem smells. sce. so 93, 94 
EASES nel oe ects Sr ehge caus 2 95 
Pip eeCcymereerer 92, 102, 103 
Potsherds ..91, 92, 95, 97, 102 
SHADER Hoty s cere roa 102 
Sills, Git cotosenuocus 04 
OVISUCTrereniereyeeiere 93; 94 
Sule we StOME | fico eecnest 102 
Sinkeranetuariia. onan 05 
grooved net- ..... 102 
notched net= 5... 4. 102 
Steatite vessel oy a2. ..... ol 
SHG Me NEA aire ch Wee, aeiase 102 
Bent Tist Lew a C kai iatah caters 95 
NiesSelt steatitel ss «s/s < QI 
“Wampum sticks” ..... 06 
Yellow-jasper knife .... 103 


Strasse oo. aeue eects ee pre eere 
Insect, cranberry..... EZ sOs 

lana, Rahs cee eee 

Scales Gdawt en a eer 
OTs hsm creeds oes tase See ROE 

CONCKEHOMN) Mens a ees 
POLTOM I Stoner | hiaca terre ee 
CaO Mits cays Se hoe Ee 
atydidiie.<.2tacs tara sree Al, 
Ginter gals siete pate arte ae eet 
IKamediishier’ Ay secs. Atha siete ee 
Knowisnalkes ose er cena errors 
Kreischerville clay ......... 61, 
achnosternamssseunee 25,130, 62) 

HIS CAN ee saniene ae sees a6 
eacyoin divers. meee cs teent. 

beetle ANsiattey ann seer 
LENGTHS DUSSMBTS cosconsccoaac 

Eisen seh Saar emeen 
iauchinesorl lace TOOT» 
Leopard-moth, wood ......... 
IWELAGATM aeae eras tran harrier 23) 
Libythea bachmanni. 22.04... . 
bicem planit=er., «sce. epee eis 30, 
Ibirmomite ds peciyte aes toes ae: 
(Gizandemsix=littedr. ceive oer 
MES CHC ULS Partha en esas ste ois ae eh oiccot 
Iconeicorne beetles ase cea eee. 
ouseapple: plant sssase.- 4. 4A, 

saaellorm llevar Gacacouude 43, 

Wille tere nntaer rant sive temas 
NB tu Crtnaeeey eect ha trey cvarant ara oes os 
Mido cot cabbaceer cc. ss 6a 

OLLOiMa erro Teese eis Sure 43 
IMinetisamdissed enism aac cate. 
Mamestra circumcincta ....... 

Oliva Ceameryreriitee siete « 

tg ligne far soso ovaleva ci hGra 
Mirani Semerteyastiee ces acco sctcts orbs 
Mae SIS T Man c che sltvcieie « Qendel busts 
NIRS LOMAS Sits id jSvavesvo;s 81a, aalors 

Meta atcty sme eacwy sie 9, 


145 


PAGE 
35 
48 
40 
43 
93 
93 
95 


93 


53 
8 


63 
89 
62 


83 
38 
40 
1g 


113 


AI 
82 
46 
46 
39 
34 


INDEX 


146 

PAGE 
Melitta CetOm ae acne eee AI 
CWC EGDIIAS odocsasooccece 40 
Melon plant louse)... ... 42. 43, 46 
Menhaden waaareerie ee eer: 82 
IMidees pear aueiten taterer aoe 42 
Minnow nero en eer een: 10 
Wiole, malkecltaill ¢soccancccsncc 87 
Stara. S emer 87, 88, 117 
INLOMPISOM, cooocsoonbonnvocccs 34 

Mosquito ..20, 21, 23, 40, 50, 51, 
54, 85 
Salesman scocooucuce 49, 50 
MiG thigaes tt eae eee A 29 
anil eni shits eee eae 2 
angoumois grain..44, 45, 46 
lononnmteulll Gooconcncesooc 21 
codlina We co nee eee 45 
COUWOM WHOM sobsoocancc 5 
SOPheni eee, Vee ees 35 
SY PSV eee a Rs 21 
MOCHMIMMAl, Gooossconscoce 35 
VADOREH Naa aaye tena enue 45 
wood leopard= 2 sane sane 45 
Mouse, red-backed ........ 100, 135 
winite-footed 3.22. ssn .a8 100 
 Milteinaramyelabler coc toeoncooons aT 
Mushroomerrc moron tein 84 
IMSS eleseperecc cisco pane te a 10 
INalxed=tallimolele nase ear 87 
Neotoma pennsylvanica ...100, IOI 
INOGh aka sc cmronice Coreen 35 
Nocti niall che anne see eae 35 
INonaeniay eter neers oar 37 
Oaer rae eke naire cca anes GO 
DlaclkenaG@e saccccasace 83, IIO 
iy rg(Gl eee UNG WI, TAS 
TEMALAR NS ata eso Ie 82 
SCHMID MEME Te CORR ehaeene 98 
WAlLOWahetisie Aeee tro ese 82 
Oaksprtinennenneereer cn tec Al 
Scalen oye were iecicre 40 
Odonata a wsnee eerie oe 52 
Oligtay sano ac Gaeta noe 34 


PaGE 

Onocnenismae caer ee aan 
Onion maggot. sees 43, 48 
Oxangesinuit won se. ae 43 
@xientalyPlane.. «hep 119 
OSpReyal irc ac yeh ae eee 63 
Owl abarredos..cnc ce eee 88 
@ysterie ae ts cs ae ee ee Omen 
OWS CAUCE socupocanccoons on 
Oyster-shell bark-louse ....... 45 
OSAVACMUIS VWOCHERIS oorcccsccoc 136 
Palleoliiimne arcellitt® osnsccoocs 116 
anand aarp iy ets aetna 4 
Papilionpailenote cee. eee 4 
LITOASH emcees he ee 5 
PUTS oe ansestece aeoenonereee 4 

Paw= paw vo: sacar Sr eee 83 
Reach ponenuoss 46 eee 43, 45 
Peaslouse? aed ele eee 40 
Pear borer, flat-headed ....... 42 
sintiates 2): or ae 42 

Pear midge nce kcee eee 42 
Pecmocicall eicaga, 55554. - 20 Aes 
Bhaecocymai 2.6 Jono eee ui 
Pinillosammia, ya ooo5555555- 82 
ioe rales lane ortayauereis ere eee 3 
Pine srseriulbnis (G22 eae 87 
PamliS Sse She as one oes ee 62 
avd uaa eee ee 87 
PeeiommnimmnCbS soosccoccasesoc 34 
Plane Oriental tases ee eee 119 
Plantelice goc 50 bee ee eee 30 
Pilatiamitisya oss (e ital licens eee TIQ 
IPIGOMECHADEEHE), ooc0cansccascce 37 
Pleosporites Shirainus ........ 61 
Aire etal Omen 40, 42, 45, 490 
Polentia (Agia eee eee 23 
IPrEPINUS > ance anes oe ee 62, 112 
SUAUSMEMIENS Sooaccorccce- 61 
Pronubacess. ac eee 52 
Rseudanartaje se aeeeee eee BY SU 
IPWETROSUIOIMEG soaoccvsenococe 25, 38 
iticublandtisias eee 2 
IP\ArenoKSS) CALAGKEN Goodgeasssec06 5. 
Ouadrinasdiazomalrees eee B) 


INDEX 


PAGE 
@uUagiZereno anaes cone kee: 07 
@Percusy Britton eee THOME 
neteropliydlilawn ss sees ess. 82 
phellos x digitata ....... III 
fadebrayglennciCaswes seas TINO}, Wirt 
ADA Cprc apt eies encanta 110, III 
Nad marylandica s.25 135 
maniawexs phiellase sca. III 
MiINellOSinys ewes wits ee Fah III 
TE orl Kettraiae scree ae eine a 82 
IRACCO OME Tree aly oh siete Sea 6 
Reileclappen-...cisiss aso cians. 9, 10 
Ralhisre: crepitans <.'. sciaess< - 9 
HEReat 1p linia aeons ste ame Oe eens oe Br 
Rat, Allegheny cave...100, IOI, 135 
Red-backed mouse ........ 100, 135 
Rediichaiy te car etic sty nkiaerata ss 90 
Oaks amas eA ae ase acne 82 
Saline ee tau Gee a See Y: 90 
Sain ely Satie sais core shes 6 
Revolutionary relics: 
IBA OME Iecetorses lees rats 102 
PASSES D Ulett neler 102 
Breil relea die cern yee 102 
(Gun Sthinitrcee setae eos ee. bore 102 
Bea ode bible thc ese os 102 
Paperie ELA G2 ir. ok os o's 102 
Spi Suteras ieee coe 102 
polbiacl GueaDipe amie ncick 102 
Rheumaptera hastata ......... 5 
GIO COMipSAp Macao omens wars 35 
UMiiyaG MAS OLS Gate cre seas G, cwese 37 
INGYMCOMS MiG rains > as ace eats 8 
HUIVEL SOLON ara ccteyasiy cade oropaka oyeraye s 52 
ENG SEA DU Gailey somes eva esta arstateya ieee 4o 
INOSE-CHATEER as ose 40 
Callen matte viata 46 
CAEL Msteners, waren fara stele ae 8 
Salt-marsh mosquito ....... 49, 50 
NMR GEMM eR eat sen a ale ai go 
RVUs ates aha aralsa else: oie 90, 93 
VellOWarauers ule acs e alongs s 90 


San Jose scale 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48 


147 
PAGE 
Saniinmoldearexitiosame ieee: 52 
Salty save. ee eee Poms? 
Scale, cottony maple- ......... 45 
OUR ees ers ec ay eee 4O 
TOS 7 cps ees Mi SO EEO 
San Jose 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48 
SCUMyy , cee a hen seein ae 45 
Petia Ska Oe ac agee eye res oe 4A 
Scalesiirsect aie ates eee 43 
Sciatica aplcatilicie eee ae 133 
PO CIGSOM spill ss as ayes renee eles 8 
Scolecocampame tee eee 33 
SOAS MIMS DINNOSES soacaccnso 38 
Scopelosomainneae i sass 34 
SCOMOGTAMMNINE Goecaooscoucne BCs O 
SE SCOUE Ars ert yin atin Sie aes es 8 
Scrubpoaksenn taste nee. 08 
PIVEN SF raters Ss Speer le 87 
Scurhyescalewt stay oes 45 
sp SCARS CHOWA re teers cit ais en Rae 8 
REG OO4 ea soracuracn seas ote 8 
Selidosema humarium ....... 5, 135 
SE GICA SAN ae ciara deer acre toni 83 
Senpentine) dinit bie ri servers ciens © 120 
Seventeen-year cicada...1, 2, 3, 
88, 99, 135 
SiOKe= iT Gieeacteesaerrrsea creel 16 
Sintiate pear-porem cem.csaee. 2 
Siiexe= he Cae zeta eeeneerenereeenere ieee 83 
Skimmnienuer cass eee 1A, 712, Tl, WS 
DUC eas eet Sones ‘3, 1@, wit 
Sia sees ee os eman eee 7 
Siaiceraconimecs erica Gis, Clo, 17 
TSItT OM yeh epee ete eles wale 890 
MOWSOMMOIS 1544 so oan eonbee 117 
Spelerpes longicauda ......... 83 
S)DIghhIbS ING ve tiaine icone ESI er ace 32 
Spilosomacomertia goes... s4. 32 
SGLAS Leeper uteri tec s! s oieseialee stators 43 
[DORE TM RN rary ef tueke ho ais nes 40 
Scpuuine eer alloim Olu. s\sinderas ovecaie 134 
MAPA al cy 8 Sc olcre atelorns « 134 
GOCE ete ic iss wisisce slaese ans 6 
Stagmomantis carolina ....... 83 


148 
PAGE 
Star-nosed mole ........ 87, 88, 117 
St@nus eee ee ee eee eee 84 
Senne, lvirecenGl®) .oscccasscne00e 8 
Strawbenty = cemencciccmone er 47 
“Striker ot eae eee 1) 
lace eee on ran eee eee 8 
Susan maplenaaccen esc ieie 135 
Sweet etn es sop eee De he 


Sweet-potato tortoise-beetle ... 46 


WASMOCATMNDE, soosacoocccsceaes 34 
WEBS MICE socsccccoccenenc 5 
Meri, Un: Be Se ee ee 63 

Dlacle fia eee 8 

COMMING gosoodacccaces C2 

royal’ euicuGeeh tiene tee 8 
ADeOMiOM PARHVEll Goaosccscoucase 116 
ADORNS) EINE, o5ccaucapcedsccce 136 

luna form rubromarginata 136 
shulipuscale asc ceae eevee rane: 44 
Muntlemso plea saree iin 85 
Neponer imo rinee nn tertt wey 45 
Water beetle ack aaeae ure wee 38 
Waterco wilmamne erie arr rr 16 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Weevil tige-ceei ncn eee 134 
Witite-pine — -cleivr eee 30 
Wilteat (louse. «in... deco 39 
White-footed mouse .......... 100 
Winitemontbeessceeener 41, 43, 47 
White-pine weevil ............ 30 
Witte msainiditereyrmeen trier 90, 93 
Willcliichletsiays mertenicie eee 44, 56 
Valo Wa ncebseteee ee sees 40 
Cale Ral ate noe eee 82 
Wood leopard-moth .......... - 46 
Wicodpecker is. ser. oer 42 
Worn bag qtctiat cc:c re A5 
Cabwagerete sian eree. 30, 42 

CULE eascree enters eerse enero meres 45 

CFO Diss Gale 45 
ONMED IBUIE So socoocooce 43 
iyliniain nae hes cee cee 36 
XV AOMIS eS els ae ate ee eae 35 
Mylophastay ss eens acc ses eee BH 
Yellow-necked caterpillar ..... 45 
Yellow?'sand \es0s Se eee etoee 90 
Wiez onlay sake. Loar 62 


Zeuzera pynrinal sencsacee eee 40 








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History of the First Imposing-stone Used on Staten Island 
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Fill up the East River to Solve Port Problems ........ 
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The Geological History of New York State .......... 
Studying Old Bird Problems in a New Way .......... 
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Witt1aAM T. Davis 66 


The Old Cubberly House at New Dorp (with Plates 6, 7) 


ARTHUR HoLLicK 68 


INutand Acorn Wicevilsi.a54 oe nee eee CHARLES W. LENG 75 
A Quaint Old Work on Seaweeds ....... ARTHUR HoLiick 85 
A Beneficial Beetle Recently Found on Staten Island 


WitiiAM T. Davis 92 


Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island. II 


Wittiam T. Davis 94 


Capture of an Adult Amblystoma punctata on Staten Island 


ALANSON SEIN SES 98 


TABLE OF CONTENTS Vv 


PAGE 
Literature Relating to Staten Island: 
Cretaceous Pityoxyla from Cliffwood, New Jersey .... 99 
eifemnalnene MICESbriye CLECs tin. Gian are - eialad © aignigte alee 99 
The Camera to Preserve New York’s Old Buildings .... 99 
ler oanAllnetlie ems en! Nahe UE iis eae eas & 100 
Cretaceous Lignites from ‘Cliffwood, New Jersey ...... IOI 
Combined Excursion by the Municipal Engineers, etc. .. 101 
North American Species of Aleuria and Aleurina ...... 102 
Moga Ot the, iciniby. OF New, York | CC: i. ..2.c see 102 
theolndiansiof Newatkesete sia. 086. acces mee 103 
sive indians of Greater New) Voge o. 0.0. 455 4 sa. 104 
The Indians of Manhattan Island and Vicinity ........ 105 
Records of Meetings: 
Neonat mVicering) October 17. 1OlAe.. 1.24.4. se eee 107 
Neeular Mechines November 21, 1004 2.0.0)... - 108 
Reonlar Viceting: December 18) totaly.) $2 4.) bans 2 109 
incsulatevicetine January, 15, TQN5 Af. .e\. ese = .hycc ses « III 
nectar evMiceting sent Uaty 10, TOUS” 222.) jae wes ee «os 113 
ean lal leeriner Vianch LO, tO... aele.ce saa: ale. T14 
IecmlanyVicehino eA DiluTOn TOUS onus dae. 6) oi in. de. 115 
Putin My hechines Maya T clOL GM wirersaps.ies se awe ce wen « I15 
PMO OMimedh Wicetinon Way, 22" TOMGN . a closes m2. « lg 
Annual Reports: 
enon emrne boarduoryl rustées tia dzaels 6. ak cone See 0% 119 
EE MOne aon view DIE GEOI (evan Mayle ila dec @llecc Lae» as nee 
eNO Ole tem MKCASUIne tal! Ys \4hPc.ciy hayltoslneitivahe sic ss 136 
JPSD ORE Oil Hels SACPSIEN FS Il Nn eee ee 37 
eC UOmitO ltbdes SCCHOUNGI NGL ony Meth. atic eae oe nes 138 
FRepOmE Gupte SCcHOmGiMEIGlOOY ih. Feo 6 cesar ss ca ess 138 
Report of the Section of Engineering, Architecture and 
PMC AMER OMea SIO Se ere. ara Bs ke ees 143 
ikeport of the Séction of Historical Research .:......:. 144 


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Pilates 


Plate 2. 


laters 


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laters: 


Plate 6. 


Plate 7. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS 


PLATES 
PAGE 


Fig. 1. Davis: Union between a White Oak and a Birch. 

Fig.2. Hollick: Union between a White Oak and a 
Beech. 

Hollick: Silver Lake Basin. 

Fig. 1. Looking northeast across the partly drained lake 
bottom. . 

Fig. 2. View across the receding water, northeast end, 
showing advancing terrestrial vegetation. 

Idem. 

Fig.1. Decodon verticillatus zone, on former shore 
margin of peat bed at northeast end. 

Fig.2. Part of the drained lake bottom, northeast end. 

Decodon zone in the background, Bidens 

laevis in the foreground. 

Idem. 

Fig. 1. Ditch cut through peat bed at northeast end. 

Fig.2. Shrinkage cracks, surface of silt deposit toward 
middle of former lake bottom. 

Idem. 

Fig.t. Beginning of a crevasse in the marginal silt. 
Fig.2. A slip, following a crevasse in the marginal silt, 
exposing the original lake bottom. 

Hollick: Cubberly House [Britton Cottage]. 

Fig. 1. Reproduction of a water color sketch made by 
Adam W. Spies about 1848-50, showing 
northwest side and southwest end. 

Fig.2. Photograph taken January 5, 1915, from ap- 
proximately the same point of view as 
Figure 1. 


Fig.1. View of southeast side and northeast end, look- 
ing up New Dorp Lane from the shore. 
Photograph taken about 1900. 

Fig.2. View of southeast side and southwest end. 
Photograph taken about 1903. 








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"PROCEEDINGS 


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ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. Dayfgan®' 


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CONTENTS 
History be the First rreocing-atiiae Used on Staten Island and Its Relation to Our | 
Early Local Newspapers... ... Dep can ie oun ane BLO Si Ira K. Morris. 
A Conspicuous Staten Island Bowlder Trail... .... -.. . . . ARTHUR HOLLICK 8 
Union of an Oak and a Biel ed fe thas Pata a, 8 . yo. WILLIAM T, Davis ‘10 
Union of an Ost and a Becchie sii es O ... » ARTHUR HOLLICK 11 
John Arthur Grossbeck. . 2 pe ee . a Witiram T. Davis 13 


Literature Relating to Staten Island: 

‘Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the British Museum, étc. ‘The Fascinating Sport 

_ of Banding Birds. Fill up the East River to Solve Port Problems. Following 

» Billopp’s Route to Tottenville | The Floraof the Sand Barrens of Southern Staten 

- Island, A Long Cruise in a Little Ship. Our Cover Portrait and the Hall of 
_ Fame. Studying Old Bird Problems in a New Way. When New York was One. 

' Hundred Miles Inland. _ Old Pamphlet, Just Found, Tells of Burning of Quarantine 

~~, by Citizens. Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine., Staten Island, etc. His- 


tory and Legend of Howard Avenue, etc. . . . 5. wo, ; Ge ict anil 
ee en oa 


Annual Reporte heed Beka Pei, i php a cit on Uae atat (Awe 8 oe we 834 


' (Issued April 24, 1915 ] 
-Tue New Era Printing Company 


LANCASTER, PA. 


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George Scranton Humphrey . = ———s William Thompson Davis. en 
William Hinman Mitchill. OS: Charles Arthur Ingalls : 


Norman Stewart Walker su 2 er Arthur Hollickt es 
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History of the First Imposing-stone Used on Staten Island and 
Its Relation to Our Early Local Newspapers’ 


Ira K. Morris 


For fully twenty-five years I have been watching this old impos- 
ing-stone, hoping that some day I would be able to have it in my 
possession. And now the adage has proved true, that “all things 
come to him who waits.” 

On this stone was made up the form, which means practically 
the formation of the pages, of the first local newspaper actually 
printed on Staten Island, the Richmond County Mirror, in 1837. 
There had been newspapers published, that is dated and mailed 
on Staten Island, prior to that date, but they were printed in New 
York City. The first was the Richmond Republican, of which 
Charles N. Baldwin was the editor and publisher. Its first num- 
ber appeared on October 17, 1827. It was intensely democratic, 
and was a bright, carefully edited paper. Eighty-six years ago 
today it appeared on the streets. The publication office was lo- 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association October 18, 1913. 


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cated at the junction of Griffen and Swan streets, Tompkinsville; 
but it was printed at No. 4 Chambers Street, New York City. 

Editor Baldwin was a very enterprising man. Beside running 
two newspapers he kept the Quarantine Hotel at Tompkinsville, 
was a lottery agent, and turned an honest penny as best he could. 
As a journalist it may be said of Mr. Baldwin that he was “up to 
the times.” I take the liberty of quoting from his address to his 
patrons, when he began his work on Staten Island: 

“Encouraged by a distant prospect of success, we have become a 
voluntary exile from our native city. We have cast our lot among 
strangers, and we rely with confidence on their support. From 
the slender population of the Island we have not much to expect— 
we throw ourself on the liberality of our enlightened and gener- 
ous people. Richmond is, we believe, the only county in this 
flourishing and prosperous State that does not support a press. A 
newspaper is a stranger among you, and, therefore, as a stranger, 
bid it welcome. 

“Let not the present attempt to sustain the character and dig- 
nity of this goodly portion of the commonwealth become abortive. 
We ask not—we expect not a rich reward for our services, but we 
do expect some trifling remuneration for our labor. There 
are few situations so arduous as, and more unpleasant than that of 
an editor of a public journal. He must cater for the tastes of his 
patrons, which are frequently as changeable as the colors of the 
chameleon. Every eye is fixed upon him, and everybody takes 
the liberty to censure him and dictate the course he should pursue. 
His political opponents load him with bitter invectives, and those 
whom he had considered his political friends too frequently desert 
him when their ends are answered and his ‘gray goose quill’ can 
be of no further service to them. 

“In our former efforts we have incessantly, and as the world 
goes, universally labored to expose corruption in the administra- 
tion of justice, and most villainous swindling in legalized gambling, 
but ‘poverty, the reward of honest fools, o’ertook us for it. 
We now stand indicted for exposing the corrupt practices of the 


Morris: First IMPOSING-STONE 3 


New York Police, and for innocently complimenting a certain 
Judge, whose temper sometimes gets the better of his understand- 
ing, and whose decisions have more than once been set aside by a 
higher court. 

“Plain and unsophisticated in our manners, we do not seek 
to become a member of ‘ good society "—the great Republican Fam- 
ily, the friends and supporters of General Jackson, are the men 
with whom we wish to associate, and in whose patriotism we can 
confide. The General has done so much for his country, and 
such a man the people delight to honor. We feel bound in grati- 
tude to lend our feeble aid in his behalf, and to use every pone 
effort to promote his election.” 

On January 1, 1831, the Republican contained this announce- 
ment: “ The patrons of the Republican are respectfully informed 
that I have transferred the establishment to Mr. William Haga- 
dorn, editor of the New York Democratic-Republican, whom I 
take the liberty to recommend to my friends as a democrat of the 
old school, and I think nothing will be wanting on his part to make 
the paper highly interesting to its patrons. In surrendering this 
journal, I beg leave to return my sincere thanks to my late patrons 
for past favors, with an assurance of my good wishes and lasting 
esteem.—Charles N. Baldwin.” 

William Hagadorn assumed charge of the Republican and set- 
tled on Staten Island. Peter Hagadorn, the first of the family 
in this country, came from Frankfort in 1716 and settled at Rhine- 
beck, where he, his son John, his grandson Francis, and great- 
grandson William, are buried side by side. William, the junior, 
saw many stirring events in the Revolution, and although a mere 
lad, often took part in the hardships and services of the minute- 
men. He was a lieutenant in a Brooklyn regiment during the 
War of 1812, doing duty in that city, on Staten Island, and at 
Sandy Hook. ’ After that war he settled in Newark, New Jersey, 
and published the Intelligencer and also became a universalist 
minister. 

Before Editor Baldwin sold the Republican, however, he had 


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opposition in The Chronicle, a Whig paper, edited and published 
by Dr. R. H. Thompson, sometime health officer of the port. 

The Republican ran for a few years under Mr. Hagadorn’s man- 
agement but was finally consolidated with another paper and lost 
its identity. The Staten Islander was the next paper to make its 
appearance here. John J. Adams was its editor and publisher. 

The New York and Richmond County Free Press was started 
about 1832, by William Hagadorn, formerly of the Republican. 
Under the editorial head, on June 13, 1835, the following ticket 
appeared: “ For President, Martin Van Buren, of New York; for 
Vice-President, Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky.’ Editorial 
comment was made concerning the order of President Jackson to 
the effect that “public officers must pay their debts, or suffer 
immediate removal.” A great deal is said about the tariff. On 
October 3 this item appeared: “ A farmer on Staten Island, whose 
fertile grounds we were admiring at the time, informed us that 
when he first came into possession of his farm, there was but 
one blade of grass within its precincts, and that a famished grass- 
hopper was perched upon that, making his dying prayer.” 

The Free Press was superseded by the Plaindealer, of which the 
first number was issued on December 3, 1836. Its chief mission 
seemed to be to attack slavery, and it carried on the work in a 
very vigorous manner. 

The first newspaper really printed on Staten Island was the 
Richmond County Mirror, which made its appearance in July 
1837. Francis L. Hagadorn was its editor and proprietor, and its 
publication office was located on Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, 
somewhere between York Avenue and Belmont Hall. It con- 
tained eight pages of three columns each, was ably edited and 
neatly printed. The editor was the son of the publisher of the 
Free Press, and he too had been connected with that paper. I 
quote from his first editorial : . . 

“In commencing the arduous duties of a public journalist, we 
reverently bow to the ‘usages’ and time-honored customs so re- 
ligiously observed in such matters, and herewith essay to make 


Morris: First IMPosING-STONE 5 


known our rules of guidance. Those who will expect this paper 
to support and close up the deformities of any political party, must, 
at the outset, be undeceived. Those, also, who will image us as 
either the radical enemy of all social distinctions, or the court 
journalist of our Anglo-American aristocrats, must also be ap- 
prised of their error.” 

Editor Hagadorn, of the Mirror, was a genuine patriot, and we 
find him censuring the people of Staten Island for not celebrating 
the “Glorious Fourth.” He boldly calls them “a generation of 
vipers and hypocrites,” because they had refused to honor the 
memory of Washington and his compeers. He also lectures the 
supervisors relative to the condition of old Richmond Road. 
He says: 

“This a matter of some importance, gentlemen, and should be 
so treated. The old road has become warped into its present state 
by neglect of ages; like an old, untutored mind, it has followed 
the inclinations of passion and lawless folly—it has left the sterling 
paths of probity and truth, and rambled through the mazes of 
romance and adventure, prompted, it would seem, by nothing but 
the bent of idle curiosity. So we find it—and all the mild per- 
suasions and even the examples of the brave old fences, will affect 
nothing against the prejudices of age; forcible means must be 
called into action.” 

The chief agitation among the people of Staten Island at that 
time was an attempt to secure the erection of a lighthouse on 
“Robyn’s Rift,’ and the survey being made for the establish- 
ment of a navy yard and fort at “the cove” at “Constable’s 
Hook,” opposite New Brighton. The editorial comments are quite 
unique in the light of modern military events: 

“ This undertaking, like everything else new, excites our wonder 
why its object has lain so long unnoticed. The advantages of bold 
water and proximity to the ocean, this location adds the important 
consideration of cheap and easy defense, It is only approachable 
by large vessels from one passage. Nature, too, shut it off in 
every other direction by shoals and flats. It is also further pro- 


6 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


posed to establish a fort, similar to that at the Rip Raps, on the 
reef of rocks, at the mouth of the Sound, known as Robyn’s Rift; 
and this, in addition to the defense of the navy yard, would from 
its position be able to effect more—in case of an attack upon New 
York by sea—than all the other forts within the harbor. A strong 
fort upon Robyn’s Rift, with a short chain to the shore of Staten 
Island, would effectually defend the navy yard; and any other 
flotilla, on attempting to force its way into the harbor, would ine- 
vitably be exposed to a raking fire of four or five miles.” 

Editor Hagadorn issued annual addresses to his readers, in one 
of which he stated that “gratitude is a keen sense of favor to 
come.’ He continued to publish the Mirror for a number of 
years, and at last it was merged into the Staten Islander, and the 
publication office was in the little wedge-shaped building that 
stood until recently nearly opposite the police headquarters at. 
Stapleton. 

When scarcely ten years old Mr. Hagadorn entered his father’s 
printing office in Newark and learned to set type. At twelve years 
of age he began literary work. He wrote stories and poetry be- 
fore he was sixteen. In later years he wrote a romance of Staten 
Island, calling it the Story of a Spoon, locating the scene on Rich- 
mond Hill and in and around the little village at the county seat. 

Mr. Hagadorn took great interest in military matters. He was 
a sergeant in the Second Regiment New York State Militia, 1835; 
first lieutenant, 142d Regiment, 1838; adjutant, same regiment, 
1839; adjutant, 146th regiment, 1841; captain, Richmond County 
Guards, same regiment, 1842; major, first battalion, 1850; colonel, 
73d regiment, 1854; brigadier general on governor’s staff, 1854. 
In 1862 he was appointed major of the Seventy-ninth New York 
Volunteers. After a short service he resigned to accept the ap- 
pointment of inspector general of the Army of the Republic of 
Venezuela, under General Paza, which position he held for some 
time. General Hagadorn died at Georgetown, South Carolina, 
on July 1, 1897, and was buried with military honors at Troy, 
New York. 


Morris: First IMPOSING-STONE 7 


So much for the story of the men who have been directly con- 
cerned in this interesting old relic. There is a tradition that it 
was originally a part of a pedestal in the Van Ness residence 
that stood near Bowling Green, years prior to the Revolution. 
I cannot vouch for the truth of this statement ; but I can state with 
assurance that it served in the composing room of the New York 
Commercial, and later was used in a publishing house at 174 
Broadway, about one hundred years ago. It was purchased by 
William Hagadorn, who removed it to Newark, New Jersey, and 
used it in the office of the Intelligencer. When Mr. Hagadorn 
removed to Staten Island he brought the printing material of his 
office with him. 

The stone in time became so greatly worn that its mission as a 
printing office fixture was ended. General Hagadorn then had 
it cemented in the steps leading from the street to his residence, 
now the home of Mr. Charles Broughton, 55 Beach Street, Staple- 
ton, where it rested for about fifty years. 

Through the courtesy of Mr. Broughton, 1 am now permitted to 
present it to the Association, and to him I feel that we owe an 
expression of our appreciation for the gift. 


A Conspicuous Staten Island Bowlder Trail? 
ARTHUR HOoLLick 


Anyone who is interested in the phenomena of former glacia- 
tion on Staten Island may observe a number of striking exam- 
ples, well exposed at and in the vicinity of the new road which has 
been excavated under the railroad, at what is generally known as 
“Crooke’s crossing,” near Great Kill station. A section has 
been cut in the moraine, and the excavated material has been used 
for grading and filling in the adjacent depressions. Two prom- 
inent constituents of this material, aside from the prevailing Tri- 
assic red shale and sandstone, are red jasperoid limonite and dark 
green serpentine rock. These vary in size from large bowlders to 
cobblestones and gravel. The serpentine specimens usually pre- 
sent the shapes and markings characteristic of glacial transported 
rock fragments, but the limonite, by reason of its greater nes 
ness, has undergone relatively little abrasion. 

The direction of glacial movement across Staten Island was 
from the northwest, and if a walk is taken from the Crooke’s 
crossing locality toward the northwest it will eventually lead to 
the original common home of these rocks on Richmond Hill and 
the region immediately beyond, as far as the border of the Fresh 
Kills marshes. 

The particular feature of interest that may be noted on the way, 
however, is the conspicuous bowlder trail marked by the red jas- 
peroid limonite. This trail may be readily traced and followed 
by noting the occasional bowlders in place and those which have 
been incorporated in stone fences; and by keeping these in sight 
the observer will finally terminate his walk where the salt marshes 
just south of New Springville are a bar to further progress in 
that direction. Here are stone fences made up almost wholly of 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association December 20, 1913. 
8 


HotiicK: STATEN IsLAND BoOWLDER TRAIL 9 


limonite bowlders, indicating that an extensive exposure of this 
rock formerly occupied what is now the trough between the known 
serpentine area to the southeast and the trap ridge to the north- 
west in the vicinity of Linoleumyille. And this trail, from the vi- 
cinity of Crooke’s crossing to the neighborhood of New Spring- 
ville is sharply defined and narrow—only a quarter of a mile or 
so in width—on either side of which only occasional scattered frag- 
ments of the limonite may be found, and these but a short distance 
from the margin. 

. At the present time there is no outcrop of the rock to be seen in 
place, but formerly there was an exposure on Richmond Hill and 
this may yet be located by means of the old abandoned and now 
almost obliterated diggings or prospect holes, which were made 
many years ago by parties who were interested in the commercial 
development of the limonite deposits of the island. 


Union of an Oak and a Birch? 


WILLIAM T. Davis 


(WITH PLATE I, FIG. I) 


The figure accompanying this article represents two trees, a 
white oak, Quercus alba L., on the left, and a black birch, Betula 
lenta L., on the right, that have grown together in such manner 
that if the trunk were all that could be seen, they would ordinarily 
be taken for one individual. They stand close to Richmond Turn- 
pike on the property known as the Cebra Homestead, and were 
first described in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 13: 
221. 1886. At that time the measurements were given as follows: 
“ For the space of 3 ft. 7 in. from the roots they have grown solidly 
together, so that the line of juncture is no more marked than 
the weatherworn crevices down the sides of many large trees, the 
character of the bark serving as the best guide in distinguishing 
the trunk of one tree from that of the other. At the height 
mentioned from the ground the trunks part or branch, forming 
a Y, the oak being 4 ft. 2 in. in circumference, and the birch 4 ft. 
5 in., while the main trunk, formed by both ittrees, measures 7 ft. 
4 in. around.” 

Last summer a photograph was taken of the trees and they were 
measured as in 1886, with the following results: Line of juncture 
4 tt. 4 in.; circumference of oak 5 ft. I in.; of birch 4 it. 5 ms; of 
main trunk formed by both trees 8 feet. It may be seen that in 
twenty-seven years the length of the line of juncture increased 9 
inches, the circumference of the oak II inches, and the birch, 
which died in 1912, did not make any perceptible growth. The 
individual circumferences of the oak and birch would of course be 
somewhat greater if the measurements could have been made at the 
same distances above the ground where they were taken in 1886 
instead of 9 inches farther up the united trunk. 

There are evidences that the oak cannot live much longer, and 
thus one of Staten Island’s most remarkable twin trees will cease 
to exist. 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association December 20, 1913. 
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ArTHUR HOoLLICK 


(WITH PLATE I, FIG. 2) 


Sixteen years ago, at our meeting of May 14, 1808, it was my 
privilege to describe, under the title Union between Dissimilar 
Trees,” an instance similar to that described by Mr. Wm. T. Davis, 
the trees, however, being a white oak, Quercus alba L., and a beech, 
Fagus americana Sweet. Unfortunately no measurements were 
taken at that time, nor were the trees photographed. 

Recently, in order to supplement Mr. Davis’ paper, the trees 
were visited, photographed, and the following facts recorded: 

They are located on the sloping hillside fronting Richmond 
Turnpike near the junction of Little Clove Road, within a few 
hundred feet of the old Crystal Water Company’s reservoir, and 
could hardly fail to attract the attention of any one who might 
search for them. The oak is a thriving, living tree. The beech, 
however, is all but entirely dead. The two are joined together 
for a distance of about 3 ft. 4 in. above the ground, forming a 
single base, but with the characteristic bark of each sharply de- 
fined, and separated by a conspicuous suture. Above the com- 
mon base each tree is distinct. The circumference of the base, at 
the place where the two trees separate, is 10 ft.4 in. Immediately 
above this place the oak is 5 ft. 3 in. in circumference and the 
beech 6 ft. 3 in. 

It is unfortunate that measurements were not taken at the time 
when this interesting natural feature was first called to my atten- 
tion ; but even the present records, with the photograph, are worthy 
of preservation, and they will have, in common with those by Mr. 

1 Presented in abstract at the meeting of the Association December 20, 


1913. 
2 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is. 6: 57, 58. 


If 


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Davis, a constantly increasing historical value as time goes on and 
the trees either die a natural death or are otherwise exterminated. 

Finally it may be pertinent to refer to the fact that in each in- 
stance it is the white oak that has shown the greater vitality, 
although there is no evidence that this has any biological signifi- 
cance in connection with the union between this species and either 
of the other two. 


John Arthur Grossbeck' 


WiLiiAMmM T. Davis 


John Arthur Grossbeck, a life member of this Association, died 
on the Island of Barbados April 8, 1914. He was born in Pater- 
son, N. J., February 2, 1883. 

For about seven years he was connected with the New Jersey 
Agricultural Experiment Station and did much original work on 
the mosquitos of that state. He was also an authority on the 
family Geometridae among moths and described a considerable 
number of species new to science. 

Mr. Grossbeck served as secretary of the Newark Entomolog- 
ical Society for a number of years, and at the time of his death 
was librarian of the New York Entomological Society. In Feb- 
ruary 1911 he became officially associated with the American 
Museum of Natural History and soon after moved to Staten 
Island, where in the picturesque Clove Valley he owned a shingle- 
covered bungalow. He had not been on Staten Island long enough 
to add much to the knowledge of its natural history, but in 1913 
he contibuted to our PROCEEDINGS two carefully prepared papers 
on the late Prof. John B. Smith,? under whom he served while in 
New Brunswick, N. J. 

Mr. Grossbeck was not only a good natural history artist, but 
he had an artistic touch in his arrangement of collections; and by 
reason of his industry, neatness, and knowledge of insects in gen- 
eral, was an ideal museum man. He was one with whom people 
willingly placed specimens, knowing that in his hands they would 
receive good care, and he inspired this same confidence among his 
fellow entomologists. 

A more extended account of the life of Mr. Grossbeck, together 
with a bibliography of his published writings, will appear in a 
forthcoming number of the Journal of the New York Entomolog- 
ical Society. 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association May 16, 1914. 
2 Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. 4: 28-31, 32-54. 


Literature Relating to Staten Island 


CATALOGUE OF THE Mesozoic PLANTS IN THE BRITISH 
MusEuM, ETC.1 


This is a cloth bound octavo volume of 285 + 32 pages of text, 
two plates, and twenty-five text figures. It includes, in addition 
to the catalogue of British Museum specimens of Cretaceous 
algae and fungi, a general bibliography of the literature of Creta- 
ceous paleobotany and a list of Cretaceous species of fossil plants. 

Inasmuch as both the bibliography and the list are designed to be 
world-wide in scope it may be appreciated that the undertaking 
was somewhat ambitious, and this may serve as an excuse for the 
many errors and omissions that may be noted. It will, doubtless, 
be critically reviewed as a whole elsewhere, and it is necessary, 
here, merely to call attention to the local interest which it possesses 
in relation to Staten Island. The works of Hollick and of Jeffrey 
on the Cretaceous plant remains of the Kreischerville clays are 
enumerated, including references to our PROCEEDINGS, which, how- 
ever, are designated “not seen’’; and all of our published local 
Cretaceous species of plants are listed with citations of places of 
publication or description, illustrations, etc. 

It is another of the many evidences that: have appeared from 
time to time indicating how widely our local geological discoveries 


have made Staten Island known in the scientific world. 
Aw iar 


THE FASCINATING SPORT OF BANDING BIRDS? 


This is one of Mr. Cleaves’ characteristic bird articles, illustrated 
by a number of his charming photographs, most of which are of 
1 Catalogue |of the| Mesozoic Plants|in the] British Museum | (Nat- 
ural History) | The Cretaceous Flora| Part I.—Bibliography, Algae and 


Fungi | By | Marie C. Stopes, D.Sc., etc., etc. | London | 1913. 
? Howard H. Cleaves, House and Garden 24: 11-14, 10 f. Jl 1913. 


14 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 15 


Staten Island subjects. The object and method of bird banding 
is described and discussed. It consists, briefly, in placing a small 
numbered, aluminum band, with the inscription “notify Am. 
Museum, N. Y.,” on the leg of the bird. The circumstances under 
which each bird was banded are carefully recorded, and should 
that bird ever be captured or killed anywhere, at any subsequent 
time, it may be traced by its number. The author notes, for ex- 
ample, that a robin banded at Bangor, Me., July 8, 1910, was cap- 
tured at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1911, and that a red-winged 
blackbird banded at Charleston, R. I., June 8, 1912, was shot at 
Green Pond, S. C., Nov. 2, 1912. 

The author says: “ The bird banding idea is one which is bound 
to become popular... . As many as a dozen young men and boys 
on Staten Island. . . have come to me for bird bands, and by the 
first week in June of the present year had located over a hundred 
birds’ nests. Instead of taking the eggs for the purpose of starting 
‘collections,’ as several of these boys had done in previous years, 
the nests were jealously guarded so that the young might become 
ripe for banding.” 

The illustrations include the saw-whet owl, swallow, brown 
thrasher, Carolina wren and screech owl. Ass el: 


FILL uP THE East River To SOLVE Port PROBLEMS? 


Under the above title is given an abstract of a suggested plan 
for the remodeling of the port of New York, filling in the East 
River so as to connect Manhattan with Long Island, and construct- 
ing new areas of land elsewhere in the vicinity by reclaiming 
marshland and shoals. Staten Island figures prominently in the 
scheme by the construction of two peninsula-like projections in the 
Lower Bay. The article states that “Staten Island is now as- 
sessed at $50,000,000, and as soon as this scheme is carried out the 
value will be increased to $500,000,000, and the value of two and 
one quarter square miles of new land and docks will easily be 
$1,000,000 more.” 


8 T. Kennard Thomson, D.Sc., New York Times, August 31, 1913. 


16 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Three cuts illustrate the article: a portrait of Dr. Thomson, 
a general view of lower Manhattan and adjacent Brooklyn shores, 


and a map showing the suggested changes. 
Pewee 


FOLLOWING BiLttopr’s RouTE To TOTTENVILLE.* 


That the history, romance, and traditions of the Billopp House 
are not yet overworked as subjects for literary effusion is evi- 
denced by this article. Captain Christopher Billopp’s celebrated 
circumnavigation of Staten Island, and the conference held at the 
house between Lord Howe, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and 
Edward Rutledge, are of course mentioned, beside references to 
James Fenimore Cooper‘s Water Witch, and to the gravestones 
of Eugenia and Thomas Farmar Billopp. A brief description 
of some of the historical features of Perth Amboy is also included 
at the end. 

eile 


THE FLORA OF THE SAND BARRENS OF SOUTHERN STATEN ISLAND® 


This is a very excellent presentation of the most conspicuous 
floral elements in this interesting portion of our island, and it is 
evident that the author missed but little, botanically, in his two 
trips to the region, on Sept. 19, 1901, and May 29, 1902. It is 
easy to understand why he failed to find Phlox subulata L., Aster 
concolor L., and Ascyrum hypericoides L., which are all but exter- 
minated; but it seems somewhat strange that only one tree of 
-Diospyros virgimana L. was noted, and only a few of Pinus vir- 
guuana Mill., both of which are more or less abundant. 

As a list of plants the paper possesses a certain local interest 
and value, but the author’s conceptions of the geology of the 
region are entirely erroneous; and the interesting ecological sig- 
nificance of the peculiar flora which prevails there was evidently 
either not known to him or else was not understood or appreciated. 


4 Sarah Comstock, New York Times, September 7, 1913. 
5 Stewart H. Burnham, Torreya 13: 249-255. N 1013. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND Ly 


For example, the Cretaceous clays which underlie the entire region 
are stated to have been “ deposited here when the great Laurentian 
glacier moved down from the north.” As a matter of fact the 
evidences of glaciation are relatively inconspicuous, and in places 
are lacking entirely,—the surface material, over certain areas, be- 
ing composed of either recent dune sand or Tertiary sands and 
gravels. There are no glacial clays and but little glacial till in 
sight. In other words this portion of Staten Island is geolog- 
ically a part of the adjacent coastal plain of New Jersey, which 
accounts for the many floral elements that they have in com- 
mon and which are not found elsewhere on the island. The 
author's lack of knowledge in regard to these elemental facts, 
which have been so frequently described and discussed, is some- 
what difficult to understand. | 

Incidentally, also, it is amusing to note the following paragraph: 
“Tn many places one could gather quantities of salt-water clam 
shells in the sand, showing that at a comparatively recent period 
this portion of the island was submerged.” Evidently the Indian 
shell heaps and “kitchen middens,” the constituents of which are 
spread over acres of ground in this region, were characteristic 
features with which the author was not acquainted, and the wind- 
blown dune sand was mistaken for a water deposit. 

eae 


AY Lone Cruise In A Litres Sip? 


This is a pleasingly written and well illustrated description of a 
trip from Casco Bay, Me., to Great Kill, Staten Island, in a 
twenty-five foot sailboat, accomplished by two of our well known 
local sailing enthusiasts who are designated, very modestly, as 
“the skipper” and “the mate,’ but whose identity as Mr. and 
Mrs, H. Prescott Wells, of Great Kill, is revealed in their por- 
traits. To those who appreciate roughing it more or less, with 
the added spice of some danger, actual and potential, this little 
sketch will be appreciated and will prove both amusing and inter- 


6 By “the Mate,” Yachting, Nov. 1913: 246-248; Dec. 1913: 301-304, 13 f. 


18 STrateEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


esting. The trip occupied exactly two weeks, and the estimated 


distance covered was 403 nautical miles. 
aie 


Our Cover PorRTRAIT AND THE HALL OF FAME* 


Under the above caption is an appreciative article descriptive of 
the personality and artistic abilities of our fellow-citizen, Mr. 
Isaac Almstaedt, of Tompkinsville, who is described as 
the East’s oldest and best known photographers.’ The cover 
design consists of his portrait; and one of his photographic pro- 
ductions, a child in winter costume, makes a full page figure on 
page 14. 


6 


‘one of 


i Neealelle 


THE GEOLOGICAL History oF NEw York STATE® 


This is an attempt to produce a type of book which is always 
beset with difficulties, the type in which scientific facts are de- 
scribed and discussed for the benefit of the non-scientific reader. 
Its scope is set forth, in the letter of transmittal, as follows: 
“This work brings together in compact form a résumé of the 
geological events in the development of the State, and for such a 
publication as this there is at the present time a widespread de- 
mand”; and the introductory paragraph in the preface states that 
“The researches and truths of any modern science if they are 
properly to fulfil their mission, should be brought within the 
reach of laymen. In this bulletin the purpose is to present in a 
simple, readable form, an outline of the physical development of 
New York State... . Any person who [is] possessed of intelli- 
gence and a willingness to learn is fully prepared to read these 
pages.” 

Without expressing any opinion in regard to the above state- 
ment it may be said that this work is one which all who are inter- 

7 Anon., Portrait 5: 15, cover design and one f. in text. D 1913. 

8 William J. Miller, New York State Museum Bulletin No. 168. 8vo, 


pamph., p. 130, pl. 1-52 and f. I-4o in text. Dec. 15, 1913 [Albany, N. Y., 
1914]. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 19 


ested in the geology of New York State may read and study to ad- 
vantage, even if parts of it are beyond the ken of the average 
reader. 

So far as Staten Island is concerned the references are few, 
brief, and very imperfectly discussed. Even relatively to the rest 
of the State these references seem disproportionately small. 
Staten Island is mentioned in connection with the Triassic non- 
marine sediments, and also in connection with the Cretaceous and 
Tertiary deposits of the Atlantic coastal plain region, but without 
any local descriptive matter whatsoever. In fact the relations of 
our island to the rest of the State are so imperfectly expressed that 
they may be said to be all but entirely omitted; and any mention 
of the important and interesting phenomena of glaciation so well 
exemplified here will be looked for in vain on any of the pages 
where it might reasonably be expected to occur. 


vey ele 


STUDYING OLtp Birp ProspLteEmMs In A NEw Way? 


This is another well written and fully illustrated article by 
Mr. Cleaves on the subject of bird banding. It includes two items 
of local interest. The first relates to a pair of barn owls which 
were described some time ago by Mr. William T. Davis.29 Mr. 
Cleaves mentions these birds as the only pair known to nest on 
Staten Island and says: “... these birds rear a brood of from 
four to six each year. What becomes of the young birds is a 
question. For the past two seasons the baby owls have all been 
banded. . . . In 1912, while the youngsters were having the bands 
placed on their legs, the old owl came back to the barn loft, think- 
ing the intruders gone, and before she could make an exit was 
seized and herself banded. Care was taken to place the ankle ring 
on the opposite leg from that on which the bands of the owlets 
were adjusted, the object being to make it possible to identify the 

® Howard H. Cleaves, Outdoor World and Recreation, N. S., 1: 40-43, 


iar, Wel iene 
10 Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. 1: 84. 1906. 


20 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


birds in subsequent years, at long range, with powerful binoc- 
WlarSenn ae 

The second item is as follows: “ The killdeer, contrary to most 
birds, is undoubtedly extending its range in the Eastern United 
States, and it therefore happens that a pair of these birds has 
reared a brood (which has been banded) for the past few years 
on Staten Island, although no killdeers have to our knowledge 
ever laid their eggs there before. The questions here are: Where 
did the pioneer pair of plovers come from? What becomes of the 
four youngsters each year, since only one pair comes back to 
nest annually, and none returning has yet been observed to wear a 
band?” 
| Peale 


Wuen New York Was ONE HuNpbRED MILEs INLAND! 


This is a characteristic Sunday newspaper magazine article, in 
which well recognized geologic facts are presented in such highly 
colored and poetical language that even the most indifferent of 
readers must rub his eyes and ask “can such things be?,” or “ did 
such conditions ever prevail here?” There can be no doubt that 
the author was tolerably well conversant with the essential facts, 
and his selection of authoritative illustrations, showing the lo- 
cation of the old coast line and river channels of the Tertiary 
period and the course of glaciation in the Quaternary, is excellent. 
Actual errors in the statement of facts are few and unimportant 
and no one could read the article through without more or less 
appreciation of the meaning and significance of certain obvious 
natural features and phenomena which might have heretofore 
escaped attention. Such articles are of value, even if they do 
nothing more than stimulate the imagination and arouse a desire 
to know something more about the things that ordinarily are 
ignored. 

Nw lelle 


11 Dudley Joslin, New York Press, January 11, rord4. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 2t 


OLp PAMPHLET, Just FounpD, TELLS OF BURNING OF QUARANTINE 
BY CITIZENS?!” 


This is an unsigned article, under the above heading, based upon 
literature and old pictures and posters in the museum of the 
Association, which were borrowed for the purpose. It begins 
with the statement; “A small pamphlet declared to be the only 
authentic history in existence of the burning of the old Quaran- 
tine station at Tompkinsville, S. I., in September, 1858, . . . was 
found last week among numerous aged documents which for years 
have been in the possession of the Staten Island Association of 
Arts and Sciences, etc., etc.” 

The “aged document” was a copy of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF STATEN ISLAND, Special No. 
16, Oct. 1893,** and the information gleaned from this was embel- 
lished by photographs of two old posters calling meetings of the 
citizens, and one of a woodcut from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated 
Newspaper showing the Quarantine buildings on fire. 

It has been very amusing to hear the comments of more than one 
resident of Staten Island in regard to this article and to note their 
surprise when informed that the original material upon which it 
was based, and much more in addition relating to the burning of 
the Quarantine, could be seen and studied by anyone who cared 
to visit the Museum. 

reales 


BaLTIMorE & OunIo EmMpLoves MaGazZINe!4 


This is an octavo publication of 112 pages, profusely illustrated. 
In this number most of the articles are concerned with Staten 
Island, and they are either historical reminiscences or descriptions 
of present day conditions. “The Story of Railroad Development 
on Staten Island” by S. P. Kretzer, gives a brief résumé of the 

12 New York Herald, March 8, 1914. 

18“ The Old Quarantine: Its Destruction and the Causes which Led to 
It,” by Dr. F. Hollick. 

148. & O. Employes Mag., Vol. 2, No. 8 (Staten Island Number), May 
1914. 


22  STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


evolution of the original Staten Island Railroad Company into the 
Staten Island Railway Company, after the Westfield explosion on 
July 30, 1871, and the subsequent construction of the Staten Island 
Rapid Transit Railroad in 1884 and the establishing of business re- 
lations with the Baltimore and Ohio Railway system. The illustra- 
tions include a map of Staten Island showing the railway lines and 
connections, cuts of types of locomotive engines, ferryboat and tug 
service, and a view of the freight terminal at St. George. Mr. 
Frederick C. Syze, trainmaster of the Staten Island lines, is the 
subject of an article, with portrait, by Elias Bernstein, entitled 
“ Appreciation of Frederick C. Syze,’ in which is included a 
sketch of his early life and an account of his present duties and 
responsibilities. “Recollections of Early Railroading on Staten 
Island,” and a “ History of the Baltimore and New York Railway 
Company” are discussed by W. Cornell. The first mentioned 
article contains a reproduction of a timetable of the Staten Island 
Railway, which announces that on and after Dec. I, 1875, the 
train boats will leave New York at 7,9 and 11 A. M., and 1, 4, 5 
and 6 P. M. The second describes the agreement between the 
Philadelphia & Reading, N. J. Central, and B. & O. lines, known 
as the “ Blue Line Agreement,” and the Staten Island connections. 
A portrait of H. W. Miller, general freight car foreman of the 
Staten Island lines, a picture of one of the engines in the freight 
service between St. George and Cranford Junction, and a view of 
the Arthur Kill bridge, give a touch of local color to the text. 
W. L. Dryden, signal supervisor, New York Division, B. & O. 
R. R., contributes a short account of the “ Progress of Signaling 
on the Staten Island Lines,” with two illustrations, one of the 
signal tower at Pleasant Plains, the other of the twelve-lever 
interlocking plant at “ Princess” Bay. Two pages only are given 
to “ Representative Industries on Staten Island”? and about one 
half of this space is occupied by cuts, one of the lumberyard of 
I. T. Williams & Sons, at Tompkinsville, the other showing build- 
ing stone in storage at the Arlington freight yard. “Staten 
Island’s Future”’ is discussed optimistically, from the standpoint of 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 23 


commercial development, by G. J. Brown, general traffic agent, 
with a view of the ferry approach at St. George and a photograph 
of a group of the shop forces at Clifton during the noon hour. 

Under the heading “‘ The Ticket Seller’ are discussed some of 
the requirements and trials pertaining to that position, by Robert H. 
Fithian, the agent at Tottenville. The “Early History of Steam 
Roads on Staten Island” is described by W. E. Journeay, car- 
penter in the service of the Staten Island railroad lines since 1865, 
whose portrait accompanies the article. Elsewhere in the mag- 
azine may also be found portraits of Wallace Bedell, machinist, 
Henry Bedell, painter in continuous service since March 18, 1884, 
James W. Turner, stationmaster at St. George, R. Groeling, B. F. 
Kelly, Edward Whalen, and J. S. Sheafe—all well known in our 
community as employees of the railroad in one capacity or an- 
_ other. | 

One page is devoted to a brief sketch of the Billopp House, with 
an excellent picture, evidently taken quite recently, and it is grati- 
fying to note, at the foot of the page, a memorandum which states 
that “For a full account of the house see Proceedings of the 
Natural Science Association of Staten Island, vol. 2, pp. 65-70.” 

i IN deal 


STATEN ISLAND, ETC.1° 


This is an octavo pamphlet of seventy-two pages and about one 
hundred illustrations, including two maps. There is no title page, 
unless we may regard the cover as such; but page 5 is occupied by 
a general statement, from which may be gathered the following 
information in regard to the publication of the work: 

“The many picturesque and beautiful views shown in this Mag- 
azine were taken by Mr. E. H. Seehusen, of West New Brighton, 
Staten Island—the colored pictures are reproduced from hand- 
tinted views belonging to Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff. 

“Suggestions by Mr. James P. McGovern, of the New York 
Bar. 


15 Staten Island| Borough of Richmond| New York City | Issued by | 
Staten Island | Chamber of Commerce | Price | 25 cts. 


24 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


“The printing is by the Guide Printing and Publishing Com- 
pany of Brooklyn, N. Y. 


Compiled, Edited and Published by 
Darby Richardson 
For Staten Island Chamber of Commerce 
ses 3) sk a a ok 


Copyright, 1914, by Darby Richardson.” 


It is of the same general character as the publications with the 
same title, issued by the Chamber of Commerce in octavo form in 
7896 and in quarto form in I9QIT. 

The text and the illustrations constitute a curious descriptive 
mixture of commercialism, civic activities, natural features, and 
local history. To anyone possessed of any sense of humor the 
attempt to reconcile all of these incongruous elements and to give 
them the appearance of a united happy family, with allied aims 
and interests, is amusing. To boom the advantages of Staten 
Island as a commercial and manufacturing locality and at the 
same time to make an effort to enthusiastically advertise the few 
remaining natural charms and historical features which industrial 
development has not yet destroyed, but soon will, causes the 
average reader to smile at the ingenuousness and the lack of all 
sense of proportion and perspective displayed by those who were 
responsible for the compilation of the contents. 

It is to be presumed that the work must possesss some immedi- 
ate economic value, as otherwise practical business men would not 
have contributed time, energy, and money for its publication; 
but the real value of this and all similar publications is always best 
appreciated by those for whom they were not designed, the future 
historian or student of local history, who is interested in tracing 
the evolution of a locality from a suburban into an urban com- 
munity. And we may imagine such a reader, at some time in the 
future, noting with interest the landscape views, the pictures of 
residences and public buildings and the crude business centers of 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 1 DAG 


Tompkinsville, Stapleton, and New Brighton, as these appeared 
“long ago, in 1914.” 
fe Teal, 


History AND LEGEND OF HowaArp AVENUE, ETC.*® 


Probably no better and certainly no more interesting work on 
our local history has appeared than is presented in this charm- 
ingly written and artistically illustrated and printed volume by 
Charles Gilbert Hine. The author resides on Grymes Hill, so 
the views that he describes are those most familiar to him, and 
it is a pleasure to read his appreciation of the changing scenes 
produced by the seasons, or by the coming of night, or by fog or the 
sun. To him the hill is always interesting, and so are the houses 
along this elevated terrace that overlooks Stapleton and Clifton and 
the Bay beyond. 

After “the general history and story of the locality including 
the several names that have been applied to Grymes Hill in the 
past and their origin,” and the prologue by George William Curtis, 
taken from “ Prue and I,’ we come to the main part of the vol- 
ume which treats of Howard Avenue and the Serpentine Road. 
The author says “ This way of ours reminds one of a corkscrew— 
Lewis street the handle, Howard avenue the shank and the devious 
meanderings of the Serpentine road the business end of the in- 
strument.” 

Then follows an account, often a considerable history of each 
place along the above mentioned roads from the Turnpike to where 
the Serpentine Road joins the Clove. What might have been a 
prosaic recital concerning these places and their one-time occu- 
pants, has been woven into an interesting narrative illustrated by 
many an amusing anecdote. 

There are thirteen reproductions of photographs, most of them 

16 History and Legend of | Howard Avenue and the! Serpentine Road, 
Grymes | Hill, Staten Island| Gathered by Charles Gilbert Hine | From 
Real Estate Records and | Long Memories | * * | Hine’s Annual, 1914. 


Octavo, boards, 80 p., 14 pl. (incl. two maps and twelve views). Pri- 
vately printed. Hine Brothers’ Printery. 


26 Staten ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


taken in winter or at least when the leaves were off of the trees, | 
and some of them taken at night. There are views of Stapleton 
lying far below the hill; of a number of the dwellings mentioned 
in the text; of showclad hillsides and of Sugar Loaf Rock near 
Lewis Street. There are also two reproductions of old maps. 

Then on page 79 we have the “ Last word of all,’ wherein the 
author describes the views as seen from the hill and comments: 
“Tt is like the animated face of beauty, ever changing yet always 
the same, and never uninteresting.” But this is not his “last 
word,’ for on page 80 he tells us “ why there are omissions!” 
Let us hope that this also will not be his “last word of all,” for 
there is much that he can do in preserving and presenting in an 
interesting form the history of our island. 


¢ 


Weep: 


Records of Meetings 
REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 18, 1913 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

Second Vice-President William H. Mitchill in the chair and twenty- 
seven persons present. 

On motion the reading of the minutes of the meeting of May 17, 1913, 
was dispensed with. 

Mr. Ira K. Morris presented the imposing-stone on which was made up 
the form of the first newspaper actually printed on Staten Island, and 
read a paper on the History of the First Imposing-stone Used on Staten 
Island and Its Relation to Our Early Local Newspapers. (See this issue, 
p. I.) The stone was secured through the kindness of Mr. Charles 
Broughton of Stapleton, in whose possession it had been for many years. 
On motion a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Broughton for his cour- 
tesy and interest in the matter. 

Mr. Morris also read a memorandum questioning the authenticity of the 
signature of Aaron Burr on the pane of glass from the old St. James 
Hotel, Port Richmond. (See minutes of March 16, 1912, and PROCEEDINGS 
4: 67.) 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


The program was under the auspices of the Section of Art. 

Dr. John Q. Adams delivered an address, illustrated with lantern slides, 
on Sculpture in New York City, with special reference to its public 
statues. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, NOVEMBER 15, 1913 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-four persons present. 

The minutes of the meetings of May 17 and October 18, 1913, were read 
and approved. 

A communication was read, from the Staten Island Council of Clubs, 
requesting that four delegates be appointed to represent the Association 
at the forthcoming annual convention of the Council. 

On motion the president was authorized to appoint four delegates in 
accordance with the request contained in the communication. 


27 


28 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


The president appointed Mrs. Arthur Hollick, Mrs. Clare H. Brown, 
Mrs. James R. Walsh, and Mr. Willam T. Davis as such delegates. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. Howard H. Cleaves delivered an address, illustrated with lantern 
slides from original photographs, on Bird Studies on the Atlantic Coast. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 20, 1913 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and twelve persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of November 15, 1913, were read and 
approved. 

Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited specimens of jasperoid limonite and 
massive serpentine rock, representing morainal material from the vicinity 
of Giffords, and read a paper on A Conspicuous Staten Island Bowlder 
Trail. (See this issue, p. 8.) 

Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a photograph of and read a paper on 
Union of an Oak and a Birch. (See this issue, p. 10.) 

Dr. Arthur Hollick referred to another instance of a similar nature, 
mentioned at a meeting of the Association some years ago and stated 
that he would prepare a memorandum on the subject to supplement Mr. 
Davis’s contribution. (See this issue, p. II.) 

Mr. Davis read a letter from our fellow member, Mr. James Chapin, 
dated Avakubi, Congo, October 7, 1913, announcing his safe arrival there 
and his prospects of an early return to New York. Mr. Davis referred 
to the fact that Mr. Chapin left New York on his trip to Africa, under 
the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History, in May, 1900, 
and that for a period of nearly two years no word had been received from 
the expedition and grave fears had been entertained as to the safety of 
the members. 

Mr. S. McKee Smith exhibited a large glaciated sandstone concretion, 
found in Hamilton Park. Both the interior concretionary structure and the 
exterior marks of glaciation were unusually well exemplified in the specimen. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 17, 1914 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and twenty persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of December 20, 1913, were read and 
approved. 


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The curator-in-chief exhibited and commented upon certain of the re- 
cent accessions to the museum collection and library, as follows: 

Personally Collected—A large fragment of a silicified paleozoic coral, 
from the Yellow (Pensauken?) Gravel overlying the Cretaceous clay at 
Kreischerville, about equal in size to a similar specimen found at Prince’s 
Bay and exhibited at the meeting of October 15, 1904. 

Fossils from a Drift bowlder of Schoharie Grit, found in Moravian 
Cemetery, including Atrypa impressa Hall, Meristella nasuta Conr., Ortho- 
ceras pelops Hall(?), Pentamerella arata Conr., Stropheodonta demissa 
Conr., S. parva Hall, S. perplana Conr., Strophonella ampla Hall, Dibundo- 
phyllum sp.(?), and Amplexus?. 

From Charles La Point—Cannon ball, presumably of Revolutionary 
age, found near Silver Lake. 

From Frederick Forde-—A chick, with four legs, all equally well de- 
veloped. 

From Mrs. E. A. Low—Copies of the Spirit of the Fair, Nos. I-17, 
Ap. 5-23, 1864, issued by the publication committee of the Sanitary Fair 
held in New York in aid of the U. S. Sanitary Commission during the 
period of the Civil War; also copies of The Drum Beat, Nos. 1-13, and 
extra No., Feb. 22-Mch. 11, 1864, issued by the Brooklyn and Long Island 
Fair for the benefit of the same commission; also a bill of fare issued 
in connection with the latter, on which the following items appear: lobster 
salad .25, roast beef .25, corned beef (hot or cold) .25, sirloin steak .30, 
ham and eggs .30, grouse .80, quail .40, canvas-back duck 3.00. All fresh 
vegetables were listed at 10 cts., but macaroni was 15 cts. Pies were all 
to cts., and ice cream 15 cts. Interesting comparisons were suggested in 
connection with the prices of similar items on a modern bill of fare. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Dr. Arthur Hollick delivered an address, illustrated with lantern slides, 
on Swamps, Ancient and Modern. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 21, 1914 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 
' President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of January 17, 1914, were read and approved. 
_Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited and commented upon a number of geo- 
logical specimens recently collected, including fossiliferous Helderberg 
limestone, containing Strophomena rhomboidalis, etc., from the Drift at 
Prince’s Bay, and a fragment of sandstone from the same locality, show- 
ing unusually well defined joint structure. 


30 STATEN IsLanp ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


The president introduced Dr. Albert Warren Ferris, medical expert of 
the New York State Reservation Commission at Saratoga Springs, who 
delivered an address, illustrated with lantern slides, on the work accom- 
plished and contemplated by the Commission at Saratoga Springs and 
vicinity. 

At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Ferris for 
his courtesy. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, MARCH 21, 1914 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair and thirty-two per- 
sons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of February 21, 1914, were read and 
approved. 

The secretary read a communication from Mr. George F. Kunz, request- 
ing to be advised in regard to whether the Association would take part 
in a proposed celebration at Fort Wadsworth, on Friday, March 27, 1914, 
under the auspices of the New York Commercial Tercentenary Com- 
mission, to commemorate the 3ooth anniversary of the landing of the 
Dutch in New York City. On motion the president was authorized at 
his discretion to appoint a delegation, of which he should be a member, to 
represent the Association at the proposed celebration. 

The secretary referred to an article on the Congo Expedition of the 
American Museum of Natural History, in the New York Tribune of Feb- 
ruary 8, 1914, and stated that a letter from Mr. James Chapin, written to 
his mother, had been received since that date, and read extracts from the 
letter, which was dated “ Avakubi, Dec. 27, 1913.” 

The curator-in-chief called attention to a copy of The Birds of Long 
Island, by J. P. Giraud, Jr., published in 1844, recently acquired by pur- 
chase for the library of the Association at the price of $11. The work 
is now very rare and difficult to obtain. Among the many facts and items 
of interest contained in it may be noted the information that the pinnated 
grouse or prairie hen is “very nearly if not entirely extinct ” on the island, 
although “thirty years ago it was quite abundant on the bushy plains in 
Suffolk County.” 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. Alanson Skinner gave a descriptive talk on The Habits, Customs, 
and Traditions of the Forest Indians of North America, in which he 
included the Crees, Ojibways, and Menominees. 

Mr. Amos Oneroad, a full-blood Sioux Indian from South Dakota, was 


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introduced by Mr. Skinner and supplemented Mr. Skinner’s talk with 
some well chosen and witty remarks. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 18, I914 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

Second Vice-President William H. Mitchill in the chair and fifty per- 
sons present. 

In the absence of the secretary Mr. John Q. Adams served as acting 
secretary. 

On motion the reading of the minutes of the meeting of March 21, 1914, 
was dispensed with. 

On motion the acting secretary was directed to write a letter to Mrs. 
Frank W. Skinner tendering the congratulations of the Association on 
the recovery of her son Alanson from his recent severe illness. 

‘On motion the following named persons were declared elected active 
members of the Association, subject to subsequent validation of the elec- 
tions by the Board of Trustees: 

Othmar H. Ammann, Joseph W. Aylsworth, Alfred D. Blake, Carl F. 
Grieshaber, Russell B. Hobson, John P. Hogan, A. F. Jacobson, John 
Milnes, Theodor S. Oxholm, Frank W. Skinner, Herbert S. Thomson, 
Clarence E. Seage. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


The program was under the auspices of the Section of Art. 

Mr. Raymond Perry gave a lecture, illustrated with lantern slides and 
original drawings by prominent artists, on Illustration up to the Minute. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


AnnuaL MeetiINnG, May 16, 1914 


The meeting was held in the assembly room of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and nineteen persons present. 

The minutes of the meetings of March 21 and April 18, 1914, were read 
and approved. 

The annual report of the Board of Trustees, including the annual re- 
port of the curator-in-chief, was read and ordered placed on file. (See this 
issue, p. 34.) 

The annual report of the treasurer was read and ordered placed on file. 
(See this issue, p. 51.) 

The annual report of the secretary was read and ordered placed on file. 
(See this issue, p. 51.) 

The president announced the next order of business to be the election 


32 STATEN IsLanp ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


of five trustees—four for a term of three years, to fill the vacancies 
caused by the expiration of the terms of office of William Hinman 
Mitchill, George Scranton Humphrey, Bradish Johnson Carroll, and Nor- 
man Stewart Walker, and one for a term of one year, to fill the vacancy 
caused by the resignation of Arthur Hollick,—and called for the report 
of the committee on nominations. 

The committee reported as follows: 

William Hinman Mitchill, George Scranton Humphrey, Francis Win- 
throp White, and George Cromwell, for the full term of three years, and 
Samuel McKee Smith for the unexpired term of Arthur Hollick. 

The president asked if there were any further nominations, and none 
others being presented it was 

Voted: that the secretary cast one affirmative ballot for the nominees 
suggested by the committee. 

The secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the president declared 
the nominees elected for the terms specified. 

Mr. Howard H. Cleaves presented a report on the work of the Section 
of Biology for the year 1913-1914, in the form of the Proceedings of the 
Section. (See this issue, p. 52.) 

Dr. John Q. Adams presented a report on the work of the Section of | 
Art for the year 1913-1914. (See this issue, p. 52.) 

Mr. George W. Tuttle gave a verbal report on the organization and sub- 
sequent work of the Section of Engineering, and stated that a full report 
would be prepared and transmitted to the secretary for inclusion in the 
PROCEEDINGS. (See this issue, p. 54.) 

The president then delivered his annual address, in which he suggested 
that an effort should be made to effect the consolidation or cooperation 
of all local organizations interested in kindred subjects, especially all such 
as pertain to the activities participated in or encouraged by the Associa- 
tion, specifically mentioning a recent proposition to form a Bird Lover’s 
Club, and that the Museum was the logical center to which all such activi- 
ties should gravitate. 

The curator-in-chief exhibited and discussed the following recent mu- 
seum accessions: 

From Mrs. Mary Milliken.—A large, colored, framed lithograph, pub- 
lished in 1859, representing the Washington Greys, Eighth Regiment, New 
York State Troops, on special duty at Camp Washington [now St. George], 
September 11-28, 1858, following the burning of the Quarantine buildings 
by the citizens of Staten Island on September 1 and 2 of that year. 

From Miss Margaret S. Worth, daughter of the late General William 
Jenkins Worth, through Dr. John T. Sprague.—Five of the seven swords 
presented to General Worth on various occasions and deposited in the 
State Library at Albany, where they were badly injured in the fire that 
partly destroyed the State Capitol on March 29, 1911. Most of the in- 
scriptive matter on them is obliterated, but on one the following inscrip- 
tions may be deciphered: 


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Fort George, 27° May, 1813. Chryslers, 11 Nov., 1813. Chippewa, 5 
July, 1814. Niagara, 25 July, 1814. 


Presented to 
Lt. Col. William J. Worth 


of the United States Army by the 
Governor of the State of New York 


in conformity with a Resolution of the Senate & Assembly 
passed Apl. 1835, as a token of the high estimation which 
his native State entertains for his distinguished talents as an 
Officer & personal bravery evinced in several battles 
during the late war with Great Britain. 


_ The meeting then adjourned. 


Annual Reports 


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 


The Board of Trustees held seven meetings, as follows: the annual 
meeting on May 24, 1913; stated meetings on October 4 and December 6, 
1913, February 7 and April 4, 1914; an adjourned stated meeting on April 
6, 1914; special meetings on June 8 and November 13, 1913. 

The executive committee also met on six occasions and transacted all 
necessary ad interim business. 

At the annual meeting officers of the Association for the year 1913-14 
were elected, as follows: president, Howard R. Bayne; first vice-president, 
William T. Davis; second vice-president, William H. Mitchill; treasurer, 
Charles A. Ingalls; secretary, Arthur Hollick. 

From time to time during the year nominations to active membership 
in the Association were acted upon and the following nominees were 
elected: Othmar H. Ammann, Joseph W. Aylsworth, Craven L. Betts, 
Alfred D. Blake, Lester L. Callan, Mrs. Lester L. Callan, Leopold A. 
Camacho, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Carl F. Grieshaber, August E. Hansen, 
Otto P. Heyn, Russell B. Hobson, John P. Hogan, A. F. Jacobson, Eric 
T. King, John Milnes, Harry E. Morrell, Theodor S. Oxholm, Louis R. E. 
Paulin, Mrs. John M. Pendleton, Raymond Perry, Miss Clara R. Salem, 
Clarence E. Seage, Frank W. Skinner, Charles S. Taber, Herbert = 
Thomson, Mark Wiseman. 

Charles W. Leng qualified as a life member. 

The Board records with regret the deaths of the following members: 
Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis, Charles A. Drucklieb, John A. Grossbeck, Mrs. 
Edward A. Low, Alexander D. Shaw, Miss Eleanor R. Tilden. 

The Association has every reason to feel thoroughly satisfied with the 
success of the educational work in which it has taken an active part and 
also that to which it has lent its influence and encouragement, through the 
medium of the meetings of the Association and its sections, the general 
museum exhibits and the special exhibits which were installed from time 
to time, the Friday afternoon lectures to school children at the Museum, 
and other lectures and addresses by members of the museum staff in various 
parts of the island and elsewhere on subjects of scientific and general public 
interest. 

Special mention is also pertinent of the two highly creditable exhibits 
arranged by the art loan committee of the Section of Art, which were not 
only interesting to our members but which also served to attract public 
attention to the museum in general and to this particular phase of the 
activities of the Association. 


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ANNUAL REPORTS 35 


The records of attendance, both at the Museum and also in connection 
with the children’s lectures, continue to show a gratifying increase over that 
of previous years. The number of visitors to the Museum this year was 
12,830. Last year it was 10,448. The school lecture attendance this year 
was 1,529. Last year it was 1,030. 

The accessions to the museum collections and library were fewer this 
year than last, so far as the number of specimens is concerned, although 
the number of contributors was about the same. This year the number 
of contributors was 72 and the specimens accessioned 2,798. Last year 
the contributors numbered 82 and the specimens accessioned 6,786. De- 
tailed statistics in regard to attendance and accessions are fully set forth 
in the appended report of the curator-in-chief. 

On the request of several members the Board authorized the formation 
of a Section of Engineering, which was organized on April 14, 1914, and 
brought twelve new members into the Association. 

The use of the assembly room and the Board room, when these were not 
required for Association purposes, was freely granted to other organiza- 
tions, such as the Boy Scouts, the executive board of the Consumer’s 
League, the legislative committee of the Civic League, the New York City 
visiting Committee, Richmond Branch of the State Charities Aid Associa- 
tion, the Teacher’s Pension Publicity Bureau, etc. Ten different organi- 
zations availed themselves of this privilege on forty-seven separate occa- 
sions, thus demonstrating the value of the museum building as a center 
for general civic activities. 

Early in the summer of 1913 application was made to the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment for an appropriation of $0,777.50 ($7,300.00 for 
salaries and $2,477.50 for the general maintenance of the museum) for 
the year 1914. The appropriation granted, as itemized, was: 


Seer et CSN Pee tert ee. th nae ia ote urea ile c bse teu $6,840.00 
SSM PMc Sumer ee ccre ceo tas oS aT chet s rea ty eCos hen atatohe Ru teieip lala cue 6 280.00 
Rois SeOMie COMMON wiciare lesa slals Sacsis waleis ais on.s «vicele slew 165.00 
WontracHeTDOMeM- OLGER SETVICE! vai anes clans eee cline e ele’ 188.00 
Gani mee ene sheer waraee ecre iectie ats anal lave Miia 64, 298 ered dsr elSae, sets 65.00 
RCT tee PEON Ta ern EEA ar eaehaateres cote non uate te are oy cusiiete athe 1,500.00 

$9,038.00 


Application previously made for an issue of corporate stock to the 
amount of $2,000.00, to defray the cost of preparation of plans for a new 
museum building, has not yet been acted upon. 

Mr. Charles L. Pollard, our curator and subsequently curator-in-chief 
since June 1907, resigned at the end of the year 1913 in order to devote 
his entire time to the Boy Scout movement, in connection with which he 
is now Executive Deputy Scout Commissioner, with headquarters at No. 
50 Madison Avenue, New York. Arthur Hollick, Ph.D., was appointed 


36 StTATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


curator-in-chief to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation and he has 
been in charge of the museum since January I, 1914. 

By resolution of the Board, and taking effect on January 1, 1914, Miss 
Agnes L. Pollard, museum assistant, and Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, assist- 
ant curator, were each advanced to the rank of curator. 

On January 1 Mr. David M. Van Name was appointed museum guard 
in place of Mr. George W. Elliot, resigned. Mr. Van Name was subse- 
quently incapacitated for work by reason of sudden and severe illness, and 
on March 23 Mr. William L. Snow was appointed in his place. 

The Board desires to place upon record its appreciation of the assistance 
in the activities and work of the museum rendered by members of the 
museum troop of Boy Scouts, in running the lantern at many of the school 
lectures and at several of the meetings of the Association: in acting as 
ushers and assistants when called upon on certain occasions, and in doing, 
without charge, several jobs of printing, on the museum press, which 
otherwise would have necessitated an expenditure of Association funds. 
To the women’s auxiliary committee the Board also takes advantage of 
this occasion to tender, on behalf of the Association, its thanks for the 
admirable manner in which the social features of the meetings of the: 
Association throughout the year were conducted. 

During the absence of the secretary, from April I to May 15, Dr. John 
©. Adams was secretary pro tem. 

Submitted on behalf of the Board, 
ARTHUR HOLLICK, 
Secretary. 


REPORT OF THE CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 


To THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 
STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 


Sirs: I have the honor to submit the following report as curator- in- 
chief upon the museum activities and business transactions incidental 
thereto which have received my attention since January 1, 1914, and that 
of my predecessor, Mr. Charles L. Pollard, and of Miss Agnes L. Pollard 
as acting curator-in-chief during my absence on leave from April I to 
May 15, for the fiscal year ending May 16, 1914. 


MusEuM COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARY 


The original general scheme of museum arrangement on the two exhi- 
bition floors has not been changed, but several changes in the exhibits were 
made in order to display new accessions or to replace certain specimens 
with others from the material held in storage. The amount of such mate- 
rial in the possession of the museum is largely in excess of the facilities 
available for displaying it, and at least four times the area of the present 


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floor space could be immediately utilized for the instalation of instructive 
and interesting features from the specimens in storage, which by reason 
of lack of such space we are unable to display or even to make con- 
veniently accessible for study or research work. Any further growth of 
the museum is practically impossible, not only for the reasons mentioned, 
but also for the reason that prospective donors are often inclined to with- 
hold gifts when informed that it may be impossible to place them on exhi- 
bition at the present time. Large additions to our geological and min- 
eralogical collections could be readily secured by gift and exchange; but 
inasmuch as these would have to be immediately placed in storage in the 
Annex or in the cellar of the Museum, and would be an additional burden 
in the event of moving, I have refrained from any attempt to have them 
placed in our possession. 

The most conspicuous new features installed during the year, are the 
exhibit of devices for attracting and feeding wild birds, displayed in the 
local biology room on the first floor, and the series of framed posters and 
views of Staten Island localities hung on the walls of the stairway be- 
tween the first and second floors. 

The two exhibits by the committee on art loan exhibits of the Section 
of Art were not only interesting for the members of the Association but 
served as valuable media for advertising the activities of the museum in 
this connection, and were well worth the time and energy expended in 
their instalation, removal, and subsequent rearrangement of the museum 
material. 

In connection with the library the accessions were of the same general 
character as in previous years, consisting for the most part of publications 
received from other institutions in exchange for our ProceEpINGs, and 
donations of Government reports and papers of a scientific, economic, and 
historical nature. As exchanges there were received 427 books and pam- 
phlets, and by gifts 480, or a total of 916 additions during the year. There 
is yet a small amount of shelf room available, but this will be all taken 
up within the next year and provision will soon have to be made to begin 
packing and storing such works as may seem to be of least importance. 
Even now it is impossible to have all books easily accessible, and the neces- 
sity of shelving them wherever space is available, either in the library or 
in sectional bookcases placed elsewhere in the Museum, renders any proper 
systematic arrangement exceedingly difficult. A considerable amount of 
binding is imperatively necessary in order that volumes may be kept intact 
and the loss of separate parts prevented, and the museum and library com- 
mittee will be asked to consider this matter as soon as possible, recom- 
mend the works which may be regarded as most important in this con- 
nection, and utilize to the best advantage whatever funds may be available 
for the purpose. Certain necessary textbooks for the work of the museum 
were purchased from the library fund, and others are the personal prop- 
erty of the members of the museum staff; but certain works of a similar 


38 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


character, which could be used to advantage, are yet lacking in the library. 
The matter of binding is, however, of the greatest immediate importance 
so far as the utility and safeguarding of the library is concerned. 


ATTENDANCE 


The record of attendance, from May 1, 1913, to April 30, 1914, during 
the hours that the Museum was opened to the public, was 12,830, or an 
average of 1,069% for each of the twelve months. The highest daily 
attendance was 203, on January 16, and the highest monthly attendance 
1,560, in January, 1914. These figures are interesting when compared with 
the statistics of previous years, inasmuch as they show not only a higher 
total attendance for the year than ever before recorded for the Museum 
but also the highest attendance in any one month and on any single day. 
The highest holiday attendance was 68, on Columbus Day, and the lowest 
was 8, on Christmas day. Approximately only 36 of our 300 or more 
members visited the Museum during the hours when it was open to the 
public, a fact that is thought to be of sufficient interest to be placed on 
record. It should also be borne in mind that these figures do not include 
the attendance at the eight meetings of the Association, and at sectional, 
committee, Boy Scouts, and other meetings held in the evenings. Accord- ° 
ing to the report of the secretary the attendance at the Association meet- 
ings was 233, but no figures are on record in connection with the others. 


ScHoot LECTURES 


The results of the Friday afternoon lectures for school children were 
very encouraging. A course of Ig illustrated lectures were given, begin- 
ning October 10, 1913, and terminating March 13, 1914, at which the total 
attendance was 1,529. On two occasions the seating capacity of the assem- 
bly room was inadequate and the lectures were repeated in order not to 
disappoint any who had come to attend. 

In addition to the members of the museum staff the lecturers included Mr. 
Alanson Skinner, Mr. C. H. Rogers, Mr. John T. Nichols, and Mr. A. E. 
Butler of the American Museum of Natural History, and Mr. J. M. John- 
son, First Assistant in Biology in the Bushwick High School, Brooklyn, all 
of whom gave their services gratuitously. The complete schedule, includ- 
ing dates, titles of lectures, names of lecturers, records of attendance, etc., is 
appended. 

The unquestioned success of this feature of our museum work is ex- 
ceedingly encouraging, and every effort should be made toward its further 
extension; but with our present limited resources this is not practicable. 
Lectures ought to be given at schools in remote parts of the island, but 
this would involve more or less expense and would not be advisable without 
the cooperation of the Department of Education, which has thus far 
shown entire indifference in connection with the matter. This indiffer- 
ence is somewhat difficult to understand in view of the fact that similar 


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courses of lectures in the other boroughs have been established on the 
request of the school authorities and made part of the school work. In 
connection with our lectures the attendance is entirely voluntary on the 
part of the children, and the relatively large attendance possesses, in con- 
sequence, a peculiar significance. No special records have been kept this 
year to show from which schools the attendance is drawn, but a test 
record, kept during the entire season of 1912-1913, shows the following 
schools: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 34, St. Peter’s Academy, School of the 
Immaculate Conception, St. John de la Salle, Curtis High School, and the 
Staten Island Academy. The familiarity gained with the faces of these 
children during the year when the records were kept makes it possible to 
estimate that these schools were all represented during the present year, 
and we have had also several classes from schools 3 and 4, located at 
Kreischerville and Huguenot. 


Museum EXTENSION WoRK 


In addition to the lectures delivered at the Museum the members of the 
staff have freely given their services in the cause of public education 
whenever called upon to do so. Personally I have had the privilege of 
addressing two audiences at the parish house of the Unitarian Church on 
Clinton Avenue, New Brighton, on the topic Some Celebreties Who Have 
Lived on Staten Island, and I also gave an illustrated lecture before the 
Great Kill Association on The Selection, Planting, and Protection of 
Trees. Mr. Cleaves has been untiring in his missionary work on behalf 
of our wild birds, having lectured on the subject at Tottenville, Rossville, 
Prince’s Bay, Huguenot, Richmond, Westerleigh, and New Brighton. Mr. 
Cleaves also gave a course of four bird lectures in connection with the 
Department of Education, in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx; 
one lecture at Little Falls, N. J., and one at Washington, D. C. 

In connection with topics of general scientific interest may be mentioned 
the lectures given by me in the regular Saturday afternoon courses at the 
New York Botanical Garden, on Swamps, Ancient and Modern; The 
Mammoth Trees of California; and The Fossil Forests of Arizona; and 
one on The Ancient (Prehistoric) and Modern Geography and Geology 
of New York City, before the Patria Club of New York. 

All such activities on the part of the museum staff tend to make the 
Association more widely known and are of value to us for that reason. 

Another important line of museum extension work is that accomplished 
in connection with the Boy Scouts. The museum troop of Boy Scouts, 
under the leadership of Mr. Charles L. Pollard, has an enrolled member- 
ship of sixteen first-class and eight second-class scouts, and eleven tender- 
feet; and it is of interest to note that this troop contains more first-class 
scouts than any other in New York City, according to a report transmitted 
at my request by Mr. Pollard, and that when the merit badges, now worn 
by the members of the troop, are formally conferred next month, it will 
have to its credit many more such badges than any other local troop. 


40 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


The museum and the Association in general are indebted to the boys 
for many gratuitous services, such as running the lantern for our lectures, 
printing labels and notices, acting as ushers at meetings, etc., and I have 
no hesitation in saying that the returns have been ample for the privileges 
granted by the Board in permitting them the use of the Annex for head- 
quarters. Further than this, 1 have been assured that we need not hesitate 
to call upon them to render other services as occasion may arise. 


PUBLICITY 


The policy of the Board of Trustees in granting to certain outside organi- 
zations the use of the museum assembly and committee rooms has, appar- 
ently, been of benefit to all concerned, and has served to demonstrate that 
the Association is always ready to assist or cooperate in any way for the 
general civic welfare or betterment. Among the organizations that have 
availed themselves of this privilege may be mentioned the legislative com- 
mittee of the Staten Island Civic League; committee on the Shakespeare 
celebration; executive board of the Consumer’s League; New York City 
visiting committee, Richmond Branch of the State Charities Aid Asso- 
ciation, etc. 

The activities of the museum, and of the Association in general, have 
also been constantly called to the attention of the public through press 
notices, sent each week to the Richmond County Advance and. the Staten 
Island World, and from time to time to the Staten Islander. 


ACCESSIONS 


The accessions to the museum totaled 132, of which 116 were donations 
and the remainder were obtained by purchase and exchange or through 
collections made by members of the museum staff. The number of mu- 
seum specimens included in the above accessions is 2,300, and of books 480. 
In addition to the above there were received, in exchange for our Pro- 
CEEDINGS, 427 books and pamphlets, making the total of accessions to the 
library 916. 

Most of the accessions have been exhibited and commented upon at the 
meetings of the Association, and a full list is appended of all the donors, 
so that further mention does not seem to be necessary. The most exten-- 
sive accession was that of Mr. Morton W. Smith, consisting of 407 
zoological botanical, geological, archeological, historical, and miscellaneous 
specimens, collected by his son, the late Richard Penn Smith. 

One of the most encouraging indications of the interest taken by the 
public in the museum is the large number of single objects brought in for 
identification or as gifts. Many of these are, of course, of no value; but 
the fact that school children have collected and contributed objects which 
were of real value and interest to the museum is significant. 

We have previously had the privilege of recording our indebtedness to 
one of our members, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, for the construction of a hand 


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railing at the side of the front steps, and it is now my pleasure to report 
that Mrs. Davis has presented the Association with a new mowing machine 
to replace the one provided about five years ago by the city. 


ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE 


The organization of the work of the museum is probably now as satis- 
factory as can be expected with the means at our disposal. The care of 
the building and the safeguarding of the building and contents is in the 
general charge of the janitor, night watchman, and two museum guards. 
The arrangement and care of the collections, and the administrative and 
educational work, is divided between the curator-in-chief and the two 
curators. 

No exact line of demarkation or limitation in the work of any individual 
is possible with our small number of employees and, on occasion, any one 
may be called upon to attend to duties ordinarily performed by another. 
I am not aware of any other institution in which exactly such conditions 
obtain, and the fact that in every such instance the duties were performed 
willingly and cheerfully occurs to me to be worthy of official recognition 
and record. This is largely due to the present personnel of the employees 
—janitor, night watchman, and museum guards—whose hours of duty it 
is now possible, for the first time since the organization of the museum, to 
make interchangeable. The curatorial staff has thus been relieved of con- 
siderable worry, responsibility, and extra hours of duty. For the best 
interests of the museum it is to be earnestly hoped that present conditions 
may not be disturbed. 

A schedule of proposed vacations is appended. It may be noted that 
provision is made for a two weeks’ vacation for each of the curators, which 
makes the schedule practically identical with that of last year. I have 
not thought it advisable that any change should be made at this time, but 
another year I would strongly urge that each member of the curatorial 
staff be given a month’s vacation, in accordance with the custom which 
obtains in connection with all other museums. 

The diverse and multifarious duties performed in connection with our 
museum by those who nominally hold the title of curator would doubtless 
surprise anyone not cognizant of the facts. The regular accounting and 
bookkeeping required by the city, in accordance with prescribed forms and 
regulations must be kept up to date at all times, and facts and figures in 
regard to city property and city funds must be accessible at a moment’s 
notice. Records and statistics of attendance must be kept and properly 
filed; correspondence on various matters answered and initiated; acces- 
sions acknowledged and entered; specimens catalogued and numbered; and 
then whatever time remains may be devoted to planning the arrangement 
of the museum collections, identifying and labeling material, preparing 
for lectures, etc. 

As a matter of fact, in order to secure the best results, the purely admin- 


42  STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


istrative and most of the miscellaneous clerical work should be transacted 
by others than the curators, who should be free to devote their time 
entirely to the care and development of the museum collections and its 
educational activities. Under existing conditions, however, this is recog- 
nized as not feasible; but the facts should be recognized and clearly under- 
stood in order that answer may be made to any criticism of our methods 
of procedure or of results accomplished. For the information of the 
Board a record of the clerical work performed during the year by Miss 
Pollard is appended. 


House AND GROUNDS 


The marked deterioration of the Museum Building during the past year 
and its more or less discreditable appearance, can not fail to attract unfa- 
vorable attention and give rise to disagreeable comment. The entire 
building needs repainting, but this would be of little practicable value 
unless preceded by numerous repairs. The woodwork has decayed and 
fallen away in many places; seven panes of glass are cracked; one window 
sash is broken; leaders require to be renewed or repaired; missing slates 
of the roof replaced; front gate and adjacent part of the garden wall 
repaired; cover of cistern in yard renewed and made safe, etc. ‘These are 
matters which the owner of the property is required to attend to and I 
again urgently suggest that he be approached at once in regard to the 
possibility of a renewal of the lease, in order that we may know whether 
or not to insist on these and other repairs being made. In any event, 
however, certain of the items mentioned above require immediate attention, 
and action in regard to them should not be delayed. 

In the interior of the building there are several places where the plaster 
is cracked and in danger of falling, and the furnace and chimney flues 
evidently require a radical overhauling. Whatever expenses may be in- 
curred in connection with these items would have to be borne, for the 
most part, by the Association, inasmuch as only $40.00 of our city appro- 
priation for contract or open order service is available for this purpose, 
the remainder being divided between the two items of $100.00 for light, 
heat, and power, and $48.00 for telephone; but these are matters which 
involve the health and safety of all who occupy or enter the Museum, 
and immediate action upon them is of vital importance. 

From a consideration of these facts and the contingencies that are 
imminent in connection with them it may be easily appreciated that every 
effort should be made to definitely provide, before the end of next year, 
for the future housing of the museum, as otherwise the packing, storage, 
and disposal of museum specimens not required for exhibition purposes 
should be at once begun and be prosecuted whenever time might happen 
to be available. 


ANNUAL REPORTS 


FINANCIAL 


43 


The appropriations granted? and those applied for for the year 1914, 


are as follows: 


Amount Amount 

Code No. Items Granted Applied for 
1445 SVEN SUS re tele ere alee Sg ek hae $6,840.00 $7,300.00 
1446 Stippliesmerrmetucristic see eon canals wieke 280.00 343.00 
1447 Puschase of Equipment. soi2.<.. 0s 165.00 386.00 
1448 Contract or Open Order Service... 188.00 223.00 
1449 Gontimeencies wane 40 dois selees ties 65.00 25.00 
1450 EET eu ee Sales MES Cem eb ah ene us Te 1,500.00 1,500.00 


$9,038.00 $9,777.50 


The budget estimates for the year 1915 are required to be submitted to 
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on or before July 15, and it is 
advisable that our needs be discussed and our proposed items of expendi- 
ture pertinent to them be determined as soon as possible, in order that our 
application may be promptly transmitted and early opportunity be given 
for any inquiry or investigation of our affairs which the city may deem 


necessary. 


Statistical details may be found in the accompanying appendix, prepared 


by Miss Pollard. 


May 23, 1914. 


Respectfully submitted, 


ArtHuR HOL-tick, 


Curator-in-chief. 


APPENDIX 


Recorp oF AcceEssions, May 1, 1913, TO APRIL 30, 1914 


No. of Specimens 


DeparimentaioierZ OOLOS Wile fac octets secre istere Stas oe ei dale sleieisisle 1,771 
Department of. (Geology ‘i.5% 52 ec e's) oe ai ous ee es 155 
IDE paniiten terete Es ObAT yer trare sieielsrc-crureisie slelaieiciarers\claials leis 'sis.6 126 
Department of Archeology and Anthropology ........... 89 
Menarimentson eAutis) amd Antiqiitiesi.sc cl. etesiee lee ees - 83 
Departinentwo LeBbOOkSis Ge usipecieiceico miele cosicleri sider ew io oes 4892 
EISeelMeCHiSa ere Cas Aare tata Molar Puinia wes ata cic\eist wie wile cea’ e el 85 

Gh ied lieetene eee Sey i tet eRe Ps pee Petrcs ae coePc a Sten eNe av ef cere avalon eas 2,708 


These were comprised in 132 accessions, of which 2 were purchased, 12 
collected for the museum, 2 were exchanges, and 116 gifts. 


1 See City Record, Vol. 41, p. 11701. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1913. 
2 427 books and pamphlets were also received as exchanges through other 
institutions and associations, thus making a total of accessions to the 
library during the year of 916. 


44. STATEN IsLaAnD ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Publications were given regularly as follows: 


Howard R. Bayne 
Wm. T. Davis 
Arthur Hollick 
Agnes L. Pollard 
Charles L. Pollard 


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Five publications were deposited regularly as loans by Mr. H. H. Cleaves, 
and two serial publications were secured by subscription. 


Donors To THE MusEUuM AND LIBRARY FOR IQI3-1914 


E. Chesley Allen 
J. W. Angell 

Art Commission of New York City 
Annie Bainbridge 
Laura A. Barrett 
Howard R. Bayne 
Mary Beyer 
Robert A. Bishop 
Brady Bros. 

Mrs. E. C. Bridgman 
Charles Broughton 
Everett Burkman 
John Callahan 

1B, Jo (Caxccollll 
Howard H. Cleaves 
Frederick Coonley 
Wim. T. Davis 
Harold K. Decker 
Kenneth Decker 
Peter B. Decker 
ECD clavaniet its 
Philip Dowell 
Fred S. Ebertz 
Frederick Forde 
Alexander Forsyth 
W. W. Grant 
Cary Harrington 
J. Blake Hillyer 
C. G. Hine 
Arthur Hollick 
Wm. J. Homer 
John Howard 
Roger Irving 
Armour Johnston 
Charles Kipper 
Mrs. W. Knauth 


Charles La Point 
Everett Lins 

Mrs. E. A. Low 
Albert W. Lum 
Francis McCallum 
John McClaughry 
Jonathan Martin 
Otto Matikowsky 
Ira K. Morris 
Raymond Morris 
G. K. Noble 

P. O'Malley 

Mrs. W. V. Osborn 
John B. Pearson 
Charles Louis Pollard 
Miss M. J. Rathbun 
Arthur Saunders 
Alfred Saunders 

E. A. Smith 
Morton W. Smith 
Sanderson Smith 
S. McK. Smith 
State of New York 
Mrs. C. E. Townsend 
T. J. Thompson 
Wm. H. Vette 
Frank Watson 
Fred Wessels 
Raymond Wheeler 
W. G. Willcox 
Leland Wincapaw 
Walter Wornell 
John Wort 

Arthur Young 
Sidney Young 
Robert Zickle 


ANNUAL REPORTS 45 


Recorp oF MusEuM ATTENDANCE, May 1, 1913, TO APRIL 30, 1914 


Month Open Days Number of Visitors Daily Average 
IMI TOG rene wr sat eleretes oy! ates 26 1,161 43 
IHUUGL CMR terrace eel coos fae Sige 25 073 38 
Sittlygapesee tas oe ks oo eeianes hes = 26 743 27 
PUTAS ERM ieles dover che ao) ais fetes 26 1,005 38 
Sepleninenmrry rch. .)cucawee cs 26 883 34 
October rien eects s 2y, 907 36 
Nioare mille teattars rca ts lmieitaaeia oes 25 1,304 55 
WECetabety ne eta cc «srs yeiersleewre's 27 1,341 49 
WAMU yA OMAR as accel = hstcei = 27 1,500 57 
[le ietterisyanri sister syocieis tee asters 24 969 40 
Nita hip crerersetae iasiarersie siceassuete 26 929 35 
PNepytal ly etacitys tosases toi eaie Re solace 26 875 33 
311 12,830 4I + 


The highest daily attendance, 293, and the highest monthly attendance, 
1,560, recorded during the year, were also the highest since the opening of 
the Museum, six years ago. 

The lowest attendance was 6, on three different days during the blizzard 
months of February and March. 

The holiday attendance still continues to be low, as may be seen by the 
following table: 


IDEcOnattOnmmlDa vie uae on case sheeias skuiaiauts iol eases 44. 
Mare CHIME Cem Daye sriiear yatta mies on lalctsiakae cs ore 26 
Sally Orem civic peyacssar evo keker ch kof oes iaascoiek citsc sitiete meaveret es 25 
Golem isp Deir prercr dete wre Sasi atone vod where etd Nene 68 
ALEC TO TID) aivarrayettee eetor vale teres eteleee robo eeicl orate ethavetol 46 
Mie Senvatiocy ranma esiere dict se ese rcclc nce tokeas ou ale 50 
GhisistimaseD avant tacit aceon tie eferotnneere nists Gre 8 
INE Wai CaitaSim D) ciyca ete Meas, ctetovaieicccvepniscce ears lentscueiess ac 23 
HeiTtCO tases itblachcnygetycrtafepceie citrcrerereeetessrescleicisterevoret ores 27 
Wrashinstonesh birtiday ens aatitcyee cwnea ct s/s atic es 37 

363 


At the evening reception given by the Section of Art on May 20, 10913, 
about I50 persons were present, and the afternoon tea given by the ladies of 
the committee on art loan exhibits on December 8 brought out about 100. 

' Approximately 36 members have paid 85 visits during the year. This 
record is not absolutely accurate, since some members come in without 
making themselves known, and others do not come up to the second floor, 
and so do not get recorded; but in view of the fact that there has been 
some question as to the division of attendance between members and non- 
members, it seems to be well to keep some record, even if it is not a com- 


46 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


plete one. These figures do not, of course, include attendance at Associa- 
tion meetings. 

Classes have visited the Museum from Tottenville, Kreischerville, and 
other distant points on the island, one class coming in charge of the 
librarian of the Port Richmond Branch Library especially to look at our 
Revolutionary relics. 


ReEcorD OF LECTURE ATTENDANCE, SEASON OF 1913-1914 


High School Course 


Attend- 
Date Subject Lecturer ance 
Oct. 10,1913 Studies in Nova Scotian Bird Life...... Mr. Cleaves 18 
17 Camping Among the Birds of the Vir- 
gintan MCOASt Ati. sake eee Mr. Cleaves 10 
Grade Course 
Nov. 7 The New, Ensland=Coast is. 0. s0s-eee Mr. Cleaves 73 
14 Nlaskar Sa ecesls seaetoaatoten tat teen caters Mr. Cleaves 125 
21 West Indies (lecture repeated) ......... Mr. Cleaves 156 
28 South Amenica eacericc eo aioe Mr. Cleaves 48 
Dec. 5 Up the Connecticut River to the White 
Mountains) sei ebe ccc eie ie ayaa Mr. Cleaves 57 
12 Up the Hudson River to the Catskills .. Mr. Cleaves 79 
19 CUDA eee ee ee ace Mr. Pollard 57 
Jane OTOL Glacierspancdellccberesmerteee teeter Dr. Hollick 71 
16 The Staten Island Indians (lecture re- 
peated!) wou rec meee eene csp semraers Mr. Skinner 200 
23 Geysers and Hot Springs! 2.2 e5-5-seen Dr. Hollick 115 
30 Among the Seneca Indians) 23. -s:--se se Mr. Skinner 120 
Feb. 6 Mexico and Central America ........... Mr. Rogers 65 
13 Staten lisland #Eishes\s eee eee a aeeriaacere Mr. Nichols 64 
20 Big and Little Animals of the Yellow- 
SEOME) iis SAete Slo cet ole ie ieee Dearie Mr. Johnson 61 
27 The Rocky Mountain Region of Colo- 
TACOS pehereiaie ial Saree eee Ce Se eer ee Mr. Butler 61 
Mar. 6 Some Ways of Attracting Birds ........ Mr. Cleaves 53 
Mar. 13 Spring Birds on Staten Island «........ Mr. Cleaves 96 
Total lectures 19. ; ; Total attendance 1,520: 


This represents an average attendance of a fraction over 80 for each 
lecture, 
5 UsE oF THE MusEuM 
The following meetings have been held in the Museum by committees 
and organizations other than the Board of Trustees, Executive Committee. 
or the Association: 


ANNUAL REPORTS 47 


Sections: 
Biology, I. 
Arte Ds 
Engineering, I. 
Committees: 
Art Loan Exhibits, 9. 
Historical Tablet, 2. 
Legislative Committee, Civic League, I. 
Committee on Shakespeare Celebration, 1. 
Committee on D. A. R. Historical Entertainment, 2. 
Museum Scouts—Troop 138, N. Y. City, 12. 
Richmond Borough Scoutmasters’ Council, 4. 
Scout Examining Board, 2. 
Teachers’ Pension Publicity Bureau, 1. 
Executive Board, Women Teachers’ Association of Richmond Borough, 15. 
Executive Board, Consumers’ League, I. 
New York City Visiting Committee, Richmond Branch State Charities 
Aid Association, 8. 
Evening reception at opening of summer picture exhibit on May 29, 1013. 


Afternoon tea at opening of winter exhibit on December 8, 1013. 
This makes a total of 63 meetings held in the Museum during the fiscal year 


1913-1914. 


List oF INSTITUTIONS FROM WHICH PuBLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AS EXCHANGES 
DURING THE YEAR 


New York City and State 


American Museum of Natural History. 

Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 

Central Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Children’s Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Columbia University. 

New York Academy of Sciences. 

New York Botanical Garden. 

New York Public Library. 

Staten Island Civic League. 

Torrey Botanical Club. 

Rochester Academy of Science. 

University of the State of New York. 


California 


California Academy of Sciences. 
University of California. 


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STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Colorado 
Colorado College. 
Colorado Scientific Society. 
University of Colorado. 

Connecticut 


Connecticut State Library. 
Yale University. 


District of Columbia 


Smithsonian Institution. . 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
U. S. Geological Survey. 


linois 


Augustana College and Theological Seminary. 
Chicago Academy of Sciences. 

Field Museum of Natural History. 

John Crerar Library. 

University of Illinois. 


lowa 


Davenport Academy of Sciences. 
Iowa Academy of Sciences. 
State University of Iowa. 


Kansas 


Kansas Academy of Science. 
University of Kansas. 


Maine 


Portland Society of Natural History. 


Massachusetts 


American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 
Boston Society of Natural History. 
Children’s Museum of Boston. 

Tufts College. 


Michigan 
University of Michigan. 
Minnesota 


St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences. 


ANNUAL REPORTS 49 


Missouri 


Academy of Science of St. Louis. 
Missouri Botanical Garden. 
Public Library of St. Louis. 
University of Missouri. 
Washington University. 


Montana 
University of Montana. 


North Carolina 
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 


North Dakota 
University of North Dakota. 


Ohio 


Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 
Geological Survey of Ohio. 

Lloyd Library. 

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. 
Wilson Ornithological Club. 


Pennsylvania 


Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. 
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. 
Pennsylvania State Museum. 

The Commercial Museum. 

Warren Academy of Sciences. 


Rhode Island 
Roger Williams Park Museum. 


South Carolina 
Charleston Museum. 


Vermont 
University of Vermont. 


Wisconsin. 


Public Museum of the City of Wilwaukee. 
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 


50 STaTEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Foreign 


Canada and British Columbia 
Entomological Society of Ontario. 
Geological Survey of Canada. 
McGill University. 
Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club. 
Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. 
Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 
Nova Scotian Institute of Science. 
Provincial Museum of Victoria B. C. 


Bohemia 


Societas Entomologica Bohemiae. 


Brazil 
Sociedade Scientifica de Sao Paulo. 


Costa Rica 


Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. 


Finland 


Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 


Germany 


Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinschen Akademie der Naturforscher. 
Oberhessischen Gesellschaft fiir Natur und Heilkunde. 


Japan 
Sapporo Natural History Society. 


Mexico 
Instituto Geologico de Mexico. 


Scotland 


Dunfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 
Natural History Society of Glasgow. 


Sweden 
Royal University. 

Uruguay 
Museo Nacional de Montevideo. 


Wales 
National Museum of Wales. 


ANNUAL REPORTS 51 


REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 


The Association held eight regular meetings including the annual meet- 
ing. The average attendance at each meeting was 30. The largest at- 
tendance was 50, on April 18, 1914, when Mr. Raymond Perry gave a 
lecture on Illustration up to the Minute. 

During the year 27 new members were elected, 9 resigned, 10 were 
dropped from the rolls, and 6 died, leaving the total membership at date 
as follows: 


INGHIVEMIMEMD CHS: crassa nieis alas sinsmis os oes cate a aroemuearere ets 2090 

CoREesMOmdinom mei DCES watery tetra tia icrcl)cm okiatetl othe oteletaiele 4 

LSAT Sara Vesa OES ES) OG yi a ee eee ec etn ee ee 3 

LONG Rataymettl ental et Stevan as aeheteceverenn = slate eau el atece Serre teesveterekens 

HEDNq(O) LT C1OL MTEMIMID ST apne stesapaase ie rete wR oe ote ee ee as I 

HZ Tes ONG ees opener ee ah aes ios Sere Bie ore ovate ek ace Per cA ty epee 10 
oii 


The secretary was absent from April 1 to May 15, 1914, during which 
period Dr. John Q. Adams acted as secretary pro tem. 
ARTHUR HOLLICK, 


Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE TREASURER 
INCOME 
Balanicennwnandiatidateronulastm arinital mepombens om sels cisely ee clei cle $ 327.06 
SMCCMEE CEI GME LOM CITES ters niieccitswd ae oAelo cena wid wade hae 678.00 
SincCeRreceiyede LOM lOatlSnaad icine cia sic aees siete ciastercera a iaae 1,237.50 
Since received from interest on savings banks deposits .......... 12.12 
Simcemmeceivedurronn miscellaneos SOULCES =o. 5... sos. cece 68.49 
$2,323.17 
DISBURSEMENTS 

PN MEN SMG MNP N Geeay ese at aie ohh Sy rete lace eine: a aye isksce coyote ace io eee 6 calls 30 $1,150.00 
irr Taiegeita Cum eer eaterc ies nevus reheat rcache iste Snel yes nieesmsaclons Sidenote a enbve dlaretals 281.25 
ial tcltl eh Ly AO EAD UAT Se yay ecaNel Ghcts cincaievselei icra el wiscf asd S ote eva vaengoe o uiale 208.51 
Witstce lle otswe ii tility Senter creer pssst utr e <'s, ciate ow dietn valet esis.cias 53.25 
EAC tee MMe spate renee tal evapo ek ate eo vapevst ac state eaei yin alte oc ae. n ile a'shancseodionn © 53.00 
Refreshments at regular meetings of the Association ........... 28.68 
tistlattom Ole Speciale mimlSeummexcit DiGi ses perce celeee eels «s/n oc 28.37 
raat MOT IMLO TSM ys crirites che eta e eri eere cle mee ote nek ere ere Sieieeeigee 22.75 
Books purchased (account of library fund) ...2..........0.-266 14.50 
ae ILONSTOn POGIOUICAIS yas vie aaisielec see es tics desis nis vee execs 5.50 
Sear am a MR Wire ENE Men we eed Noel en Shots chs Shab ns 956 cleaye/ai do oaleve ee 4.28 
ise leMeOMSMAItGt Siar ween er rae itarire eri ialle, vcr alsietowale.ie.o eis dhe alate 16.06 
$1,866.15 

Re ATTC Cetera oven set ans ets giarwisl claPees salt age etoiass all; Selina) aieleials 457.02 


$2,323.17 


52 STATEN IsLAnD ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


The above does not include the accounting in connection with the munici- 
pal budget appropriations ($0,335 for the year 1913 and $0,038 for the year 
1914), for the maintenance of the museum and the payment of salaries 
of the museum staff and other employees, which is transacted through the 
medium of the Department of Finance, in accordance with forms and 
methods prescribed by the Department. 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF ART 


The only meeting of the Section of Art during the year was on May 14, 
1914, at which the officers who had served during the year 1913-1914, were 
reelected as follows: J. QO. Adams, chairman; Frederick Marschall, vice- 
chairman; Agnes L. Pollard, recorder. 

Mrs. Robert W. Gardner was reappointed by the chair to serve as chair- 
man of the committee on art loan exhibits. 

This committee arranged two exhibits during the year 1913-1914, both 
of which attracted many visitors to the Museum and received much favor- 
able notice. The summer exhibit consisted of 46 paintings by Staten Island 
and New York artists. It was opened by an evening reception under the 
auspices of the Section on May 20, 1913, and was continued until the end 
of September. The winter exhibit contained many objects of historical 
interest and value. It was opened on December 6, 1913, by a tea given by 
the ladies of the art loan committee, and was continued until the first week 
in March. 

Two meetings of the Association were held under the auspices of the 
Section of Art, that of October 18, 1913, When Dr. J. QO. Adams spoke on 
Sculpture in New York City; and that of April 18, 1914, when Mr. Ray- 
mond Perry gave an address on Illustration up to the Minute. Both 
addresses were illustrated by lantern slides, and Mr. Perry also showed a 
large number of original drawings by the various artists whose work was 
described in his address. 

J. Q. ADAMS, 


Chairman. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTION OF BIOLOGY 
AnnuaL MEETING, May 11, 1914 


The meeting was held at the residence of Mr. William T. Davis, 146 
Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton. 

The chairman, Mr. Charles W. Leng, and the following members were 
present: William T. Davis, Philip Dowell, Alanson Skinner, A. J. Grout, 
Howard H. Cleaves. 

The minutes of the annual meeting of May 12, 1913 (the only meeting 
held during the year) were read and approved. 

On motion of Dr. Dowell it was 

Voted, that the officers of the Section for the past year, Charles W. 


ANNUAL REPORTS — 53 


‘Leng, chairman, and Howard H. Cleaves, recorder, be reélected for the 
enstiing year. 

On motion of Mr. Skinner it was 

Voted, that Mr. William T. Davis be appointed a committee of one to 

prepare and present to the Association a suitable memorandum on the loss 
sustained by the Association and the Section in the recent death of Mr. 
John A. Grossbeck. (See this issue, p. 13.) 
Mr. Davis reported that on May 10 he and Mr. Ernest Shoemaker and 
Mr. Alan S. Nicolay were looking over the precipice along the easterly 
edge of the First Watchung Mountain, about a mile north of Great Notch, 
N. J., into the tops of the trees growing at a lower level. The oaks 
were in flower and a female and two male rosebreasted grosbeaks, Zame- 
lodia Iudoviciana (Linn.), were observed pulling the catkins apart. The 
birds were very tame and were seen at close range. Soon, in the adjoin- 
ing tree, a male scarlet tanager, Piranga erythromelas Vieil., and his 
_ green colored mate appeared. Both would occasionally make short flights 
into the air to secure passing insects. A little later a male indigo bunting, 
Passerina cyanea (Linn.), came to the tree where the grosbeaks were at 
work. Thus there were, at one and the same time, three rosebreasted 
grosbeaks, two scarlet tanagers, and an indigo bunting all close together 
in adjoining trees, making a splendid display of bird coloration. 

Mr. Davis exhibited a living specimen of Hyla evitata Miller, collected 
September 22, 1911, on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River, near 
Washington, D. C. This same specimen was commented upon at the meet- 
ing of the Section on October 11, 1911. (See PROCEEDINGS 4: 83.) Mr. 
Davis stated that in 1912 the frog had been taught to take bits of raw meat 
when they were offered, hence the trouble of catching flies, often difficult 
to secure out of season, was obviated. However, considerable care is 
necessary in the feeding of tree frogs, as evidenced by the fact that both 
the Hyla evitata and a Hyla andersonii were afflicted after each had swal- 
lowed a piece of raw meat with what appeared to be a painful attack of 
indigestion. They lay on their backs, with eyes shut, while their bodies 
were inflated to an alarming extent. In a short time this distension sub- 
sided and the Hyla evitata recovered, but the andersonii died. Feeding 
about once a week in summer and much less often in winter seems to keep 
these frogs in good health. 

Dr. Dowell remarked that during the past winter the cocoons of the 
Cecropia moth were noticed in unusual abundance, especially at Port Rich- 
mond, where as many as 70 were counted on a single white maple tree, 50 
or more on another, and 30 or more each on about 25 trees. The larva 
of the moth appeared to have been less particular than usual in the choice 
of tree or place for spinning its cocoon, as some were on willow and sassa- 
fras trees, and others on other kinds of plants, and one even in the corner 
of a window sill. 

Howarp H. CLEAaves, 
Recorder. 


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REPORT OF THE SECTION OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND 
ALLIED PROFESSIONS 


In accordance with the action of the Board of Trustees, approving the 
formation of a Section of Engineering, a dinner was held at the St. George 
Hotel, on April 14, 1914, at which a preliminary organization was effected. 
The president of the Association, Hon. Howard R. Bayne, acted as tem- 
porary chairman, and Mr. George W. Tuttle as temporary secretary. A 
committee on organization was appointed, consisting of Messrs, Orrin L. 
Brodie, August E. Hansen, and George L. Mitchill. 

In response to a call issued by the committee on organization a meeting 
was held in the assembly hall of the Museum on May 19, 1914, at which 
32 members and guests were present. Mr. Orrin L. Brodie, as chairman 
of the committee, called the meeting to order. Mr. August E. Hansen was 
elected chairman pro tem, and Mr. George W. Tuttle recorder pro tem. 
The report of the committee was submitted in the form of a series of | 
bylaws and nominations for permanent officers of the Section. The pro- 
posed bylaws were discussed and approved, including the adoption of the 
name Section of Engineering, Architecture and Allied Professions, and 
the following nominees suggested by the committee were elected officers 
of the Section: Edmund L. Andrews, chairman; George W. Tuttle, vice- 
chairman; William R. Hillyer, recorder; Carl F. Grieshaber, member of 
sectional committee. 

Hon. Lewis Nixon, consulting engineer and commissioner of public 
works of the borough, adddressed the Section on the subject of the rela- 
tion of the engineer to the work of the Association. 

Mr. Theodor S. Oxholm, engineer-in-charge of the borough, discussed 
the Stapleton (Canal St.) sewer, its capacity, the area of territory unde- 
veloped which it is designed to accommodate, the assessments levied for 
construction, etc. 

Mr. Victor H. Reichelt, assistant engineer of the borough, discussed the 
subject of assessments for sewerage and drainage of undeveloped territory, 
with special reference to experiences in the Borough of the Bronx. 

The chairman subsequently announced the following appointments: pro- 
gram committee, August E. Hansen, Orrin L. Brodie, George L. Mitchill; 
publication committee, Frank W. Skinner, Edward W. Brown, William R. 
Hayward. 

GEORGE W,. TUTTLE, 
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A Collection of Old Views of Staten Island Scenery. . . . WiLiIam T. Davis. 55 
Some Botanical and Geological Features of the Silver Lake Basin 
ARTHUR HOLLICK 60 


An Old Text Book on Geography by a Local Author. . . . . Witttam T. Davis 66 
The Old CubberlyHouseat New Dorp -. ........ ARTHUR HorLick 68 
Nut. and AcornWeevils’.. 2s. ee Ss . .°. CHARLES W, LENG (75 
A Quaint Old Work:on Seaweeds... 5. er ARTHUR HOLLICK. 85 
A Beneficial Beetle Recently Found on Staten Island |. . Wituiam T, Davis 92 

otes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island Il. . . WitiiAm T, DAVIS 04 


Capture of an Adult Amblystoma punctata on Staten Island . ALANSON SKINNER 98 

Literature Relating te Staten [sland : 
Cretaceous _Pityoxyla from Cliffwood, New Jersey. The Baker Ancestry, etc. 
The Camera to Preserve New York’s-Old Buildings. - Hunting with the Lens, 
Cretaceous. Lignites from Cliffwood, New Jersey. Combined Excursion by the 
Municipal Engineers, ete. North American Species of Aleuria and Aleurina. 
Flora of the Vicinity of New York, etc, The Indians of Newark, etc. The 
Indians of Greater-New York. The Indians of Manhattan Island and Vicinity... 99 


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VoL. V OcToBER 1914—May tg91t5 Parts III ann IV 


A Collection of Old Views of Staten Island Scenery? 


WitiiAm T. Davis 


Last summer it was my good fortune to secure for the Associa- 
tion’s collection eightetn old views of Staten Island; also two of 
the Highlands of Navesink, New Jersey, and one of the upper 
bay of New York. Six of these are steel engravings and the 


- others woodcuts. 


Three of the engravings represent outlooks from Pavilion Hill, 
viz, “New York from Staten Island,’ showing the Quarantine 
buildings in the foreground, the shipping, and the city in the 
distance. This is one of the illustrations which may be found 
included in The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson River and 
Its Vicinity, etc., published by J. Disturnell, 156 Broadway, New 
York, in or about 1835-36, from which it was evidently ab- 
stracted. “The Narrows, from the Pavilion, near the Quaran- 
tine Ground, Staten Island,” is another from the same publica- 
tion as the preceding. The third one is from the same point of 
view as the latter, and on it is a written memorandum “The 
Narrows from Staten Island, published in ‘Amer. Scenery’ in 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association October 17, 1914. 


55 


56  STATEN Istanp ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


1854.” It is interesting to note that Pavilion Hill is shown as 
well covered with trees. 

The other three engravings are views taken from the vicinity of 
the Narrows, looking toward the city, viz, “ New York Bay from 
Staten Island, near the Lighthouse.’ On this one is engraved 
the information “ Pub. for Hermann J. Meyer, 164 William St., 
New York. W. Heine, New York, 1850, del. John Popped, . 
sculpist.” ‘‘ New York Bay from Staten Island, Henry S. Beck- 
with,” is the manuscript legend on another, in connection with 
which there is no date; but the firm of Coats & Cosine are given 
as the printers, followed by “G. P. Putnam, New York,” by whom 
it was apparently issued. The third one of this lot is without 
title, or name of artist, engraver or publisher; but a penciled 
memorandum gives the date “1850?” This is the only one of 
the three which shows the “Telegraph,” or semaphore signal 
pole, used to signal the arrival of incoming vessels. 

The woodcuts deal with a variety of subjects. One, said to 
be from Pictorial Description of the United States, Boston, 
1848, represents “The Old Billop House, at Bentley, west end 
of Staten Island.” This is the same picture of the house as that 
shown by Richard M. Bayles in his History of Richmond County, 
1887, and later ‘by Ira K. Morris in his article on The Preservation 
of the old Billopp House, in the Report of the Billopp House 
Committee, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIA- 
TION OF STATEN ISLAND, vol. 2, pp. 64-70, December 13, 1890. 

From the text accompanying a “‘ View of the New York Bay 
and Harbor from the Telegraph Station,” from Gleason’s 
Pictorial Drawing Room Companion [Oct. 2, 1852?], we learn 
that “the Telegraph is used to answer to the Merchants Ex- 
change, Wall Street, New York, in reference to the arrival of 
vessels, and the arms are kept continually moving.” Also that 
“one or two steamboats leave New York every hour for Staten 
Island, and are usually crowded, and on gala days from fifteen 
to twenty thousand persons leave the dust and heat of the city 
to take a breath of sea air. An omnibus, besides carriages, 


Davis: OLD VIEWS OF STATEN ISLAND SCENERY 57 


conveys the people as far as the Telegraph, and the ride from 
the ferry is delightfully pleasant. On one side are numerous 
country seats and cottages, built in form like castles and palaces, 
on the other, is the bay, laying like a perfect mirror, with New 
York behind and the sea in front.” 

Accompanying a “View of Brighton, Staten Island, New 
York,” from Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion [ Aug. 
29, 1857°], we have “Chiefest for beauty of situation, in the 
vicinage of New York, stands Staten Island at the mouth of Hud- 
son River, and stretching towards the ocean, comprising within its 
limits the thriving towns of Brighton, Port Richmond, Stapleton, 
Tompkinsville and Clifton. Port Richmond is dear to the lovers 
of oysters, and these delicious bivalves, the delight of city epicures, 
have made fortunes for many of the dealers. Brighton is particu- 
larly famous for its beautiful private residences, which, embos- 
omed in trees and flowers, gem the green slopes along the edge of 
the harbor. The Pavilion Hotel, the cupola of which is seen in our 
picture, is second to none in the country as a place of resort, and, 
taken altogether, Brighton is decidedly the aristocratic portion of 
Staten Island. The church on the left of the view is St. Peters, 
and across the water is seen New Jersey, its shores studded with 
villages, and its distant highlands closing the view. When Hen- 
drick Hudson first sailed into New York bay, this island was an 
almost unbroken forest, inhabited by the Manhattan and Navesink 
Indians—warlike tribes not at all disposed to extend a cordial wel- 
come to the white intruders, and among the descendants of the 
early Dutch settlers along the Jersey shore, are still floating many 
traditions, some of them wild enough, chronicling the desperate 
conflicts with the red men, and their final disappearance from the 
soil. Their last camp on the island is said to have been at Silver 
Lake, on the summit of the hills at Tompkinsville, still surrounded 
by woods, and supposed to be the crater of an extinct volcano.” 
This verbal picture is as different from the New Brighton of today 
as is the picture of the scene which accompanies it ; and we know 
that what the author has to say about the beautiful private resi- 


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dences embosomed in trees and flowers was quite true. In his 
statements about the Indians, and Silver Lake being the crater 
of an extinct volcano, he is not quite so fortunate. 

Other woodcuts represent “The Narrows from Staten Island, 
New York” (Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 
1853), evidently drawn from a station on Pavilion Hill; “ View 
from New Brighton, Staten Island, on the Narrows, New York” 
(ibid:, 1854), showing the Quarantine with the Narrows in the 
distance; and a view of “ Mount Hermon, Staten Island, N. Y.,” 
on which is a pencil note “Ill. News, N. Y., 1853, Beach and 
Barnum, props.” In the text accompanying this last picture we 
read: “ Among its cool and delightful groves many a New Yorker 
has found rest and coolness, during the fatigues and heats of 
summer. It is in contemplation now we learn to erect at this 
place a large and splendid hotel, capable of accommodating six 
hundred visitors, a church, a very large water-cure establishment, 
and other. buildings. The locality abounds in everything calcu- 
lated to render such establishments attractive.’ Mt. Hermon 
was at Bentley, unfortunately changed in 1862 to the less at- 
tractive name of Tottenville. In the Supplement to Staten 
Island Names, Ye Olde Names and Nicknames, PROCEEDINGS OF 
THE NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF STATEN ISLAND, vol. 8, 
p. 86, October 1903, we read that Mt. Hermon was a “Locality 
about the junction of Amboy Road and Biddle’s Road. A 
Presbyterian chapel, afterwards a school, bearing that name was 
built there about forty years ago.” ‘The splendid hotel and the 
water-cure estalishment never materialized, though we can testify 
that long ago the neighboring woods and fields possessed all of 
the charm attributed to them by the author of the sketch, however 
sadly changed they may be today. ? 

Six of the views are of the Quarantine grounds and build- 
ings at Tompkinsville, which appeared in Frank Leslie’s Ilus- 
trated Newspaper in 1856 and 1858. Because of impatience at 
the delay of the state legislature in having the yellow fever 
hospitals removed, they were burned by the citizens in Septem- 


Davis: OLD VIEWS OF STATEN ISLAND SCENERY 59 


ber 1858, and these views show the attack on the barricades; 
the encampment of the eighth regiment at Quarantine grounds 
during the so-called “Quarantine War”; a comic picture of six 
little children heavily armed with brooms, advancing on a fright- 
ened guard, entitled an “Alarming Demonstration of Staten 
Island Sepoys’’; and a view of Camp Washington. From the 
text accompanying the view of the encampment we learn the 
following: “The inhabitants of Tompkinsville attempted at the 
outset to annoy their military visitors by refusing to admit them to 
their wells, etc.; but they soon learned that the law of the strong- 
est now prevailed, and they contented themselves with direful 
predictions of death by dampness and yellow fever, coupled with 
sneers, where sneers were safe, with respect to the gallant Eighth. 
... While off duty all sorts of games were resorted to by the men 
by way of killing time; and their presence being sufficient to 
keep in order the refractory citizens of Richmond county, they 
have been able to enjoy an unwonted amount of soldiering with- 
out any necessity for the use of powder.” © 


Some Botanical and Geological Features of the Silver Lake 
Basin? 
ArtHuUR HoLrick 


(WITH PLATES 2-5) 


Silver Lake, as we may remember it only a year or so ago, has 
disappeared, and so far as its original condition as a natural body 
of water is concerned it is now a vanished topographic feature 
of Staten Island. It had a surface elevation of about 185 feet 
above tide level and covered an area of about fifteen acres;? 
but the basin has recently been almost completely drained 
(eL. 2, f. ©), and when again filled with water, this will come, 
not from local springs and surface drainage as heretofore, but 
from streams that have their headwaters in the Catskill Moun- 
tains about one hundred miles away. On last Tuesday evening, 
at a meeting of the section of engineering, Mr. John P. Hogan, 
division engineer of the New York City Board of Water Supply, 
gave an address on the extension of the general city water supply 
system to Staten Island and described the part which this basin 
will perform when it is converted into an artificial reservoir. 
My object this evening is to describe and record certain facts in 
connection with some of the natural features which have been 
destroyed, and also to describe certain other features which have 
been revealed during the progress of the work now being prose- 
cuted there, or which have resulted in consequence of it. 

About thirty years ago, at a meeting of the Natural Science 
Association of Staten Island held September 13, 1884, Mr. L. P. 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association October 17, 1914. Illus- 
trated by photographs taken September 29, 1914. 

2“ Piece oR ParceL B. A certain pond formerly called ‘The Great 
Pond’ and ‘The Fresh Pond’ and now known as Silver Lake .. . con- 
taining fourteen and 7984999 acres of land, more or less.” See condemna- 
tion proceedings in connection with Silver Lake Park, Supreme Court, 
Richmond County, N. Y., June 17, 1902. 

60 


HoLiick: FEATURES OF SILVER LAKE BASIN 61 


Gratacap read a paper on the results of a series of soundings in 
the lake, made in codperation with Mr. Ernest Congdon.2 The 
greatest depth of water recorded was 16 ft. Io in., and the 
temperature of the surface water and that of the deepest part 
were found to be, respectively, 76° and 70° Fahr. 

At a meeting of the Association held October 10, 1903, it was 
my privilege to read a paper entitled Depth and Form of the 
Silver Lake Basin,* based upon accurate surveys and soundings 
made in connection with condemnation proceedings for the then 
projected Silver Lake Park. The greatest depth recorded was 
18 ft. 6 in., and the form of the basin was illustrated by a 
series of contour lines joining the points indicating equal depth. 
At the February meeting following, I presented a second paper, 
on Some Recently Discovered Facts in Regard to Silver Lake,® 
based upon results obtained from a series of borings driven 
around the margin of the lake and from analyses of the water, 
also made in connection with the park condemnation proceedings. 
The sections revealed by three of the borings, and the chemical 
constituents of the water as determined by four different analyses, 
are given in detail in this paper, and also a list of the genera of 
microscopic organisms detected. 

These facts were of interest at the times when they were 
recorded. They will be of still greater interest years hence. 
And the visible features of today will very soon be merely 
matters of recollection or record. 

The Silver Lake basin, so far as its natural genesis is con- 
cerned, was formed toward the close of the Glacial Epoch, by the 
deposition of a morainal dam across the lower or southwest 
end of a branch of the Clove Valley. This valley, with its side 
branches, was an ancient topographic feature which was formed 
far back in geologic time and subsequently modified by erosion 
of the soapstone or serpentine rock which forms the adjacent 


3 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is. 1: 11. September 13, 1884. 
4 Ibid. 8: 68, 69. October 10, 1903. 
5 Ibid. 9: 11-13. February 13, 1904. 


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hills and underlies the entire region.© The narrow divide be- 
tween the lake basin and the lower depression toward the north- 
east, recently cut through in order to connect the two and thus 
form a twin reservoir, is a low ridge of the rock, capped with a 
relatively thin deposit of morainal till. 

The lake, therefore, was a modern topographic feature, geo- 
logically considered. It had its birth when the continental 
glacier finally melted and disappeared from this region; and it 
was subsequently a depository for silt washed in from the sides, 
for the remains of plants and animals that lived and died in it 
and around its borders, and for the stray material of all kinds 
which was thrown into or lost in it since man appeared upon the 
scene. A vertical section through the lake would, therefore, 
show soapstone rock at the bottom and extending down to an 
unknown depth, morainal till varying in thickness from place to 
place, and silt or peat according to whether the section was 
toward the middle or near the border. 

Several interesting species of plants have been destroyed by the 
draining off of the water and the denudation of the adjacent land 
Sti faces WIZ ane . 

Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp. (water-shield or water- 
target) has been exterminated on Staten Island by the oblitera- 
tion of this its only known local station. 

Prunus pennsylvanica L.f. (wild red or pigeon cherry) is also 
probably eliminated from. our local flora, inasmuch as the only 
known representative of the species on Staten Island was a 
single small tree on the northwest border, which has been de- 
stroyed. 

Polypodium vulgare L. (common polypody) was represented 
by a small patch near Logan’s spring—one of the few known 
localities for this fern on Staten Island. This station is entirely 
destroyed and will ultimately be covered by the waters of the 
reservoir. 

Dentaria laciniata Muhl. (cut-leaved toothwort or pepper 

6 See Gratacap, L. P., loc. cit. 8: 3, 4. January 12, 1901. 


Ho.tiick: FEATURES OF SILVER LAKE BASIN 63 


root), formerly more or less plentiful along the northwest border, 
but not elsewhere common on the Island, has been exterminated. 

Diospyros virginiana L. (persimmon) formerly grew along 
the northwest border—its farthest northern location on Staten 
Island. The last of these trees, however, died some few years 
ago, so their extermination can hardly be credited to recent 
operations. ei 

In this connection it is interesting to note that in an article 
entitled Sketches of the Vegetation at the Lower Course of the 
Hudson, by Hugo Von Rabenau, published in the Transactions 
of the Natural History Society of Gorlitz 20: 1-38. 1893 (re- 
viewed in Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. STaTEN Is. 4: 23. 1893), he 
mentions “the crystal clear oval of Silver Lake” with its pond 
lilies and the rare Brasenia purpurea. So that Silver Lake, with 
its interesting flora, made Staten Island known as far away as 
Silesia in eastern Germany. 

At the shallow northeast end there may yet be seen a dense 
mat of swamp vegetation, consisting largely of Decodon verti- 
Cuan Ea Hi (EE. 2) 7. 0), stowine on the surface of a 
thick bed of peat. Inside the inner margin of this growth is 
the drained bottom of the lake and on this a terrestrial flora has 
started (PL. 3, f. 2), which is steadily advancing toward the 
muGdlexasuthe water recedes., (Pr. 2, 7. 2.) This flora nas 
sprung up entirely from seed during the past few months, in soil 
never before inhabited by such a flora, and the principal species 
represented are of special interest for that reason. During the 
latter part of September the following were found to be the most 
abundantly represented : 

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. 

Panicum proliferum Lam. 

Homalocenchrus virginicus (Willd.) Britton 

Cyperus rivularis Kunth 

Cyperus strigosus L, var. 

Eleocharis olivacea Torr. 

Eleocharis obtusa ( Willd.) Schultes 


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Eleocharis acicularis (L.) R. & S. 

Scirpus debilis Pursh 

Polygonum pennsylvanicum L. 

Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. 

Polygonum hydroptper L. 

Isnardia palustris L. 

Bidens laevis: (lee)y ansen ey 

Bidens frondosa L. 

It may also be of interest to note that around the margin of 
the lake, among the plants of recent introduction, were several 
specimens of Polygonum orientale L. and Cleome spinosa L., 
species that are entirely unknown elsewhere in the vicinity and 
were never before found there. 

Peat, consisting of the roots and other parts of aquatic and 
semiaquatic plants, was formed to a greater or less extent all 
around the margin, but especially at the shallow northeast end, 
where the deposit has a maximum thickness of about seven feet, 
so far as can be seen in the ditches that have been dug through 
ik £0 “assist, im its desiccation. 9) (ely 4, 7 ep a enicmdepociiemm 
am informed, will be either dug out and removed, or dried in 
place and burned if possible, or covered with a blanket of bowlder 
till sufficient to weight it down and prevent it from breaking 
loose and floating to the surface when the reservoir is filled with 
water. The coarser constituents of the peat, or more critically 
speaking, the incidental debris included in it, consisting of logs, 
branches, hickory nuts, acorns, etc., may be found more or less 
lignified and several such specimens were secured. 

The silt deposits inside the peat margin have dried on the 
surface and cracked (pL. 4, f. 2), and the resulting contraction 
has caused the hardened surface to slip down the sloping sides 
toward the middle of the basin, opening crevasses which in 
places extend down to the old original morainal bottom (PL. 5, 
f. 1, 2). Well defined faults and terraces may also be seen 
where the contraction and slipping have been most pronounced. 
The entire mass of silt, in fact, is in process of “creeping” 


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Fic. 1. Looking northeast across the partly drained lake bottom. 





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Fic. 2. View across the receding water, northeast end, showing advancing terrestrial 
vegetation. 


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Fic. t. Decodon verticillatus zone, on former shore margin of peat bed at northeast end. 








Fic. 2. Part of the drained lake bottom, northeast end. Decodon zone in the back- 
ground, Bidens laevis in the foreground. 


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Fic. 1. Ditch cut through peat bed at northeast end. 





Fic, 2. Shrinkage cracks, surface of silt deposit toward middle of former lake bottom. 


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Fic. t. Beginning of a crevasse in the marginal silt. 








Fic. 2. A slip, following a crevasse in the marginal silt, exposing the original lake 
bottom. 


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Pay ie 





Hotiick: FEATURES OF SILVER Lake BASIN 65 


toward the deepest part of the basin, where a shallow pool of 
water yet remains, and the constantly widening cracks and 
crevasses form a series of irregular contours around the pool. 
The best defined slips and faults are around the southwest end, 
where the original floor of the basin is steepest. 

Wherever the morainal till beneath the peat is exposed this 
presents an appearance quite unlike the characteristic red till of 
the adjacent banks. It is of a uniform gray color, due to the 
reduction of the red oxid of iron by the organic acids in the 
decaying vegetation which forms the peat and organic matter in 
the silt. Fragments of Triassic sandstone, the most abundant 
constituent of the till, are gray on the surface, but when broken 
show their original dark red or brown color inside. 

Incidentally it may be pertinent to remark that several cannon 
balls, in all probability of Revolutionary age, were unearthed and 
are now deposited in our collection of such relics. Thus far no 
Indian relics have been brought to light, although it is certain 
that some must have been lost within the area of the basin, 
inasmuch as a number have been picked up in the immediate 
vicinity, where there were indications of several old camp sites.” 


7 See Skinner, A. B., loc. cit. 8: 48, 49. January 10, 1903. 


An Old Text-Book on Geography by a Local Author’ 


WititAm T. Davis 


This is a duodecimo volume of 363 pages and numerous maps, 
which latter are, of course, of general interest to the student of 
political geography, as are all similar illustrations issued eighty or 
more years ago. To us, however, the work also possesses a local 
interest. On page 66, for instance, may be found the following 
brief description of our island: “Staten Island, lies west of 
Long Island, from which it is separated by ‘the Narrows’; it is 
about 14 miles long and 8 broad. The surface of the island is 
hilly. The highest hill is called ‘Mount Tompkins,’ from Daniel 
D. Tompkins, formerly Governor of this state, and Vice Presi- 
dent of the United States. The island contains the town of 
Castleton, in which is the village of Tompkinsville, situated near 
the shore, and is the site of the Quarantine and Health estab- 
lishment of the City of New York. Staten Island constitutes the 
county of Richmond.” 

This particular copy was presented by the author to John C. 
Thompson, grandfather of the present writer, and it possesses an 
added local interest by reason of the author’s having probably 
prepared the manuscript of the work while residing on the island. 
Mr. Clute was principal of the Tompkins Academy at the time 
when the geography was published, as may be learned from the 
following advertisement, which may be found in the New York 
Free Press of Saturday, May 25, 1833: 


1 The | School Geography | by John J. Clute | New York | Published by 


Samuel Wood & Sons | No. 261 Pearl-Street | 1833. 
Presented in abstract at the meeting of the Association January 15, 1915. 


OOM 


Davis: OLp TExT-BooK ON GEOGRAPHY 67 


TOMPKINS ACADEMY. 


At Tompkinsville, Staten Island. 
ee next term of this Institution will 
commence on the 15th inst. The or- 
der of studies as follows: 


Reading and Orthography, $3,00 
The above, with Penmanship, 3,50 
Arithmetic, Geography, English gram- 

mar, Mapping &c. 4,00 
Natural Philosophy, Rhetoric &c. 5,00 
Latin and Greek, 6,00 


J, J. CHW, 1Peraerpalll. 
Tompkinsville, May 11, 3w. 


What may be the meaning of the “ 3w” at the end is more or 
less puzzling; but it probably indicates that the advertisement 
was to appear in each issue of the paper for three weeks. 

Later in his life Mr. Clute was better known as the compiler 
of the Annals of Staten Island, published in 1877, and generally 
known as Clute’s History of Staten Island. 


The Old Cubberly House at New Dorp?+ 


ARTHUR HOoLiLick 
(WITH PLATES 6, 7) 


Those of us who are familiar with the region at the foot of 
New Dorp Lane are acquainted, at least in so far as the external 
appearance is concerned, with the old stone cottage owned by 
our fellow member Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton and commonly 
known as the Cubberly House. To the older members of the 
Association it recalls one of the pleasantest meetings ever held 
by the Association, that of June 8, 1895, on which occasion the 
regular June meeting was held there on invitation of Doctor and 
Mrs. Britton, who at that time were living in the cottage. Inci- 
dentally it may be recalled that the principal function in con- 
nection with the meeting was an open-air clambake, which is 
probably remembered by those who were present with greater 
distinctness than are the officially recorded proceedings ;? hence 
it may be pertinent to recall one item of the business transacted, 
which we little imagined at the time would have the important 
influence which it did upon our subsequent progress and develop- 
ment. One of the three new members elected at that meeting 
was Howard R. Bayne, and certainly none of us had the remotest 
prevision that in this new member was the germ of our future 
president in 1902, who was destined to guide us through a period 
of radical reorganization in 1905 and to remain our presiding 
officer continuously until 1915. So that twenty years ago the 
fates had decreed that this house was to be a significant factor 
in the affairs of the Association. 

I also find, at the end of the minutes of the meeting, the 
following interesting footnote: 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Association January 15, 1915. 
2 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is. 4: 77-81. June 8, 1895. 


HoLiick: OLD CuBBERLY House at NEw Dorp 69 


“The members returned on the 7.30 p. m. train. This was the 
largest attendance at any meeting in the history of the Associa- 
tion—twenty-four being present, besides visitors and guests of 
Dr. and Mrs. Britton.” 

According to data kindly furnished me by Mr. Edward C. 
Delavan, Jr., the main facts in connection with the original and 
subsequent ownership of the property are as follows: 

September 29, 1677. Governor Edmund Andros granted by 
patent to Obadiah Holmes a tract of land of about ninety-six 
acres, known as the Governor’s Lot, on part of which tract the 
house was subsequently erected (4 Patents 140). 

October 28, 1695. Obadiah Holmes and Elizabeth, his wife, 
deeded it to Nathaniel Britton®? (B Deeds 608). 

April 9, 1714. Nathaniel Britton and Elizabeth, his wife, to 
Thomas Walton, 2d* (C Deeds 48). 

June 20, 1761. Thomas Walton, 3d, to Isaac Cubberly® (E 
Deeds 84). This deed contains recitals of the will of Thomas 
2d and various conveyances to Thomas 3d by his brothers, sisters, 
and mother. 

July 18, 1833. Adria Cubberly to Isaac Cubberly, 2d (V 
Deeds 252), recites that the grantor, spinster, is the daughter of 


3 The great-great-great-grandfather of Nathaniel L. Britton, the present 
owner. 

4Thomas Walton, Ist, had a grant of land near the Old Town. Appar- 
ently he died prior to 1698 (B Deeds 300). A strip of land was also laid 
out for him in the New Lots at the Old Town, probably between Richmond 
Road and the shore of the Bay, somewhere in the vicinity of Red Lane, in 
1685 (2 Land Papers 67). 

The instructions of Governor Francis Lovelace to Captain Jaques Cor- 
tilleau (also spelled Cortelijau and Courtelija) to lay out new lots at the 
Old Town and Great Kill may be found in Minutes of the Executive 
Council of the Province of New York 2: 487-480, in the library of the 
Association. 

Thomas Walton, 2d, evidently died some time in or after 1728, inas- 
much as his last will is dated February 19, 1728. 

5Jsaac Cubberly, in his will [39 Wills 240 (287), N. Y. Surrogate’s 
Office], devises to his son, James Cubberly, “the southern part of my farm 
or plantation that I now live on with all the buildings and improvements 
thereon.” 


70 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Stephen Cubberly, granddaughter of Isaac Cubberly, and niece of 
James Cubberly, deceased, and grants all her interest in the 
estate devised by Isaac to James. This is one of several con- 
veyances to Isaac Cubberly, 2d, by the other heirs of Isaac Cub- 
berly, deceased, or his children. 

June 26, 1847. Executors of the will of Isaac Cubberly, 2d, 
to David) Ja Mysen Gra Deedsu520): 

June 28, 1847. David J. Tysen and Elizabeth P., his wife, 
to Harriet Word (15 Deedsisao) ny 

From Harriet Lord (subsequently Harriet Lord Britton, 
mother of Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton) the property which in- 
cluded the cottage passed into the possession of the latter. Dr. 
Britton married Elizabeth Gertrude Knight and the property 
thus again came into the possession of a Nathaniel Britton and 
Elizabeth, his wife, after a lapse of some two hundred years. 

Incidentally it is also of interest to note the coincidence that 
the first deed, in 1695, was by Obadiah Holmes and Elizabeth, 
his wife. The next,.in 1714, was by Nathaniel Britton and 
Elizabeth, his wife. Again, in 1847, by David J. Tysen and 
Elizabeth P., his wife. The wife of Isaac Cubberly, 2d, was also 
named Elizabeth. 

And now it is my privilege to read the following communi- 
cation : 

2965 Decatur Avenue, 
New York City, 
December 21, 1914. 
Dr. ARTHUR HOLLick, Secretary, 
Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, 
‘New Brighton, New York. 

Dear Sir: Will you kindly present the following matter to the 
trustees of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 
and inform us of any action that may be taken? If the proposi- 
tion should be favorably considered, we will have a suitable 
deed of gift prepared: 

It is our desire to give to the Association, for its corporate pur- 
poses, free from all encumbrances, the old colonial cottage with 
about one half acre of land, now owned by us, situated at the 


HoLiticK: OLtp CuBBERLY House at NEw Dorp 7AM 


southern corner of New Dorp Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue, 
near New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. Should such a gift be 
available for acceptance by the Association our only stipulation 
would be that the cottage be preserved by the Association as an 
example of old colonial cottage architecture, and that its general 
structural characters which shall obtain at the time of the trans- 
fer of the property to the Association be maintained. 

This property is assessed at $2,000, and is under rental to 
May 1, 1915, at $300 annually. The house is insured for $1,000. 

According to an investigation made by Mr. Edward C. Delavan, 
Jr., in 1909, it appears that the land upon which the cottage is 
located was a part of the tract known in the seventeenth century 
as the “Governor’s Lot” (about 96 acres), and was granted -by 
patent, dated September 29, 1677, by Governor Andros to 
Obadiah Holmes. It was deeded by said Holmes and Elizabeth, 
his wife, October 28, 1695, to Nathaniel Britton, and by said 
Nathaniel Britton and Elizabeth, his wife, April 9, 1714, to 
Thomas Walton. After various subdivisions and transfers, a 
portion of the property passed some years ago to Harriet Lord 
Britton, mother of Nathaniel Lord Britton, and in the recent 
division of her estate the part here described passed to him. 

In 1761, Thomas Walton, son of Thomas Walton, transferred 
the premises to Isaac Cubberly, and it remained in the Cub- 
berly family until near the middle of the nineteenth century ; the 
cottage is, therefore, commonly known as the ‘“‘ Cubberly House.” 

The cottage was, apparently, built at three different times, by 
additions to the original structure, and modifications of it; the 
low, southern end is apparently the oldest, and the northern part, 
against New Drop Lane, is, doubtless, the newest. Some of the 
stone portions of the southern and middle parts may date from 
the ownership of the property by Nathaniel Britton and his wife 
Elizabeth, prior to 1714. 

Yours very truly, 
NATHANIEL L. Britton, 
ELIZABETH G. BRITTON. 


On January 9, 1915, at a special meeting of the board of 
trustees called “to act upon a tender of a certain house and 
plot of land as a gift to the Association under certain conditions,” 
the following action was taken: 


72 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


“WHEREAS, by letter dated December 21, 1914, Nathaniel L. 
Britton and Elizabeth G. Britton have offered to donate to the 
Staten Island Association of. Arts and Sciences, for its corporate 
purposes, the old colonial cottage with about one half acre of 
land, situated at the southern corner of New Dorp Lane and 
Cedar Grove Avenue, near New Dorp Beach, Staten Island, 
to be preserved by the Association as an example of old colonial 
cottage architecture: 

“ Resolved, that subject to approval of terms and conditions 
of the gift by a committee consisting of the president of the 
Association, Howard R. Bayne, Dr. John Q. Adams and Mr. F. 
Winthrop White, the generous offer of Nathaniel L. and Eliza- 
beth G. Britton be and hereby is accepted on behalf of the Asso- 
ciation, with the cordial appreciation and thanks of this Board.” 

A copy of the above preamble and resolution was transmitted 
to Doctor Britton, and yesterday the following communication was 
received in reply: 

2965 Decatur Avenue, 
New York City, 
January 13, 1915. 
Dr. ArtHuR Hotuick, Secretary, 
Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, 
New Brighton, Staten Island, 
New York. 

Dear Sir: | am in receipt of your letter of January 11, convey- 
ing preamble and resolution adopted by the board of trustees of 
the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences at their meet- 
ing of January 9, 1915. I am transmitting this letter, together 
with a copy of our letter of December 21, 1914, to you, together 
with purchase documents and deeds of the Cubberly House, to 
our attorneys, Messrs. Lord, Day & Lord, of 49 Wall Street, 
with the request that they take steps to transfer this property to 
the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, and to pre- 
pare a deed of gift which shall be satisfactory to the committee 
of the Association mentioned in your letter of January I1, 1915. 

Yours truly, 

N. L. Briarone 


HoLiicK: OLD CuBBERLY House at New Dorp 73 


The following communication, also received yesterday, is a 
gratifying indication of the interest in our local history which 
this gift has aroused: 


225 West 136th St., New York City. 
STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 

Gentlemen: Having read with much interest the account in the 
Herald of the deeding by Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton of the 
“Cubberly Cottage” at New Dorp to the Staten Island Associa- 
tion of Arts and Sciences, it is thought that perhaps a few facts 
regarding the former owners of the property might be of interest. 
For three generations, prior to 1769 and until 1841, the Cubberley 
family were owners and with their black slaves were residents 
of this property near the “Elm Tree Light,’ and known as 
“The Cedars.” It remained in their possession until the death 
of Isaac Cubberley, who was born, I believe, in the old house, 
on March 17, 1761, and died there on August 22, 1841. When 
a division of the estate was made “‘ The Cedars” was sold. 

The first Cubberley living there was Isaac, who came from 
New Jersey, it is said, as a young man, and married Ann 
Journeay, of the Huguenot family of that name residing on 
Staten Island. A list of communicants of St. Andrew’s Church 
at Richmond, on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1769, contains the 
names of Isaac Cuberle and his wife. According to Professor 
Ellwood P. Cubberley, of Stanford University, California, the 
family came from Gloucestershire, England, and he visited the 
“remnants of their old manor house of Cubberley, not far from 
Cheltenham.” He found that the family name was originally 
Berkeley, and “that under that name the family record occurs 
in Domesday Book. The family held a number of places, one 
of which was known as the Cubberley (or Cobberley) House 
and certain sons of the family continually lived there.” “ From 
John Berkeley of Cubberley to John of Cubberley the name got 
changed, and then to John Cubberley, which name became fixed 
before the time of Charles First.” The Cubberleys became Dis- 
senters, and many male members fled to France and Holland, 
afterward some coming to this country. 

A number of large volumes in the public library at 42d St., 
entitled The Lives of the Berkeleys, give an account of this in- 
fluential but turbulent family, and The Transactions of the 
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Scciety, vol. 17, pp. 


74 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


g6-125, at the same library, also tells a great deal of the Cub- 
berleys in England. It is sometimes spelled Cubberly, Cobberley 
and Cuberle, as in the case of Thomas de Berkeley, Lord of 
Cobberley, who was known as “Thomas de Berkeley, dominus 
de Cubberley, and in the autumn of 1345, among six knights 
appointed from each county to accompany the King across the 
Channel, was “Thomas de Berkeley, Cuberle,’ who fought at 
Crecy and Poitiers. In Cobberley Church at Cheltenham, the 
arms of Sir Thomas de Berkeley are shown “Argent, a fesse 
sable, between three martlets of the last.” One of the Berkeley 
seals represents a circle containing a mounted knight in chain 
armor, bearing a shield showing a cross. In St. Andrew’s 
Churchyard at Richmond are the graves of Ann Journeay, wife 
of Isaac Cubberley, and of her sons, James and Isaac, together 
with that of Elizabeth Broughton, wife of the second Isaac. In 
the Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp are those of William and 
James Cubberley and Mrs. Mary Racey, my grandmother, chil- 
dren of Isaac Cubberley and his wife Elizabeth. All of these 
were born in and married from the old house on New Dorp Lane, 
which has been so generously donated by Dr. Britton. 
Very truly, 
January twelfth. (Miss) Mary Racrey Ripeway. 


Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. VoL. 5, PLATE 6 








Fic. t. Reproduction of a water color sketch made by Adam W. Spies about 1848— 
50, showing northwest side and southwest end. 











Fic. 2. Photograph taken January 5, 1915, from approximately the same point of view 
as figure I. 


Hoiiick; CuBBERLY House [BRITTON COTTAGE] 





Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. Vor. 5, PLATE 7 








Fic. rt. View of southeast side and northeast end, looking up New Dorp Lane from 
the shore. Photograph taken about 1900. 











Fic. 2. View of southeast side and southwest end. Photograph taken about 1903. 


Hotiick: CuBBERLY House [BriTTON CoTtTaGE] 


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Nut and Acorn Weevils! 
CHarLes W. LENG 


I suppose everyone knows what a “wormy” chestnut is like 
and probably most naturalists know that the “worm” hatches 
into a beetle called Balaninus (from the Greek word for nut) 
and that the different species of that genus live as larvae in 


‘ 


chestnuts, hickory nuts, hazelnuts, and acorns. 

Such general information seems to date from far back in the 
literature but the more precise data appear to be comparatively 
recent and in some respects still incomplete. Thus the raising 
of the hickory nut weevil is credited to John Akhurst, with whom 
some of us as boys were acquainted, and of the hazelnut weevil 
to Frederick Blanchard, whose death we noted only a year ago. 
The ecological relations of these beetles have often been men- 
tioned and are well summarized in Entomology Circular 99 of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, by F. H. Chittenden. 
Much of the new information contained in that circular was 
accumulated by Fred. E. Brooks, whose paper, Snout Beetles 
Bidtelorire Nits; im Bull 128, W. Va. Agric, Exper. Sta:, is 
the most recent contribution to our knowledge of the genus, and 
contains many details not elsewhere recorded. 

I may here state that on page 158, second line, Mr. Brooks 
has inadvertently written “longer” for “shorter,” and, that 
according to my views, as explained later on, his B. rectus Say 
is B. algonquinus Casey, while his B. quercus Horn and B. 
orthorhynchus Chitt. are the true B. rectus Say. Otherwise his. 
presentment of the subject is complete, accurate, clear, and a 
most admirable result of long, painstaking fieldwork. 

Condensing the information he and others have supplied gives 
the following facts: 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Section of Biology February 15, 1915s. 


ae 


76 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Chestnuts are attacked by two species, the larger appearing 
early in the season and perforating the bur with its beak, which 
is twice as long as the body; the smaller appearing later, often 
waiting to deposit its eggs until the burs have opened and then 
using its strongly curved beak to make the perforation in the 
nut itself. It follows that the larvae found in gathered nuts are 
more often those of the smaller species, the other having usually 
completed its growth and left the nut to pass the winter in the 
ground before the gathering begins. Both of these species, B. 
algonquinus and B. rectus, have been found on Staten Island. 

Hickory and pecan nuts are attacked by another species, which 
differs from all the rest by its vestiture being hairy rather than 
scaly. This species was named B. caryae by Dr. Geo. H. Horn 
from specimens raised from nuts by Akhurst. This species has 
not been found on Staten Island. 

Hazelnuts are attacked by a different species with a more 
obtuse form and shorter beak. From the investigation of Brooks 
it seems to be shorter lived than most, completing its oviposition 
in three weeks, and causing the damaged nuts to fall early to 
the ground. This species also has not been found on Staten 
Island. ; 

Acorns are attacked by a still uncertain number of species, 
some of which have been found on Staten Island. Some of these 
prefer the annual-fruiting oaks, others the biennial, all are ap- 
parently liable to change their food when necessary; but it may 
be regarded as fairly certain that the longer-beaked species pre- 
fers the biennial-fruiting oaks and uses its long beak either to 
perforate the cup or the apex of the nut, placing its egg farther 
within the nut than the short-beaked species. 

The life history of all, subject to some variations, comprises 
the oviposition in summer, a larval period within the nut or 
acorn of a few weeks’ duration, a larval period in the ground 
after the fruit has fallen of about ten months’ duration, a rapid 
pupation and exit from the ground as imago in the following 
summer at a time when the nuts or acorns are formed. Details 


Lene: Nut anp AcorN WEEVILS Tf. 


of the oviposition, depth of larval chamber in the earth, and 
natural enemies have been furnished by Brooks and are of 
interest. 

The female uses the beak to drill a hole in the nut. It is a 
slow operation, depending on a partial revolution of the head and 
the bracing of the body by the legs, the head being turned from 
side to side as far as the connection with the thorax permits. 
Her position during the drilling is a precarious one, and if she 
loses her foothold she is liable to be hung by her beak and die 
in that position, as figured by Brooks (loc. cit. p. 168 E). The 
drilling completed, she turns around and inserts an ovipositor, 
long and threadlike and concealed within the body at other times, 
through which the egg is passed. The operation has been timed 
and found to occupy about an hour, not an excessive period to 
any one who knows the bonelike hardness of a mockernut shell. 

The depth to which the larva penetrates the ground varies 
from 1% to Io inches, according to the nature of the soil, its 
moisture, etc. An oval chamber is made within which pupation 
takes place, usually about ten months later. There are, how- 
ever, according to Brooks belated larvae which stay in the ground 
two years, either from feebleness due to late oviposition, which 
in some species is bound to occur from the females continuing to 
deposit their eggs over a long period, or from lack of sufficient 
rain to soften the ground. 

Throughout their lives these larvae are pursued by enemies. 
Many are parasitized and never reach the earth. Others are 
devoured by squirrels. Mr. W. T. Davis has informed me of 
an interesting original observation on the method by which the 
squirrels detect the presence of larvae in acorns, nibbling a 
small hole in the base, whereby their sense of smell tells them 
which acorns to discard as containing no larvae. During their 
long sojourn in the earth they are the victims of predaceous 
creatures of various kinds, especially the short-tailed shrew, 
which excavates tortuous galleries beneath the tree in its search 
for hibernating larvae. 


78  STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Notwithstanding these enemies enough survive to constitute a 
formidable obstacle to profitable nut cultivation. Brooks has 
estimated that three fourths of the chestnuts borne by the trees 
are sometimes destroyed by their attacks and 25 to 50 per cent 
not unusually ; and since several counties in West Virginia each 
market annually upwards of $3,000 worth of nuts in spite of 
this damage, it is easy to see that the damage done in that state 
alone amounts to a considerable sum. Chittenden gives similar 
statistics for the pecan industry in the southern states and it 
requires little imagination to see where the genus Balaninus is 
unwillingly maintained at a cost of more than $100,000 a year. 
Apart from their interesting taxonomic character as a singularly 
distinct and compact group of organisms, they constitute a real 
live economic problem. 

Taxonomically I am afraid they come near to being a most 
prodigious blunder, inasmuch as there is hardly a species among 
them for which can be found an undisturbed name. 

To facilitate the consideration of the taxonomy I may here 
state that the following species are recognizable: 

1. The larger chestnut weevil, beak twice as long as body in 
9, much shorter in @, with the first joint of funicle shorter than 
second. 

2. The smaller chestnut weevil, beak much longer than body 
in 9, and arcuate, much shorter in @, elytra strongly narrowed 
to apex and distinctly maculate in brown and yellow. 

3. The hickory weevil, beak much longer than body in 9, much 
shorter in 4’, body clothed with hairs rather than scales. 

4. The weevil of biennial-fruiting oaks also with the beak 
longer than the body in 9, shorter in , but with the beak 
straight in 9, pygidium concave, fringed about concavity in ¢. 
This species appears to be the only one that closes with excre- 
ment the aperture made in egg-laying. 

5. The weevil of annual-fruiting oaks, 2 beak arcuate, at most 
as long as body, ¢ beak much shorter. 

6. The hazelnut weevil, beak of ¢ and @ not very different, 
shorter than body. 


Lene: Nut anp Acorn WEEVILS 79 


7. A number of acorn weevils with beaks short in both sexes, 
wherein specific limits are still uncertain. I believe these also 
feed on annual-fruiting oaks, but from the numerous taxonomic 
errors, records based simply on beating, not breeding, the habit 
of changing food plant, etc., the records are confusing. It is 
very difficult to distinguish females of this seventh group from 
males of the fifth, if indeed there are actually two groups in 
nature. 

Scientific entomologists made the first attempt to provide Latin 
names for these species in the eighteenth century when Fabricius 
described B. proboscideus. Because he gave the length of the 
beak as twice that of the body this name is now applied to the 
larger chestnut weevil, but not without dispute, for Say thought 
it might be a synonym of Curculio daviest Swed. Boheman 
seized the opportunity to substitute caryatrypes in which he has 
been followed by Horn, Casey, and others actuated by some 
doubt as to the American origin of the Fabrician type, while a 
few apparently correct the Fabrician etymology and write 
proboscoideus. The second attempt was made by Say, who 
followed Fabricius, describing four species, in 1831, and doing it 
so badly that Dr. Geo. H. Horn states the species cannot be 
recognized from what he said of them. Say sent specimens to 
Gyllenhal, in Europe, who redescribed his species in 1836, and 
from their joint efforts B. nasicus and B. rectus of Say hold 
an uncertain place in the literature. B. nasicus with an arcuate 
beak at most as long as the body cannot be a chestnut weevil, for 
all have beaks longer than body and moreover the range of the 
chestnut barely, if at all, reaches the southwestern corner of 
Indiana in which New Harmony, where Say lived at the time, 
is located. It has always been regarded, and probably correctly, 
as an acorn weevil; but from B. nasicus as the name of the acorn 
weevil have been subtracted all the acorn weevils that have been 
since described, and hence there would remain but few specimens 
to call nasicus and those with such negative characters that the 
position of the second species ever described remains more du- 
bious than it should be. 


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As to the meaning of Say’s B. rectus, Casey has taken a stand 
directly opposite to that of all other authors, and I believe cor- 
rectly. It has been customary to call the smaller chestnut weevil, 
the one that is most abundant in market nuts, B. rectus; but the 
creature has a strongly arcuate beak and Say took pains to 
describe the rectilinear beak of B. rectus, and called it rectus 
apparently for that very reason. Gyllenhal, who saw his cotypes, 
called it rectirostris. To say nothing of the possibility of Say’s 
having no chestnut trees near him, the descriptions all favor 
Casey’s standpoint. 

As to Say’s nasutus, the description, while exceptionally short, 
covers two telling points, the short obtuse form and the white 
scutellum so obvious in well preserved hazelnut weevils.’ While 
Say does not mention the short beak the arrangement of his 
description from proboscideus down evidently indicates nasutus, 
the last, as the shortest beaked. I fear that Blanchard’s obtusus 
for the hazelnut weevil must give way to the earlier name. 
Thus as Say left the matter, at least as I interpret his descrip- 
tions, Fabricius’s name proboscideus was recognized for the 
larger chestnut weevil, rectus Say was supplied for the long 
straight-beaked acorn weevil, nasicus Say for the shorter 
curved-beaked acorn weevil, nasutus Say for the shortest- 
beaked hazelnut weevil, while the smaller chestnut weevil and 
the hickory weevil both are left unnamed; and the shortest- 
beaked annual-acorn weevil confused with males of nasicus. 

In 1836 Gyllenhal, a European author, altered nasutus, which 
was preoccupied, to rostratus, rectus to rectirostris, proboscideus 
to Sayi, and added sparsus; the last I have not yet succeeded 
in placing. 

In 1843 Boheman, another European, discarded the names pro- 
boscideus and Sayi and substituted caryatrypes. 

In 1857 Leconte described a Pacific Coast species as uniformis. 
This is the first description of a species in which both sexes are 
short-beaked ; but not from the eastern United States. 

In 1873 Dr. Geo. H. Horn wrote the first synopsis, and with 


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his usual clearness of perception and impatience of varietal dif- 
ferences, partly clarified and partly confused matters. He fol- 
lowed Boheman in calling the larger chestnut weevil caryatrypes, 
named the hickory weevil caryae, misapplied Say’s rectus to the 
smaller chestnut weevil, and was thereby obliged to add quercus 
for an acorn weevil; he also included under the name umformis 
all the short-beaked eastern weevils and incidentally mixed in 
the hazelnut weevil, lumping what was left in fact all together 
under Leconte’s Pacific uniformis. To him we owe the first 
descriptions of secondary sexual and other valuable characters, 
but also the beginning of a confusion more or less blamable to 
Say’s insufficient description. 

In 1884 Blanchard separated obtusus from the confused mass 
Horn called uniformis and identified it with hazelnuts but failed 
to connect it with Say’s nasutus. A little later Hamilton sepa- 
rated from the same mass a species he called confusor. He 
noticed that the short-beaked specimens taken on oaks or bred 
from acorns were not all of one sex, and that the females when 
separated had always a much shorter beak than the nasicus 
females. They corresponded in this respect with Leconte’s 
Pacific coast uniformis but differed in maculation. Hamilton 
thus supplied, for the first time, a name for the seventh group 
above enumerated, containing the acorn weevils in which the beak 
is distinctly shorter than the body in both.sexes. 

In 1897 Casey published a synopsis of the short-beaked species 
that Horn had lumped as umiformis, recognizing Blanchard’s 
obtusus and Hamilton’s confusor and adding humeralis for the 
Floridian form with the femoral tooth reduced to a denticle on 
a swollen femur. Unfortunately he overlooked the original 
locality of uniformis and misapplied that name to an eastern 
form, renaming the real uniformis as occidens. The remainder 
of the species he described in 1897 are western and do not con- 
cern us at present. I think you will admit that up to this time 
there had been enough blundering to make taxonomists regard 
Balamimus with dread and their readers to look upon their speci- 


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mens as beyond determination. But still the writing of de- 
scriptions continued, and it had tosin fact, for the smaller chestnut 
weevil had not yet received a name. 

In 1909 Chittenden, after publishing the 1904 Yearbook paper 
and studying what Brooks had found out, as well as the great 
accumulation of material in Washington, discovered and pointed 
out Casey’s error in regard to uniformis and named five, to him, 
definite forms mostly among the short-beaked acorn species, 
each associated with its food plant. Unfortunately he followed 
Horn in misapplying Say’s rectus to the smaller chestnut weevil 
so that it once more escaped being named; and his orthorhynchus 
becomes nearly a synonym of rectus. His Floridian parvidens 
also seems uncomfortably close to Casey’s Floridian humeralis, 
to which he seems to have paid little attention. He named how- 
ever baculi for. the gray, and pardalis for the spotted, short- 
beaked acorn weevils to join Hamilton’s confusor, with its 
fasciate elytra, as names for the short-beaked acorn weevils. 
One result of Chittenden’s paper was to stimulate Casey to 
another attempt and in 1910 the Canadian Entomologist published 
Casey’s descriptions of no less than twenty-two new species and 
subspecies. The smaller chestnut weevil was named this time 
not once but four times, for algonquinus, setosicornis, macilentus, 
and perevilis, all appear from the characters given to be closely 
related and however distinctly separable as taxonomic units by 
Casey’s description, to be all possessed of the characters ascribed 
to rectus by preceding authors, in their erroneous endeavor to 
fasten that, name on the smaller chestnut weevil. Algonquimus 
being the first given is here used for that species. 

In this paper of Casey’s, names for the short-beaked acorn 
weevils are as greatly multiplied as are those for the smafler 
chestnut weevil. From his standpoint, that of dealing with 
taxonomic units as exemplified by cabinet series of one or more, 
this course is not only justifiable, but the only course consistent 
with the recognition of Chittenden’s names as valid. The short- 
beaked acorn weevils cover all the United States as far as 


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annual-fruited oaks extend; they feed on a variety of oaks grow- 
ing in a variety of climates; some may pupate in a year, others 
in two; the various forms may cross and produce hybrids; they 
are exposed, in short, to such varied environment and conditions 
that uniformity in the structure and maculation of the adults is 
not to be expected. But I am not willing to admit that the 
minor differences observed in such indicate species in the sense 
that we regard the hazel and the hickory weevils as distinct 
species. I am not prepared to say what the effect of each 
environmental influence has been on the adults; and it would 
require long investigation to demonstrate the conditions, for 
instance, that caused the Hamilton confusor and the Chittenden 
baculi to differ uniformly in color as apparently they do. I 
am content to follow Hamilton in separating the eastern confusor 
from the western uniformis, particularly as his name expresses 
the confusion that exists. Leconte’s name uniformis is almost 
sarcastic, when applied to a group remarkable for its lack of 
uniformity. But beyond Hamilton’s division one cannot safely 
go without qualifying the names as subspecies or varieties. 

The result of this treatment of the names proposed will be: 

1. The larger chestnut weevil will be known as Balaninus 
proboscideus Fab. with caryatrypes Boh., sayi Gyll., hariolus and 
cylindricollis Casey as synonyms or feeble varieties. 

2. The smaller chestnut weevil will be B. algonquinus Casey, 
with three other names as synonyms or feeble varieties. 

3. The hickory weevil will be B. caryae Horn. 

4. The straight-beaked acorn weevil will be B. rectus Say, 
with guercus Horn and orthorhynchus Chitt. as synonyms. 

5. The arcuate-beaked acorn weevil: will be B. nasicus Say, 
those with beaks shorter than the body in both sexes subtracted. 

6. The hazel weevil may be B. rostratus Gyll., with the pre- 
occupied nasutus Say and Blanchard’s obtusus as synonyms. 

7. The short-beaked acorn weevils will be known as B. con- 
fusor Hamilton, with humeralis Casey as southern variety, baculi 
Chitt. as dark gray variety, pardalis Chitt. as spotted variety, and 


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possibly some other names saved from synonymy on account of 
the appreciable characters shown by description. 

For us Staten Islanders it remains to find, if possible, the 
hickory and the hazel Balaninus; and, for those who are capable 
of accurately naming the oaks, to raise specimens of acorn 
weevils, in the hope of contributing data that may help in un- 
raveling the puzzling skein that pure taxonomy has tangled about 
Balaninus nasicus and its allied species or varieties. 


A Quaint Old Work on Seaweeds’ 
ArtHur HOo.ick 


This unique and rare work is worthy of extended mention for 
several reasons. As an example of bookmaking it is in a class 
by itself; only a limited edition, of fifty copies, was issued; it is 
of historical as well as of scientific interest and value; it contains 
numerous local references; and finally, this particular copy came 
into the possession of the Association in a peculiar manner. 

About six years ago the late Edward L. Morris, at that time 
curator of botany at the Central Museum of the Brooklyn In- 
stitute, showed me a copy which for half a century or more had 
been in the library of the Institute, unrecorded and forgotten. 
Its origin was unknown to anyone at the Museum and Mr. Morris 
stated that he would be grateful for any information which might 
be of assistance in learning something more about it than could 
be obtained from the title page. It was especially desirable to 
ascertain if any other copies were in existence, and to secure them 
if possible, in order that they might be placed where they would 
be available for those who would appreciate their artistic, historic, 
and scientific value. The interest of our fellow member, Mr. 
William T. Davis, was also enlisted in the quest and he caused a 
notice to be printed in the Staten Islander of November 30, 1910, 
briefly outlining the circumstances mentioned, and closing with 
the suggestion: “It will be much appreciated if any one having a 
copy of this work will communicate the fact to Wm. T. Davis, 
New Brighton, N. Y.” 

In the meantime Mr, Morris had succeeded in getting into 


1 Algae | and | Corallines | of the | Bay & Harbor of New York | Ilus- 
trated with Natural Types | by | C. F. Durant | New York | George P. 
Putnam, 155 Broadway | Printed by Narine & Co. | 1850. 4to full calf, 
pp. 43, pls. 42. 

Presented in abstract at the meeting of the Association March 19, 1915. 


85 


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touch with the surviving members of Mr. Durant’s family, and 
learned that one or more copies were still in their possession, and 
I was assured that our Association would receive a copy if one 
could be secured. Subsequently, however, Mr. Morris met with 
a sudden death and I took the matter up with Dr. C. Stuart Gager, 
Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and today I received 
the following communication, together with the book which is 
here shown: 
BrooKLyN BoTANIC GARDEN, 
BrookiyNn, N. Y., March 18, 1915. 
Dr. ArTHUR HOLLICK, 
New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. 

My Dear Doctor Hollick: Some months ago we had some 
correspondence with reference to the possibility of my being 
able to secure for the Staten Island Association of Arts and 
Sciences a copy of Durant’s “Algae and Corallines of the Bay 
and Harbor of New York.” I am very pleased indeed to state 
that I have secured from Miss Emma Durant, the author’s 
daughter, a copy of this work. I indicated to her the suitability 
of having a copy at your institution on account of its local 
interest and importance there. 

I am sending the copy to you by mececnee with this letter. 
Your fee ieee may be made to Miss Emma Durant, 608 
West 148th Street, New York City. I think we are very fortu- 
nate in this matter, for as far as I understand it, your institution 
and ours are the only institutions in Greater New York which 
have copies of the work, unless possibly there is one in the New 
York Public Library. Of that I am not certain. 

With best wishes, I am 
Yours very sincerely, 
C. STUART GAGER. 


Further than that, and adding very materially to the value of 
the work, we also received a series of press clippings referring to 
it, from the Journal of Commerce Dec. 27, 1850, New York 
Tribune Dec. 28, 1850, New York Herald Dec. 29, 1850 and 
Jan. 1, 1851, Sentinel and Advertiser Dec. 31, 1850 and Feb. 
7, 1851, Evening Express Jan. 4, 1851, Times and Messenger 


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Jan. 5, 1851, Commercial Advertiser Jan. 10 and Feb. 7, 1851, 
and the Evening Mirror Feb. 6, 1851. These press notices throw 
a flood of light on the scope of the work and the labor it repre- 
sented on the part of the author without any possibility of ade- 
quate financial returns. A few quotations from certain of these 
notices may be of interest: 

Journ. Commerce, Dec. 27, 1850.—“ No collection of the sub- 
mersed plants that vegetate in our waters, has ever been made 
at all approaching to the perfection of one just exhibited to us 
by Mr. Charles F. Durant, of Jersey City. . . . The illustrations 
are not pictorial, but natural specimens. . . . This is the first 
work on algology ever published in this country, and, it is be- 
lieved, the only one in the world wherein the science is illustrated 
by natural specimens. As yet only one copy of this is completed, 
and that is intended as a present to the New York Typographical 
Society. . . . The whole edition will consist of fifty copies only, 
and the great labor of collecting and expense of preparation 
render it improbable that a second will be printed... . 

New York Tribune, Dec. 28, 1850.—‘‘ We have examined a 
curious and beautiful work by Mr. C. F. Durant. . . . It would 
form an invaluable addition to the cabinets of the curious, or an 


+) 


exquisite ornament for the drawing room.” 

New York Herald, Dec. 29, 1850——‘‘ Mr. Durant has entered 
upon a new field of science, and has brought his labors to such 
excellent results, that we are gratified to call attention to his 
admirable work. . . . He has set an example to lovers of nature 
in so practical a way that we shall expect to find ladies and 
gentlemen of leisure following in his steps, and making collections 
On our sea coast... .” 

Times and Messenger, Jan. 5, 1851.—‘‘ Amidst the numerous 
productions of the American press we are sometimes startled 
by a great and unexpected work, which develops new evidences 
of American skill, science, and enterprise. Audubon’s great 
work on the ornithology of our country surprised all Europe. 
. . . We have now another splendid issue, in quarto form, pub- 


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lished by Putnam, entitled ‘ Algae and Corallines of the Bay and 
Far vor cof New, ViOTrka. soy (Car. DU att a e ell Owes biemts 
to be repaid for the cost of this enterprise we know not. One 
hundred dollars a volume must be the price, and two hundred 
copies must be sold before the contingent expenses are paid. 
But what is this sum to our numerous wealthy patrons of art 
and genius?” 

Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 10, 1851—‘‘ We have had an 
opportunity of examining during the past week a very beautiful 
volume)... | Asi the title aimdicates, the, book is devotediitoma 
science which, for a year or two, has attracted considerable at- 
tention in this vicinity—algology, or the structure, habits and 
classification of algae, or sea-weeds. .. . We understand that 
Mr. Durant has collected specimens sufficient to illustrate fifty 
copies of the work. . .. When completed, a portion of them 
will be for sale at the publishers. ... ” 

Following the printed title page of the volume is one from an 
engraved plate, with a picture of Neptune at the top, and a 
dedication “to the illustrious son of Ops, the noble scion of 
Saturn, whose kingdom is the seas, and whose care is the plants 
and the creatures that live in and upon the waters... . ” 

A preface and introduction follow, and then the systematic 
part. This latter is of special interest to us, inasmuch as it con- 
tains numerous references to species of seaweeds and other 
marine organisms collected in the waters surrounding Staten 
Island. Of these the following are specifically mentioned: 

Sargassum bacciferum Turn. “ Very rare in our Bay ...I1 
found it twice at Staten Island, on the shore at the mouth of 
the harbor.” 


Fucus nodosus L. “... particularly abundant at Staten 
Island, Owls Head, Yellow Hook, and Hurlgate.” 
Laminaria saccharina L. “.. . after a S. E. storm, the beach 


at Staten Island and Fort Hamilton is covered for miles with 
this plant.” 

Polysiphonia formosa Suhr. “ Annual in May, at Hurlgate, 
Fort Hamilton, and Staten Island.” 


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Polysiphonia urceolata Sm. “Found on the shore at Staten 
Island and Fort Hamilton.” 

Chylocladia parvula Ag. “In tide pools, Hurlgate, and Staten 
Island.” 

Gracilaria multiparlata Clem. “. . . Abundant at Staten 
Island, Red Hook, etc.” 

Gracilaria compressa Ag. 
Jersey City, and other places.” 

Gelidium Corneum, Variety Crinale Huds. “... Hurlgate, 
Yellow Hook, and Staten Island; the latter place very abundant 
in autumn; three miles below Quarantine, at half-tide level, on 
rocks and stones.” 

Gigartina Teedii Turn. “. . . Staten Island, Red Hook, 
Kavon Point, Jersey City, and other places.” 

Phyllophora Brodiei Turn. “Also found floating at Red 
Hook, Staten Island, and other places.” 

Gynogondrus plicata Huds. ... drifting abundantly on 
shore at Red Hook and Staten Island.” 

Callithamnion Baileyi Harv. ‘“ Found floating at Red Hook 
and Staten Island, and elsewhere; lodges abundantly in the high 
water drift at Port Richmond, S, I.” 


ce 


. . . thrown up on Staten Island, 


ce 


cc 


Bryopsis hypnoides Lamour. ‘“.. . at Castle Garden, Staten 
Island, and other places.” 

Cladophora rupestris L. “... Staten Island, and other 
places.” 


cc 


Tubularia indivisa L. . . thrown on shore at Jersey City, 
Red Hook, Staten Island, and other parts of the Bay.” 


cc 


Halcewm halecinum Johnston. . . thrown on shore at 
Staten Island, Jersey City, and other places in the harbor.” 
Sertularia pumila S. Doody. “... Hurlgate, Castle Garden, 
Staten Island, and other places, abundant.” 
Sertularia argentea Merret. “.. . off Staten Island, and Kill 
Van Kull; thrown on shore in great abundance at all parts of 
the Bay.” 


Spongia, ahenobarbus. “The ‘red beard’ of our fishermen, 


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who use it instead of a cloth for washing dishes. It is very 
abundant at Kavon Point, and Staten Island, on old shells and 
oysters, below low water mark.” 

The phraseology used in the general descriptions and discus- 
sions is as quaint as the dedication. From the introduction may 
be quoted: “ Algology is the science that treats of the structure, 
habits, and classification of algae. Alga singular, and algae 
plural, meaning sea-weed, or sea-weeds.” 

The author’s observations and speculations on the method of 
propagation of algae are especially interesting, viz: “ It may never 
be possible to solve the problem of conception, though the mode 
of casting the seed, or bringing forth the young algae, is easily 
followed from the pericarp or womb, to the full development of a 
plant ; and here all the circumstances seem to favor the hypothesis 
of an animal nature.” 

In regard to the sponges he says: . some Naturalists of 
the present time are of the opinion that they lean to the vege- 


66 


table side of the finite line that separates the animal from the 
vegetable kingdom.” 

In regard to the study of algology he says: “The pleasure 
experienced . . . is ample remuneration for the patient industry 
required in its pursuit. . . . The gay iridescent plants seem 
tempting; the shore scenery is inviting; the exercise brings 
appetite. . . while the heart flows in gratitude to Him who so 
graciously permits us to live in this last most perfect link of 
His beautiful creation.” 

The final chapter, on the corallines, includes a lengthy and 
interesting description and discussion of the shad fishery, from 
which the following is abstracted: 

“| . news arrives that shad have struck the Delaware, and 
quick as if an enemy had struck the Hudson, the fishermen from 
Squan to the Neversink, are in motion for Jersey City.... The 
business in general is profitable... . Some of the men often 
receive one hundred or more dollars each for the season of about 
six weeks in duration. The 25th of March is generally the 


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beginning, and the 6th of May is the end of the season for gill 
nets.” 

In regard to the productiveness of the shad he remarks: “If 
Spurzheim had lived to visit the Connecticut and the Hudson... 
he might have discovered in the shad a very prominent bump 
of ‘philoprogenitiveness.’ Else how can we account for their 
annual pertinacity in running the gauntlet in our rivers, to deposit 
their spawn in fresh and congenial water? The seines are thrown 
around them at the Narrows and at Coney Island; the fikes 
entrap them in the shoal water, and from Bedlow’s Island to 
far above Tappan, the gill-nets obstruct their passage in the 
channel. The porpoise, the fish hawk, and man, pursue them 
from their first advent on the coast, until the act of spawning in 
the fresh water has reduced them to skeletons. Yet periodically 
and annually they revisit the troubled waters to perpetuate their 
species.” 


A Beneficial Beetle Recently Found on Staten Island? 


WitttAmM T. Davis 


On May 10, 1915, the writer found a specimen of the large, 
introduced, predaceous beetle, Carabus nemoralis Mull., on the 
sidewalk of Henderson Ave., near Bard Ave., West New 
Brighton. This is the first record of the insect on Staten Island. 
As it destroys caterpillars, etc., its introduction is rather a benefit 
than otherwise. 

In the collection of the American Museum of Natural History 
there fis) a beetle of this species) labeled); Wan) Cortlandiqutade 
Maye 3, 1908") 1st specimen found inj Ne Yeu states 5 Gyan eanle 
Angell.” 

I quote the following from the published minutes of the meet- 
ing of the New York Entomological Society, held January 19, 
MOOS (See juve IN, MZ; Isaworn, Soe, 17/3 CBs lfm wees) 3 °° Ilr. 
Olsen reported the capture of two specimens of Carabus 
nemoralis at Winfield, Long Island, ... Mr. Angell said that 
Carabus nemoralis, which is a European insect, was first taken 
some twenty years ago by Mr. Clarence Riker, of Maplewood, 
N. J. Later it was found in some numbers under an old board- 
walk at Cambridge, Mass., and last year he had reported speci- 
mens from the Bronx, New York City. The present captures 
seemed to indicate that the insect was becoming established, 
although these may have been introduced with some imported 
plants, as the locality is not far from Floral Park.” 

Mr. Christian E. Olsen has since informed the writer that he 
took the two individuals referred to on July 3, 1908, and Mr. 
George Angell has stated that Mr. Riker’s specimens of C. 
nemoralis did not come from Maplewood, N. J., but from St. 
Johns, New Brunswick. 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Section of Biology May 20, 1015. 
92 


Davis: A BENEFICIAL BEETLE 93 


The following is quoted from the published minutes of the 
meeting of the New York Entomological Society held April 20, 
1909: “Mr. [E. L.] Dickerson exhibited two specimens of 
Carabus nemoralis, which he had taken under stones in his 
back yard in Newark in April, remarking that this was further 
evidence that this European species was well established in the 
CAerequmOmited estates. Coce, jour NN: Yventom. Soc.ar7s ii 
Sept. 1909.) 

Mr. W. P. Comstock collected Carabus nemoralis in Newark, 
Naim itil ts5,. 19095, May Toro) and) April 14, Tort... hese 
specimens he kindly gave to me and to the collection of this 
Association. 

Mr. Frederick M. Schott found this insect in considerable 
numbers under electric lights at Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y., May 
1912 and April 1913; and Mr. Charles Schaeffer also reports it 
as occurring in his back yard in Brooklyn. 

It may be seen from the foregoing that this beneficial insect 
has become well established about the city of New York, and 
the finding of it on Staten Island has made the circle complete. 


Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island. II? 


WititAm T. Davis 


Some of the additions recorded in this supplement to the 
List of the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island, New York (Proc. 
STATEN Is. Assoc. 3: 1-30. 28 Ap 1911) and the Notes on the 
Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island (ibid. 4:4, 5. 31 Mr 1013), 
represent species collected a number of years ago. Dr. Wm. T. 
M. Forbes has been good enough to make a rather careful exam- 
ination of the writer’s collection of lepidoptera and especially in 
genera like Apatela and Heliophila a number of additions have 
been found. To these have been added recent captures, with 
the result that the list now totals about 674 species of macrolepi- 
doptera recorded from Staten Island. Of this number 85 are 
butterflies. Through changing environment it is certain that a 
number of butterflies have been exterminated, and it is likely that 
the same fate has also overtaken some of the moths. 


ADDITIONS TO THE LIST 

Chlorippe clyton Boisduval & Le Conte. A rather worn indi- 
vidual was found flying about a Celtis tree near Ward’s Point, 
Tottenville, July 23, 1914. 

Satyrus alope var. maritima Edwards. Clove Valley, July 9, 
1913. 

Thanaos horatius Scudder & Burgess. October 1, 1893. 

Hemaris gracilis Grote & Robinson, May 31; June 11. 

Pholus vitus Linnaeus. Taken at electric light, September 16, 
1912 (O. Fulda). 

Apatela spinigera Guenée. May 29, 1908. 

Apatela afflicta Grote. May 5, 1908. 

Apatela haesitata Grote. June 21. 

1 Presented at the meeting of the Section of Biology May 20, 1015. 
(For Part I see p. 4, Vol. IV.) 

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Davis: MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF STATEN ISLAND 


Baileya doubledayt Guenée. July 9, 1912, at light. 

Senta defecta Grote. July 8, 1912, two specimens at light. 

Helotropha reniformis var. atra Grote. August 8. 

Noctua lubricans var. beata Grote. August 20. 

Mamestra rosea Harvey. June 13, 1911 (O. Fulda). 

Heliophila luteopallens Smith. June 5, 1908. 

Heliophila diffusa Walker. August, four individuals. 
' Crocigrapha normani. Grote. Great Kill, May 26, 1911. 

Graphiphora oviduca Guenée. Watchogue, May 22, 1913; 
August 26. ; 

Bellura gortynides Walker. A specimen from Staten Island 
is in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. 

Papaipema lysimachiae Bird. September. This should re- 
place P. purpurifascia of the original list. 

Pyrrhia exprimens Walker. Clove Valley, July 9, 1913. 

Jodia rufago Hiibner. Found on a store window in Tomp- 
kinsville, May 13, 1914. 

Scopelosoma walkeri Grote. April 15. 

Schinia brevis var. atrites Grote. September 27, 1908. 

Thalpochares aetheria var. secta Grote. June 7. 

Homopyralis discalis Grote. August 5 and 20. 

Phaeocyma lunifera Hubner. October 13. 

Zanclognatha pedipilalis Guenée. May 8 and 20. 

Zanclognatha protumnusalis Walker. July, two specimens. 

Hormisa absorptalis Walker. July. This takes the place of 
H. litophora Grote, reported in the original list. 

Plathypena scabra var. subrufalis Grote. July, September, 
October. 

Melalopha albosigma Fitch. July. 

Euchoeca albifera Walker. August. 

Deilinea variolaria Guenée. August 20. 

Cymatophora virginalis Hulst. July 17. 

Homachlodes fritillaria Guenée. Clove Valley, May 15, 1912 
(John A. Grossbeck). 


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Apaecasia extremaria Walker. Watchogue, May 22, 1913. 

Cleora takenaria Pearsall. New Brighton; Rossville, July 7, 
1912. 

Harrisina texana Stretch. June, August. This has been con- 
sidered a variety of americana, but the venation is different. 


RECORDS OF INTEREST 


Papilio glaucus Linnaeus. Watchogue, August 16, 1914. 
The specimen is intermediate in color between the dark and the 
yellow females. 

Argynnis bellona Fabricius. Buck’s Hollow, August 24, 1912 
(F. E. Watson). 

Chrysophanus thoe Boisduval. Buck’s Hollow, August 24, 
1912, two specimens (L. V. Colman). 

Pamphila fusca Grote & Robinson. Buck’s Hollow, August 
24, 1912, six specimens (F. E. Watson). 

Tropaea luna var. rubromarginata Davis. A fine male example 
of this variety was collected on the Fingerboard Road, Clifton, 
May 5, 1914, by Mr. Oscar Fulda. “The Red-Margined Luna, 
a New Variety,” was described in Psyche 19: 91, 92. June 1912. 

Apatela dactylina Grote. June 10, 1911 (O. Fulda). 

Apatela impleta Walker. August. 

Arsilonche albovenosa Goeze. July 16, 1911. 

Eutolpe rolandi Grote. March 29, 1910, at light. 

Mamestra grandis Boisduval. May (W. T. Davis) ; July 16, 
1914 (O. Fulda). 

Graphiphora alia Guenée. March 20, 1910, three at light. 

Scopelosoma sidus Guenée. April 28, 1893. 

Rivula propinqualis Guenée. July 18. 

Melhopotis jucunda Hubner. Richmond Valley, July 4, 1905 
(O. Fulda). 

Rheumaptera hastata Linnaeus. New Brighton, June 29, 
1903, (We D2 Davis); Clove! Valleys June Zo, Tors i@ichnwAs 
Grossbeck). 


Davis: MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF STATEN ISLAND 97 


Selidosema humarium Guenée. July 4, 1912. 

Cleora indicataria Packard. June 23. 

Cleora pampinaria Guenée. September. 

Eugonobapia nivosaria Guenée. July. 

Caberodes majoraria Guenée. July 1, 1909. 

Sabulodes transversata Drury. Woods of Arden, October 20, 
1912; found on the trunk of a tree. 


Capture of an Adult Amblystoma punctata on Staten Island+ 


ALANSON SKINNER 


On April 10, 1915, the writer captured an adult spotted sala- 
mander, Amblystoma punctata L., in a crevice of a decayed log 
on the border of the Inkwell Pond, near Moravian Cemetery. 
By reason of the unusual dryness of the season the water in 
the pond was very low, and the old decayed damp log was ex- 
posed below the usual water line. This probably accounts for 
the fact that the salamander was preyed upon by some eight or 
ten small leeches, which had attached themselves to its legs and 
body. A ball of half a dozen were clustered in the pit of one 
of its forelegs. Incidentally it may be mentioned that two 
leeches were also found on the legs of a tree frog, Hyla picker- 
imgi Storer, captured in a neighboring pond. 

Amblystoma punctata is now very rare on Staten Island. Per- 
sonally I have seen but three other native adult specimens during 
my entire experience on the island: one in Robinson’s woods, cap- 
tured by Mr. William T. Davis in my presence, a second one in 
the same locality, and a third one in the woods near Moravian 
Cemetery. In and near the latter locality I have taken several 
immature specimens, beyond the larval stage, and in a pond near 
Silver Lake an egg mass, presumably of this species. None of 
these records were made within the past five years, however, and 
it is probable that a few more only will ever be taken on the 
island. The persistent burning of the woods has doomed this 
creature to extinction in the near future, together with many 
other interesting species of our local fauna, 


1 Presented at the meeting of the Section of Biology May 20, 1015. 


98 


Literature Relating to Staten Island 


Cretaceous PiryoxyLA FROM CriiFFwoop, NEw JERSEY? 


In this contribution the author describes three new species of 
Pityoxylon, or fossil pine wood: P. protoscleropitys, P. foliosum 
and P. anomalum; and interesting comparisons are made with 
other species, including P. statenense Hollick and Jeffrey, from 
the Kreischerville clay beds. iWautele 


THE Baker ANCESTRY, ETC.? 


This is an illustrated, cloth bound, quarto volume of 58 pages, 
in which, aside from the main object as indicated in the title, 
there are several notes of local interest. On page 27 is a refer- 
ence to “Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island, eles andear 
brief account of the settlement of the island by the Dutch, about 
1640, and their subsequent troubles with the Indians, which re- 
sulted in armed conflict in 1643 and the abandonment of the 
settlement. On page 34 is a copy of the “Sale & Surrender of 
Staten Island, by Cornelis Melyn, as Patroon, to the Directors 
of Amsterdam,” after his prosecution by Director General Peter 
Stuyvesant on a charge of laesae majestatis. On page 37 the 
second Indian war, in 1655, is mentioned, when the island was 
left “without an inhabitant or a house.” : A FAS 


Tue CAMERA TO PRESERVE New York’s OLD BUILDINGS?® 


This is an illustrated article based upon the recent work of the 
Art Commission of the city in having photographs made of old 


1Ruth Holden. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 48: 609-624, pl. 1-4. 
March 10913. $ 

2 Baker Ancestry | The Ancestry of Samuel Baker, of Pleasant Valley, 
Steuben County, New York, With Some of His Descendants | Compiled 
by | Frank Baker | Chicago | 1914. 

3 New York Times, May 10, 1914. 


99 


100 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


buildings of historic interest in Greater New York. Fifty 
photographs, taken by Frank Cousins, have already been secured, 
six of which are reproduced in this article, one of which repre- 
sents the Perine house at Dongan Hills. Other Staten Island 
houses mentioned as having been selected are the Lake-Tysen 
house at New Dorp; the Guyon Clark house at Oakwood; the 
Billopp house at Tottenville and the De Groot house at West 
New Brighton. eles 


HUNTING WITH THE LENS? 


In this contribution the author is at his very best in both 
description and illustration, which is saying a great deal in con- 
nection with any particular article by Mr. Cleaves. In his pre- 
liminary words the object in view is stated as follows: “ This 
account and the accompanying pictures are submitted to the 
reader with the special purpose of emphasizing the truth of the 
already oft-repeated contention that it is more glorious and 
profitable to shoot birds through a lens than through the bore of 
a gun’; and the reproductions of his photographs, with their 
accompanying descriptive matter, constitute a most delightful 
and convincing demonstration of that for which he contends. 

Many of the pictures will be recognized by our members as 
identical with those used by Mr. Cleaves in the form of lantern 
slides to illustrate one or another of his lectures, and many of 
the incidents described will sound familiar and recall what we 
had the privilege of hearing before this article was published. 

Of special local interest 1s the account of an osprey in con- 
nection with an artificial decoy fish, anchored in Wolfe’s Pond, 
near Prince’s Bay, in which the actions of the bird are described 
and illustrated in a most interesting and striking manner. 

Other subjects of local interest are a killdeer sitting on her 
nest in a potato field near Prince’s Bay, and a woodcock on her 
nest at Rossville. An enlargement of the latter photograph was 


on display in our museum for some length of time. 
AG 


4 Howard H. Cleaves. Nat. Geog. Mag. 26: 1-35. 47 f. July 1914. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND Om 


CRETACEOUS LIGNITES FROM CLIFFWooD, NEW JERSEY® 


In this contribution comparison is made wtih certain of the 
lignites from Kreischerville, described by Hollick and Jeffrey in 
Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, volume 3. In con- 
nection with the Cliffwood specimens the author states that “a 
considerable amount belongs to the genus Brachyoxylon Hollick 
adm eumey ken p: 545) pl. 12, fi. 2-0, 14, f. 2. In Some, eases 
twigs were found similar in almost every respect to such speci- 
mens as Geimitzia Reichenbach, Brachyphyllum macrocarpum, 
etc., from the Cretaceous of Kreischerville, New York.” 

Ae Elk 


CoMBINED EXCURSION BY THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS, ETC.® 


This is an octavo pamphlet of 15 pages and 11 illustrations, 
two of the latter being full-page plates. The title of the publica- 
tion is descriptive of its contents, included in which are described 
and discussed the essential facts and related engineering prob- 
lems connected with that part of the New York City water 
supply system which is to connect with the Staten Island dis- 
tributing reservoir at Silver Lake. 

' The total cost of the reservoir and its pipe connections under 
New York Bay from Brooklyn, and thence along the line of 
Arietta Street and Richmond Turnpike, is stated to be approx- 
imately $2,000,000. The original level of the lake will be raised 
about twenty-five feet and the capacity of the reservoir will be 
400,000,000 gallons. In this connection the following quotation 
from page 5 is of special interest: “In building the reservoir at 
Silver Lake, advantage was taken of the splendid natural site. 
It has been well said that nature has done three quarters of the 
work in building this reservoir. To this point water will flow 
by gravity, without any aid from pumps, from the Catskill 


5 Ruth Holden. Botanical Gazette 58: 168-177. pl. 12-15. August 1914. 

6 Combined Excursion | by | the Municipal Engineers | of the City of 
New York | and | the Brooklyn Engineers | Club | to | Narrows Siphon, 
Richmond Conduit and | Silver Lake Reservoir | October 10, 1914. 


102 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Mountains, 120 miles away, and from it seven-eighths of Staten 
Island can be supplied by gravity, also without installing and 
maintaining expensive pumping plants.” ale 


NortH AMERICAN SPECIES OF ALEURIA AND ALEURINA® 


In this article the author describes six species, four under the 
genus Aleuria and two under a new genus Aleurina. Of special 
interest to us is the new species Aleurina aquehongensis, founded 
upon specimens collected by N. L. Britton and F. J. Seaver near 
Oakwood Heights, September 5, 1914. This species is known 
only from the type locality. It is represented on PL. 144, f. 5. 

erie 


FLoRA OF THE VICINITY OF NEw York, ETC.® 


This work is designed to embrace an enumeration of all the 
known native and naturalized species of pteridophytes, gymno- 
sperms, and angiosperms in Connecticut, New Jersey, the south- 
eastern counties of New York and the eastern counties of Penn- 
sylvania, together with a discussion of the physiographic and 
geologic factors that influenced their past distribution and de- 
termined their present location. The collector will find it of in- 
valuable assistance in field work, and the student of ecology or 
phytogeography will find in it many facts of interest, and plenty 
of food for thought and inspiration for investigation. ‘The scope 
of the work is indicated in the author’s opening words, viz: 
“This book deals chiefly with the distribution of the flora near 
New York. Taxonomy and nomenclature are considered only 
as fundamentals upon which the phytogeographical structure of 
the book has been reared. This has been done because of the 
belief that local flora lists and manuals are significant chiefly as 


7 Fred J. Seaver. Mycologia 6: 273-278. pl. r42-144. November 1914. 

8 Flora | of the Vicinity of New York | a Contribution to Plant Geog- 
raphy | by | Norman Taylor | Curator at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden | 
Formerly Assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Garden. 

Memoirs N. Y. Bot. Gard. Vol. V. Roy. 8vo. 683 p. 9 pl. 30 Ja 1915. 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 103 


they are projectors of ideas rather than mere records of species, 
be those records ever so accurate. The attempt to explain the 
origin of the flora centering near the city, and the factors that 
have played their part in shaping its present composition, has, it 
seems to the writer, greater value than any enumeration of the 
species could possibly have.” In other words, the author, in 
common with Harshberger, Stone, and others, is following the 
line of investigation first broadly indicated by Britton, Hollick, 
and other observers a quarter of a century ago, due credit to 
all of whom is freely accorded. 

Staten Island, by reason of its geographic position and its 
interesting geologic relations to the adjacent mainland, receives a 
relatively large amount of attention, especially in connection with 
the discussion of the coastal plain and pine barren floras. The 
author is able to add but little that is new, locally, either in the 
way of facts or discussion, as would naturally be expected. On 
the other hand a somewhat hasty scanning of the pages indicates 
that very little has been omitted which should have been included. 
A few errors must inevitably creep into a work of such a scope, 
however, and where there is so much that is interesting and 
valuable it may seem hypercritical to mention the few lapses that 
only careful search can find. So far as our local flora is con- 
cerned, however, two errors should be noted, viz, Chamaecyparis 
thyoides (L.) B. S. P., is recorded as “scattered on western 
L. I., and on S. I.,” although there is no authentic record that it 
has ever been found on Staten Island, while Acer Saccharum 
Marsh., is stated to be “unknown on S. I. as a wild plant’’! 

A. H. 
Tue INDIANS oF NEWARK, ETC.? 


This pamphlet of 16 pages and 11 illustrations is a circular of 
information issued in connection with the Indian exhibits in the 
Newark, N. J., museum. The illustrations include a picture of 

9 The Indians of Newark | Before the White Men Came | By Alanson 


Skinner | of the | American Museum of Natural History | Newark Mu- 
seum Association | 1915. 


104 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


a model by Dwight Franklin, of an Indian settlement on the 
Passaic River about the year 1620; photograph of a rock shelter 
in Westchester County, N. Y.; sections of typical Indian shell 
deposits and pits; map of New York City and vicinity, showing 
known locations of shell deposits; photograph of an Indian grave 
uncovered: at Vottenville;) etc. The descriptive text is) well 
written and is brief but thoroughly comprehensive under each 
heading such as “clothing,” “ dwellings,’ “food,” “customs,” 


39 


“relics,” etc., and a useful bibliography, in which our PRocEED- 
INGS are listed by title, is appended. Inasmuch as these Indians 
belonged to the same tribe, the Leni Lenape, which also occupied 


Staten Island, this little pamphlet is of direct interest to us. 
pease 


THE INDIANS OF GREATER NEW Yorxk?° 


The subject of this book is treated under six heads. The first, 
which bears the same title as the book, namely “The Indians of 
Greater New York,” discusses the three tribes and their various 
subdivisions found on Manhattan Island and in its vicinity at the 
time of the arrival of the Europeans. The next three chapters 
are entitled, respectively, “ The Indians and their Life,” “ Cus- 
toms of the Delaware” and “Contact with the Whites.” In 
these chapters are brought together many quotations from 
DeVries, Dankers & Slyter, and other old time Dutch authors, 
descriptive of the Indians and their manners and customs. This 
is probably the most valuable part of the book, as it brings 
together in the compass of a few pages the first-hand information 
on these subjects, which as our author explains is very meager, 
“for our forefathers were far too busy fighting the savages to 
bother writing about them.” Accounts are given of many of 





10 The Indians of | Greater New York | By Alanson Skinner | Assistant 
Curator of Anthropology | American ‘Museum of Natural History, New 
York | With a Map of the Region | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | The Torch 
Press, 1015. 

(Little Histories of North American Indians, No. 3.) 


LITERATURE RELATING TO STATEN ISLAND 105 


these unfortunate affairs, for fighting commenced as soon as it 
possibly could, namely with the discoveries of Hudson, in 
September 1609. 

Chapter five deals with the archeology of the region and 
chapter six with “The Relics of Our Indians.” Owing to the 
lack of illustrations these matters are not as fully treated as they 
are in The Indians of Greater New York and the Lower Hudson, 
contained in the Anthropological Papers of the American Mu- 
seum of Natural History, Vol. III, to which the author very prop- 
erly refers the reader. : 

There is a bibliography and a very satisfactory index. 

NV dea: 


THe Inprans oF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND VICINITY™ 

This is a pamphlet of fifty-four pages, including twenty-seven 
plates and figures, without any indication of the date of issue. 
This may be assumed, however, to be April 1915, inasmuch as 
this is the date given in the list of publications. It includes a 
large part of the subject matter contained in the author’s previous 
works on The Indians of Greater New York and the Lower 
Eimdsonmncsee, PROC. STATEN lis; Assoc. 3:73.) 1970) and The 
Indians of Greater New York (see ibid., this issue, p. 104). It 
contains considerable information relating to the aborigines of 
Staten Island, and the resources of our museum were, necessarily, 
freely utilized in its compilation, especially for purposes of illus- 
tration, although the author fails to acknowledge his indebted- 
ness in this connection. Anyone not familiar with our collections 
of local material would be entirely unaware of the fact that most 
of the pictures of typical stone implements are from photographs 
of our museum specimens. Incidentally it may also be perti- 
nent to remark that in the bibliography there is no reference to 
our PROCEEDINGS, nor is there anywhere any mention of the 
pioneer work of the members of our Association in collecting the 
material and recording the facts in connection with them, which 
the author has utilized to such advantage. 

11 Alanson Skinner. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Guide Leaflet Series No. 41. 


106 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


The work contains much interesting information of a general 
nature in regard to the life and customs of the Indians; but as a 
descriptive guide to local archeology it fails in its avowed pur- 
pose, by reason of the omission of facts of local interest and 
importance and the lack of proper descriptive text and local 
references in connection with the illustrations. 


ASE 


Records of Meetings - 


REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 17, 1914 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-two persons present. 

The minutes of the annual meeting of May 16, 1914, were read and 
approved. 

The secretary reported the results of an informal poll of the members 
in regard to the day of the week preferred for holding the regular meet- 
ings of the Association, as follows: 


Motalinntimb cron vyOLeseneceivediue mm aa teeeei ec cieeiete «etre 52 
HE eaviG) tein Copbctet Claygate erecaen Meacrens ances soos Rea ve arsine ee evehohe ny iedece 29 
Baio tela ogo ittlind ayaa aoe arsenal Sccascist atone ara epee ca akeh race rete 13 
Nom-Corarmanitienl sharel Geese Go5a6cccs0nu5dvccneodouucc 10 


The following proposed amendment to the by-laws, to be voted upon at 
the next regular meeting of the Association, was submitted by Mr. Anton 
W. Hoffmeyer and read by the secretary: 


Resolved, that section 2 of by-law I be and is hereby amended so as to 
read: “Sec. 2. Regular Meetings: The regular meetings of the Associa- 
tion shall be held on the third Friday [Saturday] evening of each month 
from October to May inclusive,”—the remainder of the section to remain 
unchanged. 


The curator-in-chief referred to the large number and variety of acces- 
sions to the museum collections and library received since the previous 
meeting, and exhibited and commented upon certain of them as follows: 

1. From Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton.—Illustrated Flora of the Northern 
United States, Canada and the British Possessions, second edition, in three 
volumes, by Nathaniel L. Britton and Addison Brown. 

Aside from its value as an addition to the library this work is of inval- 
uable assistance to the curatorial staff of the museum. 

2. From Mr. Cornelius S. Egbert—A blue-print map of Crooke’s Point, 
Great Kill, Staten Island, from surveys personally made by Mr. Egbert 
during the period from June 30 to July 8, 1914, and including the locations 
of the high-water contours as determined by surveys made by others in 
1909, 1904, and 10902. 

This map is of special interest in showing the changes that have taken 
place during recent years,—changes which have converted what was for- 
merly a sand spit, connected with the beach to the northeast, into an.island. 

3. From Mr. H. Sherman Ingalls—A two-dollar note, issued by the 
Staten Island Bank in June 1841. 


107 


108 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


A paper on the history of this bank, by Mr. Ira K. Morris, was read at 
a meeting of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island held on 
January 12, 1895, on which occasion this same note was exhibited, having 
been loaned to Mr. Morris by Mr. Charles H. Ingalls, at that time president 
of the First National Bank of Staten Island. From Mr. Morris’s paper 
the following is quoted: “It came into his [Mr. Ingalls’s] possession in a 
peculiar manner. An old lady, a resident of Staten Island, heard that the 
bank with which Mr. Ingalls is connected had commenced operations and 
she wrote to him to ask if he proposed to redeem the notes of the old 
bank. Mr. Ingalls wrote her that it was not the intention of the newly 
organized bank to redeem the notes of the old one; but that it would 
gladly buy this one at its face value, and he, therefore, gave her two dollars 
for the relic.” The note now comes into our permanent possession through 
the grandson of Mr. Charles H. Ingalls who loaned it for our inspection 
about twenty years ago. 

Mr. William T. Davis presented and read a series of comments upon a 
collection of old engravings and woodcuts relating to Staten Island and 
vicinity. (See this issue, p. 55.) 

Mr. Charles M. Shipman exhibited and discussed specimens of Equi- 
setum arvense L., found growing in sandy soil at Rossville, with vertical 
rootstocks five feet and more in length, apparently representing an effort 
of the plants to reach downward through the dry surface soil to under- 
lying moisture. 

Mr. Alanson Skinner presented an Indian stone axe, from Mariners’ 
Harbor, donated by Mr. Harold Nichols. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Dr. Arthur Hollick read a paper, illustrated by specimens and lantern 
slides, on Some Botanical and Geological Features of the Silver Lake 
Basin. (See this issue, p. 60.) 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, NOVEMBER 21, 1914 ‘ 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-six persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of October 17, 1914, were read and approved. 

The president referred to the social meeting held during the afternoon 
at Harbor View, on invitation of Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff, and expressed, 
on behalf of the Association, the pleasure experienced by all who attended 
the function. 

The secretary read the following duly announced proposed amendment 
to section 2 of by-law I: 


2 Special No. 19, Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is. 4: 56-59. 1895. 


Recorps oF MEETINGS 109 


Regular Meetings: The regular meetings of the Association shall be held 
on the third Friday [Saturday] evening of each month from October to 
May inclusive. 

The proposed amendment was submitted to a vote and adopted,—aye 
16, no 4. 

The curator-in-chief exhibited and commented upon recent noteworthy 
accessions as follows: 

1. From Mr. John B. Pearson.—A series of fossil gums or resins, aggre- 
gating more than 400 specimens and including what are known under the 
trade names of Congo and Zanzibar gum from Africa, Pontianak and 
Manila gum from Borneo, and kauri or cowrie gum from New Zealand. 
These and other similar natural products are also known under the more 
or less loosely applied names of gum animé, copal, and dammar resin. 
A discussion of their commercial uses, in the manufacture of varnishes, 
etc., may be found in the National Standard Dispensatory for 1905, pp. 
1306-1308, and a discussion of their botanical relationships in an article by 
Arthur Hollick in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, vol. 8, 
pp. 163-165, July 1907. 

Selected specimens of each kind have been placed in suitable glass dis- 
play jars and these make an attractive exhibit in the geology room. 

2. From the New York Botanical Garden—A framed series of colored 
plates of wild flowers needing protection, prepared and issued by means 
of the Olivia E. and Caroline Phelps Stokes fund for the preservation of 
native plants. The series includes ‘“ jack-in-the-pulpit,” Arisaema triphyl- 
lum (L.) Torr., “pink lady’s slipper” or ‘“ moccasin flower,” Cypripedium 
acaule Ait., “spring beauty,” Claytonia virginica L., “ wild pink,” Silene 
caroliniana Walt., “ wild columbine,” Aquilegia canadensis L., “ bird-foot 
violet,” Viola pedata L., “wild azalea,’ Azalea nudiflora L., and “ moun- 
tain laurel,” Kalnua latifolia L. 

3. From Miss Laura K. Cropsey—A copy of H. F. Walling’s Map of 
the City of New York and Its Environs, issued in 1860, which is a valuable 
addition to our collection of old Staten Island wall maps. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. Howard H. Cleaves delivered a lecture on the subject of bird band- 
ing, under the title “ Studying Old Bird Problems in a New Way;’—de- 
scribing the object of the work, the methods employed, results achieved 
and some of the interesting facts discovered. The lecture was illustrated 
by lantern slides, mostly made from Mr. Cleaves’ original photographs. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 18, 1914 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 


110 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-two persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of November 21, 1914, were read and 
approved. 

The curator-in-chief exhibited and commented upon certain recent ac- 
cessions, as follows: 

1. From Mr. William T. Davis—Ten old woodcuts of local historical 
interest, supplementary to those presented by Mr. Davis at the October 
meeting, from Harper’s Weekly, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 
and Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Also the front cover 
and pages II, 12, and 17-20 of The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson 
River and Its Vicinity, etc., by Samuel L. Knapp, published in 1835-36 by 
J. Disturnell, 156 Broadway, New York. The titles of the pictures and 
the publications from which they were taken are “Site of the Proposed 
Fever Station, Seguine’s Point, Staten Island,” with “Map of New York 
Bay,” showing the location of the quarantine hospital at Tompkinsville 
and the proposed site at Seguine’s Point (Harper’s Weekly, May 23, 
1857) ; “The Staten Island Ferry-Boat Disaster—The ‘Westfield’ Imme- 
diately after the Explosion,’ which tragic event occurred on Sunday 
afternoon, July 30, 1871 (ibid. August 12, 1871) ; “Quarantine War. View | 
of a Portion of the Hospital Buildings Destroyed by the Inhabitants of 
Staten Island on the Night of the Cable Jubilee, September 1, 1858,” with 
“The New Shanties Erected at Quarantine, Staten Island, for the Accom- 
modation of the Sick,’ and descriptive text (Frank Leslie’s Illustrated 
Newspaper, September 18[?], 1858); “ View of the Seventh Regiment 
Camp, Staten Island, Looking toward the Lower Bay,” with “View of 
Seventh Regiment Camp, Staten Island—The Regiment in Line” (ibid. 
July 13, 1860) ; ‘“‘ View of Princes Bay” (Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room 
Companion, 1857); “ Pagoda, Clifton Park, Staten Island” (ibid. 1858) ; 
“South Point of Staten Island and Biddle’s Grove,’ known today as 
Ward’s Point and vicinity at Tottenville (ibid. 1858 [1850?]). The dates 
were verified, as far as possible, from such files of the publications as 
were obtainable at the New York Public Library; but these were found 
to be incomplete and, in several instances, badly mutilated. 

2. From the Standard Varnish Works, Port Richmond, through Mr. 
Louis L. Tribus—Eight boxes of fossil gums used in the manufacture 
of varnishes, including Congo copal from the Congo Free State, Africa; 
Manila copal from the Straits Settlements, India; Borneo copal, first and 
second grades, from Borneo; kauri copal, first and second grades, from 
New Zealand; dammar gum, first and second grades, from the Island of 
Batavia. 

These specimens will be placed in glass jars, uniform in size with those 
in which the similar specimens donated by Mr. John B. Pearson and shown 
at the last meeting are displayed, and the entire series will be arranged as 
one exhibit. 

Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited specimens of bayberry or waxberry, 


ReEcorDs OF MEETINGS iw 


Myrica caroliniana Mill., together with the wax obtained by heating about 
half a pint of the fruit, and remarked to the following effect: This wax 
was formerly utilized to some extent in the home manufacture of can- 
dles; but the amount which may be secured is relatively so small, as com- 
pared with the amount of fruit which must be collected and treated, 
that it is doubtful if many of the so called “bayberry candles,” sold so 
extensively as such at Christmas time in recent years, are made in whole 
or even in part from the wax of the bayberry. 

Dr. Hollick also exhibited a large dried mass of and read the following 
note on Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum (Ag.) Kutz: 

On November 20, in company with Dr. N. L. Britton, while engaged in 
collecting freshwater algae with Professor Nordal Wille of Christiania, 
Norway, this species of alga was found growing in abundance in upper 
Clove Lake, and it was at once identified by Professor Wille. Large 
masses of it had been dredged out, in order, apparently, to try and clear 
the water for prospective ice harvesting during the coming winter. These 
masses had been cast upon the banks, where they were trodden under foot 
by passing pedestrians and flattened into sheets of closely compacted 
vegetable tissue, of which this specimen is a sample. It is evidently re- 
garded as a nuisance which it is highly desirable to abate, for economic 
reasons, and those who are interested in the matter should try the experi- 
ment of treating the lake with copper sulphate. About one part to a 
million, or one pound of the sulphate to each estimated 1,000,000 pints of 
water, suitably distributed through the lake, would probably obviate the 
trouble arising from all algal growth, without in any way unfavorably 
affecting the wholesomeness of the water as a source of ice supply.? 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. Louis R. E. Paulin, of the New York World, gave a descriptive 
address on The Making of a Newspaper, with especial reference to methods 
employed in gathering news and the general policy pursued in editing and 
publishing it. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 15, I915 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and twenty-six persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of December 18, 1914, were read and 
approved. 

The secretary stated that, in accordance with an informal suggestion 


2See “Copper as an Algicide and Disinfectant in Water Supplies,” 
George T. Moore and Karl Kellerman. U. S. Dept. Agric., Bur. Plant 
Industry Bull. 76. April 3, 1905. 


112 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


offered at a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees, he had, on Tuesday 
evening, January 12, attended the public hearing at which the matter of 
changing the names of certain streets on the island was discussed. Pro- 
tests were entered against several proposed changes, and a suggestion was 
offered that, as a matter of general policy, all main highways, so far as 
practicable, be designated “roads” rather than “avenues” or “ streets.” 
A copy of the report of progress of the old committee of the Natural Sci- 
ence Association of Staten Island on the renaming of streets and high- 
ways,* together with a copy of the final report of the committee, dated 
April 11, 1903, were also presented to the president of the borough, for the 
consideration of the officials having the matter in charge. 

The secretary suggested that this was one of the most important civic 
activities in which the Association could be of assistance, and that it was 
an opportunity which should not be neglected. Further hearings are to be 
held, and any suggestions made by the Association would undoubtedly be 
welcomed and would receive careful consideration. 

On motion of Mr. Robert W. Gardner it was 

Voted, that the president be and is hereby authorized and requested to 
appoint a committee of three members of the Association with power to 
take such action on behalf of the Association as it may deem advisable in 


connection with any proposed changes of street names by the borough 
officials having the matter in charge. 


The president subsequently appointed Mr. William T. Davis, Mr. Ed- 
ward C. Delavan, Jr., and Mr. Charles G. Hine as such committee. 

Mrs. Robert W. Gardner, on behalf of the loan committee of the Section 
of Art, announced that the committee had decided to arrange for an 
exhibit of articles of artistic and historic interest this month and to open 
it to the public, if possible, on February 1. In arranging for this exhibit 
it was decided to try the experiment of asking each member of the Asso- 
ciation to loan one article. 

The president called attention to a volume recently donated to the Asso- 
ciation by Hon. Frank Baker, justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, enti- 
tled “Baker Ancestry, etc.,’ which contains a number of references to 
Staten Island. (See this issue, p. 99.) 

Mr. William T. Davis presented and commented upon a copy of Clute’s 
School Geography issued in 1833. (See this issue, p. 66.) 

The director exhibited and commented upon a recent accession, donated 
by Mr. John B. Pearson, consisting of a collection of gums and resins of 
living plants and including tragacanth, Astragalus gummifer Labill.; 
mastic; Pistacia lentiscus L.; sandarac, Callitris quadrivalvis Vent.; elemi, 
Canarium commune L.; and resin of the Georgia pine, Pinus palustris 
Mill. These products form an interesting supplement to the series of 
fossil gums recently donated to the museum and shown at the November 
and December meetings. 


3 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is. 8: 7-10.. March 9, root. 


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ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Dr. Arthur Hollick read a paper on the old stone house at New Dorp, 
owned by Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton and generally known as the “ Cubberly 
House,” illustrated with lantern slides made from photographs taken Jan- 
uary 5, 1915, and an old water-color sketch of the house, made about 1848 
or 1850 by Mr. Adam W. Spies and loaned for the occasion by Doctor 
Britton, and supplemented by several letters and other communications 
relating to the premises, including a tender of the property as a gift to the 
Association. (See this issue, p. 68.) 

Doctor Hollick remarked that this was Doctor Britton’s birthday and 
suggested that a telegram of congratulation in such connection and thanks 
for the gift of the property would be appropriate, and submitted a tenta- 
tive form of such communication. After several verbal changes were sug- 
gested it was 


Voted, that the following night-letter telegram be transmitted: 
Sr. GEorGE, STATEN ISLAND, 
January 15, IQ15. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, 
New York Botanical Garden, 
New York, N. Y. 

At the regular meeting of the Staten Island Association of Arts and 
Sciences, held on Friday, January 15, 1915, it was Voted: that the twenty- 
six members and guests of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sci- 
ences present at this meeting transmit a telegram wishing Doctor Na- 
thaniel L. Britton many happy returns of his birthday, and extending to 
Nathaniel L. and Elizabeth G. Britton jointly the thanks and appreciation 
of the Association for their generous gift of the ‘“ Cubberly House” to 
the Association. 

ArtHuR HOottick, 
Secretary. 


Mrs. Robert W. Gardner exhibited a series of photographs of the house, 
taken during the period of her occupancy of the premises about ten 
years ago. 

Doctor Hollick exhibited a copy of Doctor Britton’s work, North 
American Trees, issued in 1908, in which, on page 219 and represented in 
figure 178, is a view of the house incidental to a picture of a large black 
walnut tree in the corner of the grounds at the intersection of New Dorp 
Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue. This is one of the few large walnut trees 
remaining on Staten Island. Another interesting botanical feature of the 
grounds is an equally fine example of an old cherry tree, measuring 9 
feet 7 inches in circumference. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 19, IQI5 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 
President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-two persons present. 


114. STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


The minutes of the meeting of January 15, 1915, were read and approved. 

Dr. Arthur Hollick presented and commented upon two old woodcuts 
representing local weather conditions twenty and forty years ago, respec- 
tively. 

1. New York World, Saturday, February 9, 1895—The Staten Island 
ferry boat Westfield, caught in an ice pack in the East River from 2 p. m. 
until 5 p. m. on the preceding day. 

2. Harper's Weekly, March 13, 1875 —View of Staten Island Sound op- . 
posite Elizabethport, showing people sleighing and skating between the 
Staten Island and New Jersey shores. In connection with this picture the 
following entry in my diary, under date of February 22, 1875, may be of 
interest : j 

“One result of our recent long spell of cold weather was a fine day’s 
skating on the Kills and Staten Island Sound. For some time past the 
waters have been frozen into an unbroken sheet of ice from Port Rich- 
mond to Tottenville and throughout Newark Bay. Skated around Shoot- 
er’s Island and the Elizabethport shore until about 12 o’clock and then, as 
the ice was good, started down the Sound toward Tottenville. Got as far 
as Kreischerville by about 1 o’clock and within sight of Tottenville; but 
the ice was beginning to get soft, so returned and arrived back at Elm 
Park about 2.30. Hundreds of people were skating; a number of horses 
and sleighs were passing to and from the New Jersey shore, and several 
home-made ice boats were trying to move about, but the wind was too 
light. The area between the Staten Island shore and Elizabethport pre- 
sented the appearance of a fair or carnival.” 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. Arthur A. Michell gave a descriptive address on Interpretations 
of Certain Old English Legal Documents Dated between the Thirteenth 
and Eighteenth Centuries, illustrated by a number of the original docu- 
ments, and explained the characteristics and meanings of the parchment, 
seals, writing, wording, abbreviations, etc., in connection with them, and 
the laws and customs to which they referred. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, MARCH 19, IQI5 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty-two persons present. 

The minutes of the meeting of February 19, 1915, were read and 
approved. 

Mr. William T. Davis exhibited and commented upon a work just issued 
entitled “ The Indians of Greater New York,” by Alanson Skinner. (See 
this issue, p. 104.) 


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Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited and commented upon a copy Orisa kr: 
Durant’s “ Algology,” issued in 1850, recently presented to the library of 
the Association by Miss Emma Durant on suggestion of Dia Cow Gazer, 
Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (See this issue, p. 85.) 

The director referred to two recently donated objects of historical in- 
terest now on display in the Museum: 

1. From Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton—A solid mahogany, hand made cradle, 
made some time prior to 1800. Used in the family of the late Silas Lord 
-and subsequently in that of J. A. H. Britton of New Dorp. A memo- 
randum from Doctor Britton is as follows: “ Mary Ann Lord, grandmother 
of Nathaniel Lord Britton and daughter of Dr. Silas Lord, was its first 
recorded occupant. It may, however, go back to the next previous Lord 
generation. It passed to Harriet Lord Britton, mother of Nathaniel Lord 
Britton, in 1859.” 

2. From Mrs. James Cornell—A hickory walking stick, presented by 
Andrew Jackson (“Old Hickory”), on the day of his first inauguration 
as President of the United States, to William H. Seward, and by him, 
through several other parties, to the late James Cornell, of Staten Island. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. David Varon gave an address on The Appreciation of Architecture, 
illustrated by means of crayon sketches made in connection with the de- 
livery of his address. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 16, 1915 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 

First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair and twenty-four per- 
sons present. ' 

In the absence of the secretary Mr. George L. Mitchill was elected sec- 
retary pro tem. 

On motion the reading of minutes was postponed. 


ANNOUNCED PROGRAM 


Mr. Louis L. Tribus gave an address, illustrated by lantern slides, on 
Travel Notes on Water Supply, Ancient and Modern. 
The meeting then adjourned. 


AnnuaL MEETING, May 21, 1915 


The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 
vesant Place, New Brighton. 
President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and twenty-six persons present. 


116 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


The minutes of the meetings of March 19 and April 16, 1915, were read 
and approved. 

The annual report of the Board of Trustees was read and ordered 
placed on file. (See this issue, p. 110.) 

The annual report of the treasurer was read and ordered placed on file. 
(See this issue, p. 136.) 

The annual report of the secretary was read and ordered placed on file. 
(See this issue, p. 137.) 

The chairman stated that the next order of business was the election of 
four trustees to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of 
office of Howard R. Bayne, William T. Davis, Charles A. Ingalls, and 
Samuel McK. Smith, and called for nominations. 

Dr. John Q. Adams nominated the present incumbents to succeed them- 
selves, and no other nominations being made it was 


Voted, that the secretary cast one affirmative ballot for the nominees 
presented by Doctor Adams. 


The secretary cast the ballot as directed and the chairman declared 
Howard R. Bayne, William T. Davis, Charles A. Ingalls, and Samuel McK. 
Smith elected trustees of the Association for the ensuing three years. 

The committee on historical tablet in Borough Hall submitted a réport 
which was read by Mr. George W. Tuttle. [Editorial note—It is planned 
to issue this report as a special number of the PRocrEEpINGs.] 

The chairman remarked upon the onerous and careful work performed 
by Mr. Tuttle in connection with the preparation of the report, and sug- 
gested that suitable acknowledgment of the same would be appropriate. 


V oted, that the thanks of the Association be and are hereby tendered to 
Mr. Tuttle for his work in connection with the report, and that the report 
be received and filed and a copy of the same transmitted to the President 
of the Borough. 


Reports upon the work and activities of the sections during the year 
were given as follows: 

Section of Art, by Dr. John Q. Adams, with the statement that a full 
report would be prepared and transmitted for printing in the PROCEEDINGS. 
(See this issue, p. 138.) 

Section of Biology, by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves. (See this issue, p. 138.) 

Section of Engineering, by Mr. George L. Mitchill. (See this issue, 
p. 143.) 

Section of Historical Research, by Mr. Samuel McK. Smith. (See this 
issue, p. 144.) 

Mr. William T. Davis submitted the following proposed amendment to 
the by-laws, to be voted upon at the next regular meeting of the Asso- 
ciation : i 

Resolved, that section 2, by-law I, be amended so as to read: “Sec. 2. 
Regular meetings: The regular meetings of the Association shall be held 


on the third Saturday [Friday] evening of each month from October to 
May inclusive,”’—the remainder of the section to remain unchanged. 


Recorps oF MEETINGS iy 


Mr. Davis stated that the proposed amendment was based upon the 
fact that the attendance at meetings, during the period when they were 
held on Friday evenings, had not increased, and that several of the most 
‘active members had expressed a desire to have the meetings held on Satur- 
day evenings as formerly. 

On suggestion of the secretary it was 


Voted, that when we adjourn we adjourn to meet at the stone cottage, 
corner of New Dorp Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue, New Dorp, at 2 p. m., 
on Saturday, May 22, 1915, in accordance with the following notice pre- 
viously mailed to all members: 


STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


In accordance with arrangements made by the Board of Trustees in 
cooperation with Dr. N. L. Britton a meeting of the Association will be 
held on Saturday afternoon, May 22, 1915, at the old colonial cottage, 
corner of New Dorp Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue, for the purpose of 
formally receiving the property from Dr. and Mrs. Britton. 

Lunch will be served between 2 and 3 o’clock and a program suitable for 
the occasion will follow. If you expect to be present, kindly sign and mail 
the accompanying return postal card on or before Tuesday, May 18. 

Artuur HOot.tick, 
Secretary. 


The meeting then adjourned. 


ApjJouRNED MEETING, May 22, 1915 


The meeting was held at the old stone cottage, corner of New Dorp 
Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue, New Dorp. 

Seventy-six members and guests were present. 

Luncheon was served between 2 and 3 o’clock, after which the meeting 
was called to order by the president, Howard R. Bayne. 

The president addressed the meeting and explained the nature and sig- 
-nificance of the.gift of the house and grounds to the Association by Doctor 
and Mrs. Britton, and the future possibilities in connection with it. 

Doctor Britton responded by expressing his gratification at being privi- 
leged to place the property in the hands of those who appreciated and 
would care for it, and read the deed of gift, dated May 4, 1915, approved 
and accepted by the Board of Trustees on behalf of the Association at a 
special meeting of the Board held on May Io. 

Mr. J. Herbert Cubberly, who was born in the house, gave an account 
of certain incidents in connection with its occupancy by his family. 

The secretary exhibited and read extracts from the following documents 
donated by Mr. Cubberly, relating to the property: 

1. Receipt for money (£6/0/6) paid by Isaac Cubberly, signed by Paul 
Micheau, and dated Nov. 25, 1762. 

2. Indenture between Jacob Vanderbilt and Isaac Cubberley, dated May 
10, 1763. 


118 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


3. Book of receipts for quit rent of land farmed by Isaac Cubberly, 
signed by Richd. Nichols and others as deputy receivers general, and dated 
from 1764-1772. 

4. The original will of Bernard S. Lagrange, dated Aug. 9, 1776. 

5. Indenture between Isaac Cubberley and Tunas Egburt, dated May 5, 
1777. 

6. Attested copy of the will of Isaac Cubberley, dated Jan. 24, 1786. 

7. The original will of James Cubberley, dated Feb. 13, 1833. 

[Editorial note—It may be noted that in some of the documents the 
name is spelled “ Cubberly ” and in others “ Cubberley.’’] 

The secretary also read the following communications : 

1. From Mrs. Caroline V. R. Wright, Regent of Mersereau Chapter, 
Daughters of the American Revolution, offering to deposit in the cottage, 
as a loan, a collection of domestic utensils of colonial times. 

2. From Miss Mary R. Ridgway, offering to loan for exhibition a piece 
of linen, woven from flax grown on the premises, made by her great- 
great-grandmother, Ann Journeay, who married Isaac Cubberley. 

The meeting then adjourned. 


Annual Reports 


. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 


The Board of Trustees held seven meetings, as follows: the annual meet- 
ing on May 23, 1914; an adjourned annual meeting on May 28, 1914; stated 
meetings on October 3 and December 5, 1914, and February 6, 1915; a post- 
poned stated meeting on April 7, 1915; special meetings on January 9 and 
May 10, 1915. The executive committee met, when necessary, and trans- 
acted all ad interim business of the Board. The standing committees and 
officers of the Association transacted all business entrusted to them, so that 
none of the routine business of the Association remains unfinished; and 
the women’s auxiliary committee attended to the social features of our 
meetings with its customary grace—representing and tendering to our 
guests the hospitality of the Association. 

The only change in the personnel of the Board during the year was that 
which resulted from the appointment by the Board of Education of James 
J. Reynolds as district superintendent of schools for the borough in place 
of William A. Boylan—Mr. Reynolds thus becoming our new ex-officio 
member. 

From time to time during the year nominations to active membership 
in the Association were acted upon and the following nominees were 
elected: Miss E. Alice Austen, Charles W. Barnaby, Warren R. Borst, 
Miss H. Louise Britton, William R. Britton, William E. Burkhardt, Harold 
S. Butler, Eberhard Faber, Daniel D. Feldman, Mrs. Jerome A. King, 
Walter W. King, Mrs. Ethel L. Kraft, Thomas Letts, Russell H. Loines, 
Henry J. Lurye, Samuel D. McComb, John W. McKay, Frank C. Mebane, 
Stephen L. Mershon, Henri Monrensal, Henry P. Morrison, Frank A. 
Muth, William J. Noonan, George K. North, Christian E. Olsen, William 
B. Redgrave, Dane E. Rianhard, Charles Rosenberg, Mrs. Anton L. 
Schwab, Charles R. Scott, Elting C. Stillwell, Howard H. Sutherland, 
Courtland Van Vechten, David Varon, Frank J. E. Weatherdon. 

Miss Bessie E. Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Eberhard Faber, Stephen 
L. Mershon and Christian E. Olsen qualified as life members. 

The Board records with regret the deaths of the following members: 
Ralph Bainbridge, Read Benedict, Frank D. Rieff, W. Allaire Shortt and 
Sanderson Smith. 

In July 1914, application was made to the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment for an appropriation of $9,878.00 for salaries and general main- 
tenance of the public museum of the Association. The appropriation 
granted was $9,022.00. 


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120 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Application previously made for an issue of corporate stock to the 
amount of $2,000, to defray the cost of preparation of plans for a new 
museum building, has not been acted upon, at date, so far as the Board 
is advised. i 

In December a communication was transmitted to the Commissioners of 
the Sinking Fund requesting that the plot of land owned by the city and 
bounded by Wall Street, Jay Street, Hamilton Avenue, and Stuyvesant 
Place be set aside and reserved for a museum building for the Association, 
in accordance with the plans for a civic center at St. George, prepared 
early in the year 1912 by Hon. George Cromwell, at that time president 
of the borough; but this request was denied by the Commissioners. 

The lease of the building now occupied by the Association as a museum 
expires on December 31 of the present year and it is of vital importance 
to the future welfare and development of the Association that a renewal 
of the lease be obtained, or else that other quarters be secured immediately. 
At date the Board is unable to report anything of a definite nature in such 
connection, although ‘certain propositions and suggestions are under 
consideration. 

Under these somewhat uncertain conditions it is gratifying to recall and 
to formally record the generous and timely gift, by Dr. Nathaniel L. and 
Elizabeth G. Britton, of the premises commonly known as the “ Cubberly 
House,” at New Dorp, which was formally transferred to the Association 
on Monday of last week, May 10—the acquisition of which it is proposed 
to celebrate, with suitable exercises, tomorrow, when the scope, signifi- 
cance and importance of the gift will be described and discussed by those 
who have attended to the details of its tender, acceptance and trans- 
fer to us. 

The activities in which the Association has engaged during the year, or 
which it has fostered and encouraged, have been highly creditable to the 
Association and valuable to the community. In regard to most of these 
the members have been apprised from time to time through the medium 
of the BuLietTiIn, and further details are contained in the report of the 
director, which will be submitted to the Board and duly published as 
usual. The president, also, will doubtless refer to certain of them in his 
annual address. 

Special attention may properly be called, however, to the work of the 
sections and to the advisability of enrolling in one or another of these, if 
the members desire to take an active part in what the Association stands 
for and is endeavoring to accomplish. The scientific, historical, and other 
activities of the Association are now largely in the hands of the sections. 

The Section of Engineering, Architecture and Allied Professions has 
held monthly meetings, with an interesting and instructive program on 
each occasion. 

The Section of Art, through its art loan committee, has provided two 
exhibits in the Museum, which were exceedingly interesting and highly 


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creditable, and which incidentally assisted very materially in attracting 
visitors and thus aiding our attendance record. 

The Section of Biology has met, presented papers and recorded and dis- 
cussed facts of local and general scientific interest. 

The Section of Historical Research has again become an active factor 
in our affairs. 

Two important innovations were made during the year in connection 
with the meetings of the Association which it may be pertinent to here 
recall to the attention of the members. The first of these was the change 
in the meeting night from Saturday to Friday, and although the vote 
showed a considerable majority of the members to be in favor of the 
change, the records for the five meetings held under the new conditions 
show the attendance to average exactly the same as previously. 

The second was the appointment of a program committee, consisting of 
the chairmen of the sections and the secretary of the Association—the 
object being to enlist the codperation of the sections with the general 
activities of the Association and to provide programs in advance for all 
regular meetings of the Association. This experiment, however, has not 
yet been in force for a sufficient length of time to produce results from 
which conclusions may be deduced. 

The enlargement of the BuLLeTrn to two regular pages of notes and 
news each month is another feature of the year which deserves mention. 
Its improvement in appearance and general text arrangement is highly 
creditable to the publication committee. It is invaluable for keeping all 
the members of the Association in touch with its activities and with the 
work of the museum staff. It has received complimentary notice from 
other institutions and is evidently regarded as a valuable addition to their 
libraries, and it has materially assisted in making us well and favorably 
known, not only in our vicinity but throughout the world, wherever it is 
sent as a medium of exchange or information, and it could be still further 
enlarged to advantage if our finances permitted. 

The administration of the museum has been eminently satisfactory, and 
its growth and development has steadily continued. The total number of 
visitors to the Museum during the year was 11,744. Accessions to the col- 
lections and to the library numbered 2,860. Some of the most interesting 
of these have been exhibited from time to time at the meetings of the 
Association and a few others have been placed on display; but by far the 
larger part has, of necessity, been placed in storage. The limit of available 
exhibition space has long since been reached and it is impossible, under 
present conditions, to utilize more than a fraction of the valuable and 
interesting material in our possession. 

An analysis of our recent records of accessions shows a marked increase 
in those of an historical and antiquarian nature—particularly old engray- 
ings, woodcuts and legal documents relating to our local history, and other 
relics of a similar kind—and now that we have an available repository, in 


122 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


the Cubberly House, for suitable historical material, especially antique 
furniture, it is to be hoped that our members will do whatever they may 
to secure such material, either as donations or to be placed on deposit as 
temporary exhibits. 

Our Museum has continued to be a useful center for civic activities of 
various kinds, forty-two meetings of outside organizations having been 
held here during the year. 

On January I, 1915, the grade and title of Dr. Arthur Hollick was 
changed from that of curator-in-chief to director, as being more in keep- 
ing with the character of the duties which the executive officer of the 
museum is required to perform. 

The Association participated in two pleasant and interesting field excur- 
sions—one to Cliffwood, N. J., on June 7, 1914, in coOperation with the 
Patria Club of New York, the Torrey Botanical Club, and other organi- 
zations, as noted in the June BuLieTIn; and another, on July 16, to 
Crooke’s Point at Great Kill, Staten Island, through the courtesy of Dr. 
N. L. Britton, as noted in the July BuLtetrn; and, on the afternoon of 
November 21, the Association was entertained by Mr. Cornelius G. Kolff, 
at Harbor View, Clifton, Staten Island. 

In conclusion the Board deems it proper to make special record of the 
generosity and active interest of Dr. N. L. Britton in the welfare and devel- 
opment of the Association. On July 16, 1914, as previously mentioned, the 
members of the Association were his guests at Great Kill, on which occa- 
sion “Salt-water Day” was inaugurated in a delightful and instructive 
manner. He also thoroughly overhauled and revised our local herbarium 
of some 6,000 mounted specimens and donated for our use a set of Britton 
and Brown’s Illustrated Flora. And finally came the gift of the old stone 
cottage and about half an acre of ground, free from all encumbrances, 
which will enable us, provided the members in general respond, to grad- 
ually equip and provide an historical museum which will be a credit to us. 

Submitted, by direction of the Board, 
ArtHuR Hottick, 
Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 


To THE BoArD OF TRUSTEES, 
STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 

Sirs: Ihave the honor to submit the following report upon the museum 
administration and activities which have received my attention as curator- 
in-chief, and later as director, during the fiscal year ending May 21, 1915, 
together with a statistical appendix prepared by Miss Agnes L. Pollard, 
curator. 

City APPROPRIATION 

In ‘accordance with instructions of the executive committee the required 

budget estimate sheets for the year 1915 were prepared and, together with 


ANNUAL REPORTS 123 


a copy of the president’s letter relating to the same, were transmitted to 
the proper city authorities on July 20, 1914. 

The appropriation asked for and that finally granted were, respectively, 
$9,878: and $0,022.2 Itemized schedules under each, with the designated 
code numbers and titles, are included in the accompanying appendix. 


Museum BUILDING AND ANNEX 


The general condition of the museum building and annex is probably 
better than at any time since the first year of our occupancy. Quite exten- 
sive repairs, both to the interior and to the exterior of both buildings, have 
put them into relatively excellent condition so far as safety, comfort and 
convenience are concerned. Roofs and leaders have been repaired; broken 
and cracked window glass replaced by new. and loose frames properly se- 
cured; furnace thoroughly overhauled; loose plaster on walls and ceilings 
removed and replaced by new; shelving constructed, etc. 

All available space in the museum is now apportioned and utilized to the 
best advantage possible for exhibition and administration purposes; and 
by rearrangement of cases, lumber, etc., in the annex, considerable space 
has been gained for storage on a systematic basis. 


ACCESSIONS 


The accessions to our museum collections and library have been fully as 
valuable, interesting and varied as in previous years, and totaled 2,260 
museum specimens and 592 additions to the library. The most noteworthy 
of these have been exhibited and commented upon at the meetings of the 
Association and mentioned from time to time in the BULLETIN, and a clas- 
sified surnmary, together with a complete list of the donors, is given in the 
appendix. 

Museum COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARY 


The original plan of arrangement for both floor and wall space has not 
been changed; but several changes in the exhibits were made in order to 
display some of the specimens heretofore held in storage; and other speci- 
mens were removed in order to display certain new accessions. The most 
important of these features were described in the BULLETIN and noted in 
my reports during the year, so that further mention of them here does 
not seem necessary. A constant effort has been made to maintain, as far 
as possible, a balance between biological, archeological and historical ex- 
hibits, relieved from time to time by loan exhibits of artistic and anti- 
quarian interest under the auspices of the Section of Art. Further expan- 
sion is impossible in the limited space at our command, and for some time 
past most of our accessions have had.to be at once placed in storage. This 
is discouraging to donors, who naturally wish to see their gifts placed on 


1 See City Record, Vol. XLII, Supplement, Part I, p. 55. Sept. 15, 1914. 
2 Ibid., Vol. XLII, p. 9111. Nov. 19, 1914. 


124 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


display, and it is often difficult to explain the circumstances which render 
this impossible. It is no exaggeration to say that we now hold in our 
possession not less than five times the amount of material for which we 
have facilities for display, and a large part of this material is not even 
readily accessible for study or research work. 

The library was thoroughly overhauled during the year and all material 
for which there did not appear to be any immediate prospect of use was 
removed to the Annex and placed in storage. A new case was purchased 
in which our maps, posters, pictures, legal documents, etc., were properly 
filed, and these may now be easily examined and consulted. The numerous 
requests which were received for information relating to matters of local 
history and antiquities rendered this absolutely necessary if we were to 
supply the information desired either through the members of the museum 
staff or by providing research and study facilities for visitors. 


ATTENDANCE 


The number of visitors to the Museum from May 1, 1914, to April 30, 
1915, during the hours when it was opened to the public, was 11,744. The 
highest monthly attendance was 1,352, in March, 1915, and the highest 
attendance on any one day was 203, on March 12, 1915. The highest holi- 
day attendance was 73, on Washington’s Birthday. Christmas Day at- 
tendance, as in previous years, was the lowest, 9. So far as any public 
utility is concerned the Museum might as well be closed on this holi- 
day; but as a matter of policy it is probably advisable to be able to say 
that it is open every day in the year except Sundays, whether the public 
is inclined to take advantage of the privilege or not. It may also be 
pertinent to reiterate that these figures do not include the attendance at 
the meetings of the Association, its sections and committees; the Board 
of Trustees and executive committee; or any of the outside organizations 
that meet here regularly or occasionally in the evenings. Complete statis- 
tics in regard to attendance are given in the appendix. 


THE Museum As A Civic CENTER 


The Museum has continued to be a center for other public uses than 
those of a museum, or as a meeting place for the Association. A number 
of organizations have availed themselves of its conveniences as a meeting 
place, and one in particular—the Bird Lovers’ Club—did us the honor of 
installing its bird house exhibit in the Museum, providing an interesting 
and unique feature which attracted many visitors. Further details in con- 
nection with the organizations which meet here are included in the 
appendix. 

Tue Museum As A BuREAU OF INFORMATION 

In addition to the thousands of casual visitors during the year, the public 

in general makes use of the museum as a source of information on all 


ANNUAL REPORTS | a5 


kinds of subjects to an extent that would surprise anyone not familiar 
with the facts. Visitors come from long distances to examine our collec- 
tions and to study our local historical literature and maps; and residents 
of the island, especially children, are constantly bringing in plants, min- 
erals, insects, etc., to be identified and named. Numerous requests for 
information are also received by mail and telephone, and from visitors 
who call at the Museum in order to make some special inquiry about some 
matter in regard to which we are assumed to be informed. 

The following requests for assistance and information, selected from 
the many that have come to us during the year, may serve to indicate the 
wide range of knowledge that the museum is expected to cover: 

From the Acting President of the Borough, referring a communication 
from the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, requesting assist- 
ance in the preparation of the Handbook of Aboriginal Remains East 
of the Mississippi; from the office of the Borough President, asking for 
suggestions for suitable names to replace duplications of street names in 
the borough; from the Superintendent of the Staten Island Rapid Transit 
Railway Co., a request for suggestions for utilizing unemployed men. A 
visitor from Massachusetts called especially to obtain information in re- 
gard to the Richmond Turnpike and the old Post Road between New 
York and Philadelphia; and there are many inquiries as to the location of 
buildings of historical interest, such as the house in which Aaron Burr 
once lived, the old Planter’s Hotel, etc. Geological questions include 
these: “can you tell me what amount of asbestos may be obtained on 
Staten Island?”; “is there any clay on the island suitable for modeling 
purposes?”; “are there any deposits of peat of commercial importance 
on Staten Island? ”; as well as many others inquiring about the geological 
formation in specific localities. Visitors have asked “how to tap sugar 
maples”; “how to have broken branches removed from street trees”; 
“how to catch and prepare butterflies”; how to destroy various insect 
pests which are infesting their trees or plants; and inquiries of all kinds 
relating to birds are of daily occurrence. Some miscellaneous questions 
asked have been “where to board a pet canary while its owner is away 
on a vacation”; “how to feed and care for young alligators”; “has the 
museum a collection of woods illustrating structure, strength, etc.”; “why 
are sO many geese flying south late every afternoon” (the geese being 
sea gulls) ; and there are numerous genealogical inquiries from descend- 
ants of old Staten Island families, who have moved away from the island 
and wish to locate the land or dwelling once owned by members of os 
families in the time of the first settlers. 


ScHooLt LECTURES 


Probably no feature of the museum work has been more thoroughly 
satisfactory than the free illustrated Friday afternoon lectures for school 
children. The three courses given, extending from October 23, 1914, to 


126 Straten ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


March 10, 1915, brought a total attendance of 1,703, or an average of 89 for 
each lecture. On several occasions the seating capacity of the room was 
inadequate and many children had to. be turned away. A pleasing incident 
occurred in connection with the final lecture scheduled, on which occasion 
the children, on their own initiative, prepared and signed a petition for 
another, which was subsequentiy arranged for and given to an audience 
of 92. When it is borne in mind that the attendance at these lectures is 
entirely voluntary on the part of the children, and that only those of the 
fourth grade and upward are admitted, the results are encouraging and 
significant. These results, however, could not have been achieved but for 
the cordial cooperation of the following friends of our museum who gen- 
erously gave their services: Miss Mary D. Lee, assistant curator in the 
Children’s Museum of the Brooklyn Institute, who exchanged lectures with 
our curator, Mr. Cleaves; Mr. Robert C. Murphy, curator in the Central 
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute; Mr. Joseph L. B. McMahon, Mr. 
Dwight Franklin, and Mr. Alanson Skinner. 

Complete statistics of lectures, subjects and attendance are given in the 
appendix. 

A further extension work, if possible, should be made to include brief 
nature talks for younger children and such assistance as might be ren- 
dered in connection with the regular high school course in biology. 


Musrtum ExtTENSION ACTIVITIES 


In addition to the work prosecuted within the Museum building, the 
members of the museum staff have been active in many ways directly and 
indirectly concerned with the development of the museum. The director, 
largely through the cooperation and assistance of Dr. N. L. and Mr. R. H. 
’ Britton, was able to prosecute important field work on and in the vicinity 
of Staten Island from time to time, and to collect many interesting speci- 
mens for the museum. A day or half a day now and then was also spent, 
with Mr. Cleaves, in photographing local features of scientific and historic 
interest. The director also attended the Philadelphia meeting of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical So- 
ciety of America, the Geological Society of America and the Paleontolog- 
ical Society of America, during Convocation Week last winter, and utilized 
a part of his vacation time at the United States National Museum, on 
work connected with the United States Geological Survey, which will 
result in bringing in much needed material to our museum collections 
whenever we may be in a position to receive it. It was also the privilege 
of the director to lecture, on February 26, 1914, before the Buffalo Society 
of Natural Science, on the subject “ Eleven Hundred Miles by Canoe down 
the Yukon River,” and on March 6, before the Deems Literary Society of 
Westerleigh, Staten Island, on the subject “A Trip through the Dismal 
Swamp of Virginia.” Whenever time permitted research work was prose- 
cuted at the New York Botanical Garden, and occasional visits were made 


ANNUAL REPORTS 127 


to the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum and Botan- 
ical Garden of the Brooklyn Institute, in return for assistance and cour- 
tesies extended by these institutions to our museum. Unfortunately we 
were not represented at the 1914 meeting of the American Association of 
Museums, which was held in Chicago and Milwaukee; and we are not 
likely to be represented this year, inasmuch as the meeting is to be held 
still further away, in San Francisco. 

Miss Agnes L. Pollard, curator, spent the larger part of her vacation at 
and in the vicinity of Providence, visiting the Roger Williams Park Mu- 
seum and the Rhode Island School of Design. Miss Pollard was also 
delegated by me to represent the museum staff at a conference of museum 
instructors, called by Mr. Henry W. Kent, and held at the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art on May 7 and 8, 1915. A summary report of this confer- 
ence is herewith submitted. 

Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, curator, was occupied during his vacation with 
bird photography, on Gardiner’s Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and 
Muskeget, some of the results of which have been shown at our meetings. 
Mr. Cleaves has also lectured on sixteen occasions in our public schools, 
at the Brooklyn Institute and before various clubs, societies and scientific 
bodies, on various phases of bird life, to a total of approximately two 
thousand auditors, and it has occurred to me as worthy of record that for 
only three of these lectures was any compensation received. 

In connection with the Staten Island Civic League the Association was 
represented at the County Fair held at Dongan Hills last September by 
photographs of museum exhibits, statistical placards, copies of the earliest 
and latest issues of the BuLLETIN and PROCEEDINGS, etc.; and copies of the 
BULLETIN and circulars of information were on hand for free distribution. 
The director has also had the privilege of serving during the year as a 
member of the tree planting committee and the committee on city plan of 
the League. 


Museum STAFF AND EMPLOYEES 


The routine work of the museum is arranged on as systematic a basis 
as is feasible under the existing conditions and with the means at our 
disposal. ; 

In general the administrative and educational work and the arrangement 
and care of the collections is apportioned between the director and the two 
curators. The care of the museum building and annex, and the safeguard- 
ing of them and their contents, is the duty of the janitor, night watch- 
man and the two museum guards. Practically, however, the individual 
work and duties of all are elastic and more or less interchangeable. This 
is necessary by reason of our limited number and, in consequence, the 
' impossibility of defining the exact duties which each one may be called 
upon to perform in case of emergencies or conditions which may unex- 
pectedly arise at any time, as we have learned by frequent experiences. 


128 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


No change has been made in the ordinary routine of the curatorial staff 
or that of the other museum employees since my last annual report; 
although the title of curator-in-chief was changed to that of director as 
being more in keeping with the principal duties performed. 

Mr. William L. Snow, museum guard, resigned on account of physical 
disability in August, 1914, and Mr. Francis Forsyth was appointed in his 
place. Mr. Charles Kipper, night watchman, resigned in September for 
the same reason, and Mr. George B. Abbott was appointed in his place. 
It is a satisfaction and a pleasure to report that both of the new employees 
have proven willing and competent in the performance of all duties as- 
signed to them. 


APPENDIX 
BupGret APPROPRIATION I915 
Amounts Amounts 
Code No. Asked For Granted 
1445 Personal Service—Salaries, regular employees $7,360.00 $6,840.00 
TAAO SUPP Me Sit ez Oe a Me ee eee oes ee ec ae ee 356.00 266.00 
iui)? IPRS Or IBGE s55oc0nccoss00000000 312.00 176.00 
1448 Contract or Open Order Service ............ 320.00 225.00 
AAO" Contingenciesh.. see cee C Re arene 30.00 15.00 
1450 Fixed Charges and Contributions—Rent..... 1,500.00 1,500.00 


$0,878.00 $9,022.00 


Recorp oF Accessions May 1, 1914, TO APRIL 30, I915 


No. of 
Specimens 
Department of Archeology and Anthropology ............. 79 
Depantmentione\GciswancmeA mt qUiutlesmereieieteciitecieenteeioiae 20 
Department of cB otanyy esr loe sc. sete vstiets colereis avers’ o,are Glare 705 
Depantment tofeGeolocy< saasmeeeacnicer men asta cite eee 701 
Department 7ot-Zoolopy..ceienecee suas cesses seine niece ene 747 
DeépartimentsoleBoolkss iis. vecccresruswverwte cells ote aievere oie 5902 
IMiscellanr@ otis press 00 itech ate etalon eke on atcha cle ee oteke aietetene alerne eveee o 
Totaly sett cantateie orien einielars «dent eees wie etolele ys eter 2,860 


These were comprised in 122 accessions, of which 109 were gifts, 12 were 
collected for the museum, and I was purchased. 

Five hundred and forty-seven books and pamphlets were also received 
from other institutions in exchange for the publications of the Association, 
making the total number of accessions to the library 1,130. 

Two serial publications were received by subscription, 3 by gift, and & 
were deposited as loans. 


ANNUAL Reports 129 


Donors TO THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY FOR 1914-1915 


Art Commission of New York City 


Frank Baker 
Laurence Barroll 
Howard R. Bayne 
Miss Mary Beyer 

T. A. Braniff 

N. L. Britton 

Samuel Brick, Jr. 
Na@ss Ibs Casey 
Howard H. Cleaves 
Mrs. James Cornell 
Miss Laura K. Cropsey 
J. Herbert Cubberly 
Thomas Cunningham 
Mrs. E. Davis 

Mrs. Thos. W. Davis 
William T. Davis 

iB, (CG, iDelenvaia, Ise 
Paul H. Downing 
Miss Emma Durant 
Cis Hebert 

H. William Ferdinand Fieldman 
Alexander Forsyth 
Mrs. John A. Grossbeck 
J. Blake Hillyer 
Mrs. Arthur Hollick 
Arthur Hollick 

H. D. House 

H. Sherman Ingalls 
Herman Kasner 
Richard Lambert 
Harry Leaney 


D. W. Mansfield 
Richard Mansfield 
Pietro Marzen 
Harold McGregor 
Ralph McKee 

Mrs. Mary Milliken 
Raymond R. Morris 
Robert Morris 
William A. Murrill 
New York Botanical Garden 
Harold Nichols 
William J. O’Breen 
Charles Pfizer & Co. 
Agnes L. Pollard 

G. W. Robinson 
Herman Rossbach 
Arthur Saunders 
Henry Scharfenstein 
Robert Seelen 
Morton W. Smith 
Sanderson Smith 
John T. Sprague 
Standard Varnish Works 
Edward M. Stothers 
Edmund Sullivan 
James J. Sullivan 
Frances M. Tollett 
Patibus 

George W. Tuttle 
Calvin D. Van Name 
D. M. Van Name 
Mrs. William G. Willcox 


List oF INSTITUTIONS FROM WHICH PUBLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR 


New York City and State 
American Museum of Natural History. 
Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. 


Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 


Central Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 


Columbia University. 


Municipal Reference Library. 
New York Academy of Sciences. 


130 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


New York Botanical Garden. , 
New York Public Library. 

Staten Island Civic League. 

Torrey Botanical Club. 

Rochester Academy of Science. 

University of the State of New York. 


California 


California Academy of Sciences. 
University of California. 


Colorado 
Colorado College. » 
Colorado Scientific Society. 
University of Colorado. 
Connecticut 


Connecticut State Library. 
Yale University. 
District of Columbia 
Smithsonian Institution. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
U. S. Geological Survey. 
U. S. National Museum. 


Illinois 
Augustana College and Theological Seminary. 
Chicago Academy of Sciences. 
Field Museum of Natural History. 
John Crerar Library. 
University of Illinois. 

Iowa 
Davenport Academy of Sciences. 
Towa Academy of Science. 
State University of Iowa. 

Kansas 
Kansas Academy of Science. 
University of Kansas. 

Maine 


Portland Society of Natural History. 


Massachusetts 


American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 
Boston Society of Natural History. 
Children’s Museum of Boston. 

Tufts College. 


ANNUAL REPORTS ea 


Michigan 
University of Michigan. 

Minnesota 
St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences. 


Missouri 
Academy of Science of St. Louis. 
Missouri Botanical Garden. 
Public Library of St. Louis. 
University of Missouri. 
Washington University. 


Montana 
University of Montana. 


North Carolina 
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 


North Dakota 
University of North Dakota. 


Ohio 
Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 
Geological Survey of Ohio. 
Lloyd Library. 
Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society. 
Wilson Ornithological Club. 


Pennsylvania 


Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. 
Pennsylvania State Museum. 

The Commercial Museum. 

Warren Academy of Sciences. 


Rhode Island 
Roger Williams Park Museum. 


South Carolina 


Charleston Museum. 
Vermont 


University of Vermont. 


132 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


Wisconsin 


Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee. 
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 


Foreign 


Canada and British Columbia 


- Entomological Society of Ontario. 
Geological Survey of Canada. 
McGill University. 
Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club. 
Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. 
Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 
Nova Scotian Institute of Science. 
Provincial Museum of Victoria. 


Bohemia 
Societas Entomologica Bohemiae. 


Brazil 


Sociedade Scientifica de Sao Paulo. 


Costa Rica 
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. 


Finland 
Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 


Germany 


Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher. 
Oberhessische Gesellschaft fiir Natur und Heilkunde. 


Japan 
Sapporo Natural History Society. 


Mexico 
Instituto Geologico de Mexico. 


Scotland 


Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 
Natural History Society of Glasgow. 


Sweden 
Royal University Library. 


ANNUAL REPORTS . 133 


Uruguay 
Museo Nacional de Montevideo. 


Wales 
National Museum of Wales. 


Recorp or Mussum ArrenDANCE May 1, 1914, TO APRIL 30, 1915 





Month Open Days Number of Visitors Daily Average 
Bee any Amn Aneie a yernier eyelet 26 7A7 29 + 
JOtN@ ce-obenet ne nene noe ames ob 26 587 22 + 
p]ittliyameeterae Pe era. efevecst seein <(-- 27 959 35 + 
PNUTONIS Geren Po creer onsale 7 26 858 33 
Septennetesmin seise se cici a 26 740 28 + 
Octoberuy eee are 27 955 35+ 
IN@WEMMDEPR soccoccaneadeo0ec 25 1,220 48 + 
IDEGSMDESE \soscococoeda haan By 1,207 44 + 
slammer tays MOMS gies eretersty tives: 26 1,228 47 + 
[eine icliavanncere ee riers er 24 1,107 46 + 
INareC lmeeme rim icaen etree nestor ete 27 1,352 so-+ 
PN weenie ve fe ctsccheteete eect 26 784 30 + 
313 11,744 Sian 


The highest daily attendance was 203, on March 12, 1915, and the lowest 
3, on January 6, 1915. 
The holiday attendance was as follows, exceeding that of last year by 55. 


Deco ua Orme Dany ame enn trite tertile Nd ene cl 30 
Independence Day .......------:sseee eee eeceee 24 
iIBeNlo@ ak) aye eee etree eiroteiched eee oye en-t 45 
Golesi Daye) ete eet les Yelishelietenste) Sieyens 51 
lection Danauien aeevaraetey dstecnevenen eels -lenetone!=) aici heh 64 
Dheanksonvaten Weyer eee ete italta le 20 
(Clive IDEhY teooaenongnopbosds apocuManocooot 9 
INCevva VAC aiseS Hn cay auc ne ete ect shel etre eNey Ne K-1s) ezelta 22 
ie olmsSweeunatliclavyamertee cise eels leet lisse te nel= 62 
Washington’s Birthday .......-..--+--++-+ssee 73 

ZN Go Eee eRe eee Ph cic Siete sremet alnb ars te syereteuecna state ‘418 


Ninety-seven visits from members of the Association were recorded 
during the year, but there were doubtless others who failed to make them- 
selves known to the members of the staff, and whose visits were therefore 
not noted. 

Classes from several schools on the island have visited the Museum 
with their teachers at various times, and we have also received visits from 
167 children from Manhattan—87 children, with two teachers, coming from 
Playground No. 31, and the others from schools throughout the borough. 
To this list should be added a class of 20 children from Little Falls, N. J., 
accompanied by their teacher. 


134 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


One more item of attendance during the year remains to be noted, viz, 
the private view of the collection of daguerreotypes installed by the art 
loan committee on November 5, 1914, at which the attendance was 50. 


ReEcorps IN CONNECTION WITH LECTURES FOR CHILDREN, SEASON OF 1914-1915 


Date Subject Lecturer Attendance 
1914 
Oct. .23 Autumn Flowers of Staten Island .... Doctor Hollick 56 
BORA COPOME spac alone ee ceases nate oiete Mr. Cleaves 86 
Nov. 6 Fossil Plants of Staten Island ........ Doctor Hollick 76 
L34iWy ODAC COM siosytevcheaie aye meray toeriecearneesteers Mr. Cleaves 83 
20) Plants that Makex@oalieereeetnie sere Doctor Hollick 87 
2y/, (Coin euaval WWINEERE Ae nee ance acandon soo Mr. Cleaves 27 
Dec. 4 Explorers and Founders of America .. Miss Mary D. Lee 84 
11 The Early History of New York ...... Miss Mary D. Lee 100 
TOM GOLAN VaShinetOnmerinver scientists Miss Mary D. Lee 118 
1915 
Vatiee Gwe ithachinnom bird siiiie\ Vite imerr-ieratretelats Mr. Cleaves 105 
15 Bird Life in the Land of Southern 
SmOWSee peo atew Precast ee eisai eeorne Mr. R. C. Murphy 110 
22m lie yAmoncathemlindianceene eee Mr. A. Skinner 125 
207 slakirant Katy slices ser erence nese Mr. A. Skinner II5 
31 A Canoe Trip Down the Yukon River, ‘ 
Mlaiskcan (A cesta cta inne eens croeie aerate Doctor Hollick 31 
Hebe top Aw bind bripstonSouthe Ganoliiamess eee Mr. Cleaves 84 
26 Fairy Bolle to disscd ee ee ee Mi evic Maton 112 
Mar. 5 Some Spring Flowers of Staten Island.. Doctor Hollick 87 
1 Aone leiadls tim, Sibir s5accoc0c¢ Mr. Cleaves 28 
TOMO ise ciiicl as NO ads epee teeters reetereiete Mr. D. Franklin 92 





Total attendance 1,703 
Total number of lectures 19. Average attendance 89+. 


THE Museum AS A MEETING PLACE 


The following meetings have been held in the museum assembly hall or 
trustees’ room during the year by various committees and organizations, 
in addition to the general meetings of the Association and its sections, 
and the meetings of the Board of Trustees and its standing committees: 
Richmond Branch of the Visiting Committee of the State Charities 


Aid “Association tls eee Sel Rg Ce Sa, SIREN eee eee ee 9 
Staten Wsland Bind Woverst (Gltibyseve cece cite cia cle iele cierto cr erent 8 
Executive Board of the Richmond Borough Women Teachers’ Asso- 

Cation “Aas inws Gee. Pe seater c's 0 rae eieialereMeroa le: eoetenctelerst a arctan 10 
Perine: House ‘Conriintttée iy. Sica s sale sin rete ivi nre ee he ar 8 
Troop 138, New York City Council, Boy Scouts of America ......... 3 
Scoutmasters’: ‘(Cotinicllind sitter tee es Rat casei atoheehete oc: cfev el chCr ene 2 
New’ York City Couneil,, Board of Scout) Examiners «..30: 5s. ee see I 
Legislative Committee, Staten Island Civic League ................+- I 


ANNUAL REPORTS 135 


REPORT ON CONFERENCE OF MusEuM INSTRUCTORS 


Dr. ArtHuR Hotticx, Director, 
Pustic Museum, 
STATEN IstANpD ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 

Sir: In addition to the annual report of work accomplished during 1915, 
I wish to submit the following report of the conference of museum in- 
structors which was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7 
and 8, 1915, and which I had the honor to attend as a delegate from this 
museum. 

The idea of such a conference originated with, and the call for delegates 
was issued by, Mr. Henry W. Kent, secretary of the Metropolitan Museum, 
who believes that with the growth and development of museum work with 
the school children comes the necessity for a better codrdination of this 
work with the work of the schools, and that the line where museum and 
school is to meet can best be found through a full, frank and open dis- 
cussion of the question by the teacher and the museum docent, instructor, 
or whatever name the individual museum chooses to call the member or 
members of its staff who are considering this vital question. 

Delegates were present from as far west as Chicago, and as far east as 
Boston, and all the museums in Greater New York or its vicinity were rep- 
resented by one or more persons. 

Dr. Edward Robinson, Director of the et eoeetee Museum, gave the 
address of welcome on Friday morning, and was followed by Professor A. 
V. V. Brown, of Wellesley, who gave a thoughtful presentation of the rela- 
tion of the museum to the college, ending with the hope that colleges and 
museums would, in the future, plan certain courses together, with advan- 
tage to each institution. College credits could be given for work done 
by students at the museum, and the museum would, in its turn, be the 
gainer by the possibilities thus opened of obtaining trained workers for its 
staffi—the trained museum worker being at present an almost unknown 
quantity, unless he or she is taken away from some other museum. 

A discussion on publicity methods for museums, taken part in by Dr, 
John Cotton Dana, of the Newark Public Museum and Library; Miss Delia 
I. Griffin, of the Children’s Museum of Boston; and Mrs. Vaughan, of the 
Metropolitan Museum staff, brought out the opinion that newspapers were 
better publicity agencies than printed matter distributed through the mails 
to individuals, and that at least a part of the time of some one person in 
each museum should be devoted to publicity work. To give a free quotation 
from one of the speakers—‘ Trustees and curators should remember that 
their duty is not alone to gather collections and house them, but to ‘get 
them across,’ as the stage phrase goes, to the public. They are the custo- 
dians for the people of the artistic and scientific material gathered under 
the roofs of the museums, and they should do everything in their power 
to bring the knowledge of these collections before the public.” 


136 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


On Saturday morning the session opened with a paper by Mrs. Ellor C. 
Ripley, of Boston, on Pedagogical Methods in Museum Teaching, in 
which the subject was presented from the teacher’s standpoint, and dealt in 
detail with so called “ devices” to be used in attracting the attention of the 
child to the object under discussion. Dr. James G. Haney, Director of 
Art in the New York public schools, urged a direct, dramatic method of 
discussing subjects, stripping them of all extraneous matter, and leaving 
the details to the child’s imagination. 

At the afternoon session an informal discussion was held on the prac- 
tical question of the meeting—how to approach the schools in order to 
obtain better co6peration—whether through the higher officials, or through 
individual teachers, who, if sufficiently interested, might demand that mu- 
seum work along certain lines be counted as a regular part of the school 
curriculum. 

It was finally voted that a committee be appointed by Mr. Kent to con- 
sider all practicable suggestions advanced during the conference, to have 
printed for distribution abstracts of some of the papers, and to consider 
whether a permanent organization of museum instructors would be feasible 
and desirable. 

In conclusion, may I say that I personally gained many suggestions for 
the improvement of our own museum work with children, and hope that 
we may be able to undertake, during the next season, an experiment along 
some of the lines discussed during the meetings. 

Respectfully submitted, 


Acnes L, PoLvarp, 


Curator. 
REPORT OF THE TREASURER 
INCOME 

Balance in hand at date of last annual report .................. $ 457.02 
Since received from dues: 

Active: members isvacverecvocsercicislevste ovessacs are Gieisborter eneserey iekeeteroeeekele 634.50 

thea emib OrSicca motersteccreton elecasaisus's sierotevoicasherepeaeveteteelerterterereiseer sens 300.00 
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Miscellaneousmsounces. circiereitere cteln «lel olelo sfeereteletenereietshera\etelerareverste 20.50 


$1,547.18 


ANNUAL REPORTS a7 


DISBURSEMENTS 
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EXpensesmucoumection with meetings ./¢24....s-2c6e.e2essn. 0. 24.55 
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IE CRIME ae ate ee a ed 2. 2 Se eS | 437.50 
$ 778.32 
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$1,547.18 
DIsPOsITION oF FUNDS 

On deposit in savings bank: 
Limermembership andy patronship fund 2 .5-5-546 esses sc. $660.54 
Cashenan Anus Ob tLCASMheh nad enc eta ae oe Mae loeeiss no Seen 108.32 
$768.86 


The above does not include the accounting in connection with the munici- 
pal budget appropriations for the maintenance of the museum and the 
payment of salaries of the museum staff and other employees, which is 
transacted through the medium of the Department of Finance, in accord- 
ance with forms and methods prescribed by the Department. 

CHARLES A. INGALLS, 
Treasurer. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 


The Association held eight regular meetings including the annual meet- 
ing. The average attendance at each meeting was 293. Last year it was 
exactly the same. The change of meeting night from Saturday to Friday 
has, therefore, produced negative results, so far as the attendance is con- 
cerned. 

The membership records are as follows: 


OnprollMatdateron last annual report ...0-. a7 0-0 kes 311 
Sincemel ected meyer: teat ies 2 cents) eee EE tee 35 
IRest ete dampers ee ee er tee ee eee ern aerial dale eee aha 17 
DCCeAS eal ry: Tey eeetan Stor clas cae ie ais. ie aes wap avele aden waste 5 
[Peavineowa tad atehemey wes ctemrse recites cre foes, ore Gre) seeasnomicee 324 
These are divided as follows: 

ON CLIVE ITIE IID ES tegeea a Aare etree eeosio) cereals oes te vice Siero tote ar 200 
Bake mmiermb erese aaracin clan cree crews lore w ial avcveteuereaiielacre axe levees avallete 8 
Cornrespondines members asic oni aii oie tora ciceele 4 
AO MO Ratey, tT Ct ENSlayars:aietsr creed elec cir al oe eve sebelaveye: ove televe ate: «eve 2 
DSa OLE CLOM ILE TIN Teale eae sae cuatro oreo ois artes ose ies les erst siene I 
IPA EPOLIIGS, ence 5 Se EE REET IUia ke DC CRER ME es carietschon cise ere 10 

324 


ARTHUR HOoLtick, 
Secretary. 


138 STaATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF ART 


The officers of the section, elected at the annual meeting held on May 
14, 1914, were as follows: John Q. Adams, chairman; Frederick Marschall, 
vice-chairman; Agnes L. Pollard, recorder. 

The section held one meeting during the year, that being the annual 
meeting on May 20, 1915, at which the foregoing officers were reélected 
to serve during the season 1915-19106. 

The committee on art loan exhibits, appointed by the chairman, was 
as follows: Mrs. Robert W. Gardner, chairman, Mrs. John Q. Adams, 
Mrs. Charles P. Benedict, Mrs. Clare H. Brown, Mrs. George R. Boynton, 
Miss S. Gertrude Clark, Mrs. T. Livingstone Kennedy, Miss Lucy J. Kipper, 
Mr. Frederick Marschall, Miss Edith M. Pollard, Mrs. F. Winthrop White, 
Mrs. Park J. White, Mrs. William G. Willcox, Miss Annie F. Wood. 

This committee arranged two exhibits during the year. The first of 
these, which consisted almost wholly of daguerreotypes and miniatures, 
was opened to the public on November 6, 1914. The second was installed 
in February, 1915, and consisted of miscellaneous articles of historic in- 
terest or value, loaned by different members of the Association. 

On November 5, 1914, at a private view of the first named exhibit, a 
short talk was given begore the members of the section and the exhibitors 
by Mr. Richard M. Coit, of New York, on the processes of making daguer- 
reotypes, ambrotypes, etc. 

The general association meeting for March, 1915, was in charge of the 
section, on which occasion a lecture was given by Mr. David Varon ‘on 
The Appreciation of Architecture. 

Acnes L. PoLvarpn, 
Recorder. 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF BIOLOGY 


Two meetings were held during the year. An abstract of the proceed- 
ings of the meetings is as follows: 


FEBRUARY 15, I915 


The meeting was held in the library of the museum, No. 154 Stuyvesant 
Place, New Brighton. 

The chairman, Mr. Charles W. Leng, and the following members were 
present: Arthur Hollick, William T. Davis, Stafford C. Edwards, Howard 
H. Cleaves. 

The minutes of the annual meeting of May 11, 1914, were read and 
approved. 

Doctor Hollick submitted the following memoranda, illustrated by means 
of the specimens mentioned: 

1. 4d Newly Discovered Exposure of Triassic Rock.—These specimens 
of Triassic sandstone and shale were obtained from a recently opened 
street south of Richmond Turnpike and a short distance east of the Wil- 





ANNUAL Reports 139 


low Brook Road, where a low ridge of the rocks, covered with a thin 
layer of bowlder till, was cut through in grading the street. The locality 
is about half a mile farther east than we had heretofore assumed the 
border of the Triassic formation to be, and the exposure provides us with 
the first definite evidence which proves the presence of rocks of that age 
east of the trap ridge, although the region has always been mapped geo- 
logically, on theoretical grounds, as Triassic covered with recent surface 
deposits. 

West of the trap ridge, wherever specimens were obtained in place, the 
Triassic sandstones and shale were always found to be of the characteristic 
red color. In this newly discovered exposure, however, the sandstones are 
almost white and the shales are gray or black and, occasionally, in the con- 
dition of dense hard argillite, evidently due to metamorphism effected by 
proximity to the trap; although why this should have been effective east 
of the ridge and not west of it is a problem for further investigation. In 
some of the shale layers may be seen more or less fragmentary plant re- 
mains, consisting of flattened stems and seedlike bodies. In places these 
are quite abundantly distributed, but they are not sufficiently well defined 
for identification. Previous mention of rocks of Triassic age on Staten 
Island may be found in the ProceEDINGs oF THE NATURAL SCIENCE Asso- 
CIATION OF STATEN ISLAND 2: 9. Ap. If, 1889; ibid. 2: 17. Oct. 10, 1889; 
ibid. 6: 34. June 12, 1897; ibid. 6: 63. Oct..8, 1898; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
Sraten Istanp Association oF Arts AND SCIENCES I: 16. Ap. 10, 1906. — 

2. A Rare Fungus Found on Staten Island—Last autumn, while collect- 
ing fungi indiscriminately, I found this specimen on a decayed stump near 
Huguenot Station. It attracted my attention by reason of its bright yellow 
color. Dr. William A. Murrill of the New York Botanical Garden iden- 
tified it as Pholiota lutea Peck, New York State Museum, 51st Annual 
Report 1: 288. 1897 [1809]. It may be found described and figured in 
Dr. Murrill’s Illustrations of Fungi—III, in Mycologia 1: 84, 85, pl. 7, f. 4, 
May, 1900, where he says: “ Although separated from the European spe- 
cies, Pholiota spectabilis by Professor Peck in 1898, it is very closely 
related to that species and might be considered only a variety of it by some 
authorities. Both species are considered very rare in this country.” 

Doctor Hollick exhibited and commented upon a recently issued work 
entitled “ Flora of the Vicinity of New York,” by Mr. Norman Taylor, and 
stated that a suitable review would be prepared for printing in the Pro- 
CEEDINGS. (See this issue, p. 102.) 

Doctor Hollick read a clipping from the Yorkshire Weekly Post, Leeds, 
England, November 7, 1914, transmitted by Mr. John De Morgan, and 
bearing the title “An American Butterfly in England.” The article is 
intended to advance the theory that the butterfly mentioned, Danais plex- 
ippus Linn., may be capable of trans-Atlantic migration under favorable 
wind conditions. Dr. Davis discussed the improbability of this theory 
and remarked that the species had a very wide geographic distribution, 


140 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


being found in almost every region where the milkweed, Asclepias, is 
indigenous or has become established. 

Mr. Davis exhibited and commented upon a recently issued work on 
Pennsylvania Trees, by Mr. J. S. Illick. 

Mr. Davis also read the following memoranda: 

1. At Lakehurst, N. J., there stands on Bone Hill a large chestnut tree, 
planted on what has been for many years a deserted farm. No chestnuts 
grow naturally in the pine barrens of New Jersey and this tree is sepa- 
rated, so far as is known, from any other of its kind by at least four or 
five miles. Nevertheless it has been attacked by the blight, Endothia 
gyrosa var. parasitica. The disease was first observed on a few small 
branches on August 23, 1912, and by October 10, 1914, the central part of 
the tree had commenced to die, as shown in the photograph submitted. 
Birds are now known to carry the spores of this disease (see Science 38: 
278. Aug. 22, 1913), and probably it was in this way that they were car- 
ried to the lone chestnut tree on Bone Hill. 

2. The army worm, Leucania unipuncta Haw., was destructive in sey- 
eral parts of the island during the summer of 1914. In August the moths 
were exceedingly plentiful about the electric lights, and many also came 
into houses. On lowering the awnings at 146 Stuyvesant Place, New 
Brighton, on August 19, it was found that fifteen of the moths had hidden 
themselves away for the day in one awning and twelve in the folds of 
another. 

3. On November 17, 1913, our family cat died. He was born on August 
29, 1897, and lived to be a little over sixteen years of age, a rather long 
life for a cat. 

Mr. Leng read a paper on Nut and Acorn Weevils. (See this issue, 
p. 75.) He subsequently described a trip which he had made to Dongan’s 
or Duncan’s Island in Staten Island Sound, for the purpose of studying 
the salt marsh beetle fauna to be found there. 

Mr. Edwards described certain of his experiences and observations 
during a trip to Ecuador and Peru in 1or4. 

Mr. Cleaves reported having seen an immature little blue heron, Florida 
C. caerulea Linn., at Wolfe’s Pond, Prince’s Bay, on July 19, 1914, and 
remarked on the rarity of the species in this vicinity. 


ANNUAL MEETING, May 20, 1915 


The meeting was held in the library of the Museum, No. 154 Stuyvesant 
Place, New Brighton. 

The chairman, Mr. Charles W. Leng, and the following members were 
present: Arthur Hollick, William T. Davis, Philip Dowell, James Chapin, 
Howard H. Cleaves. 

The minutes of the meeting of February 15, 1915, were read and 
approved. 

The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted in the reélection of 
Charles W. Leng, chairman, and Howard H. Cleaves, recorder. 


ANNUAL REPORTS I4I 


On motion of Doctor Hollick it was voted that the title of the section be 
changed from Section of Biology to Section of Natural Science. 

Doctor Hollick exhibited specimens of local mollusca recently collected, 
and read the following memoranda: 

Melampus lineatus Say (=M. bidentatus Say). On October 3, 1914, 
this species was found in unusual abundance, in rubbish, at high-water 
mark on the surface of the salt meadow, at South Beach. Although quite 
common, this species was but sparsely represented in our local collection. 

Musculium partumeium Say (= Sphaerium partumeium Say). On No- 
vember 20, 1914, this delicate little species was found in considerable num- 
bers in Van Wagenen’s pond, Clifton, attached to a moss (Fontinalis 
biformis Sulliv.?). It was represented in our local collection by only six 
specimens. 

Planorbis antrorsus Conr. (=P. bicarinatus Say). On the same date 
as the preceding this species was found in abundance in both the upper 
and the lower Clove Lake. It is not listed in Sanderson Smith’s Catalogue 
of the Mollusca of Staten Island (Proc. Nat. Scr. Assoc. STATEN Is., Extra 
No. 5, 1: 50. March, 1887) ; but in our local collection there is a small 
vial containing nine specimens, labeled “ Staten Island.” 

Incidentally it is of interest to record that the two species last mentioned 
were found while assisting Professor Nordal Wille, Director of the Royal 
Botanical Garden at Christiania, Norway, to collect specimens of our fresh- 
water algae, on which plants he is an authority of international reputation. 

Polygyra thyroides Say [=Mesodon thyroides (Say) Tryon]. On 
March 28, 1915, these thirty-six specimens were found in a heap, at the 
mouth of a burrow in recently burned over ground in the woods near the 
highest point on Ocean Terrace. They were subsequently examined by 
Mr. Silas C. Wheat, to whom I am indebted for the following note: 
“ Polygyra thyroides Say (variety bucculenti Gould) is much smaller than 
typical thyroides. The latter occurs in Pennsylvania and New York. Both 
forms have the reflected surface of the lip white on the inner half; and 
the surface is concave—not flat. But these specimens have the lip flat 
and white like albolabris.’ Apparently Mr. Wheat was in doubt as to 
which species our specimens should be referred. The meaning or signifi- 
cance of the occurrence of these specimens at the mouth of the burrow I 
was unable to determine. They all present a fresh appearance. 

Doctor Hollick remarked that it might be of future interest to place on 
record the fact that a young Bartram oak, Quercus heterophylla Michx., 
was planted in the grounds of the Cubberly House at New Dorp on May 
15, 1915. This specimen was one of seven seedlings collected at Totten- 
ville September 30, 1911, and shown at the meeting of the section on Octo- 
ber II, 1911. These were planted in pots and buried in the ground; but 
this specimen is the only one that survived. Subsequently, however, acorns 
were collected from the assumed parent tree, and from trees of red 
oak, Quercus rubra L., and willow oak, Quercus phellos L., growing in 


142 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


the immediate vicinity. These were planted and a number of them germi- 
nated, and as a result we now have, in separate pots, native home grown 
seedlings of the two species and their recognized hybrid progeny. 

Mr. Davis presented for publication a paper entitled ‘“ Notes on the Ma- 
crolepidoptera of Staten Island. IJ,” and commented on the specimens 
exhibited in connection with the notes. (See this issue, p. 94.) 

Mr. Davis exhibited and discussed a series of specimens of Carabus 
nemoralis Mull., and stated that a paper on A Beneficial Beetle Recently 
Found on Staten Island would later be prepared for publication. (See 
this issue, p. 92.) 

Mr. Davis exhibited a living specimen of Amblystoma punctata L., re- 
cently captured on the island by Mr. Alanson Skinner, and stated that a 
full account of the same would later be submitted by Mr. Skinner for 
publication. (See this issue, p. 98.) Mr. Davis also referred to a previous 
local record of the species in the PRocEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL SCIENCE 
ASSOCIATION OF STATEN ISLAND 2: 47. Ap. I0, 1890, viz, “ A specimen of 
the violet spotted salamander (Amblystoma punctata) was shown, in 
which the tail was bifurcated, each branch being about half an inch in 
length. lt was captured by Mr. John Tynan in the Snug Harbor woods 
and presented to the Association.” 

The following note was transmitted by Mr. Skinner: 

On April 11, 1915, an adult female box tortoise, Cistudo carolina L., 
with the mud of her recent winter quarters still adhering to her carapace, 
was found in Robinson’s woods at Great Kill. This is the earliest au- 
thentic spring record for Staten Island, May 1 being about the usual date. 
Many years ago I found a female specimen near Silver Lake on April 15, 
and occasionally they are routed out of their sub-surface winter retreats 
by forest fires, even in midwinter, as I have observed. 

Mr. Davis reported the finding of a twenty-eight inch copperhead snake, 
Ancistrodon contortrix (Linn.), at Palisades Park, New Jersey, May 2, 
IQI5. 

Mr. Cleaves remarked on the work of the Staten Island Bird Lovers’ 
Club during the past year, mentioning especially that several hundred no- 
tices, printed in English and Italian, giving pertinent extracts from the 
Conservation Law of the State of New York, were being posted through- 
out the island. 

Mr. Cleaves also mentioned that he had heard, incidentally, that Mr. 
Sanderson Smith, the first president of the National Science Association 
of Staten Island, had recently died. Inquiry among the members present 
elicited the fact that no definite information in regard to the matter was 
known, and it was suggested that any action on the part of the section 
be deferred. 

Howarp H. CLeaves, 
Recorder. 


ANNUAL REPORTS 143 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND 
ALLIED PROFESSIONS 


The officers of the section and the members of the sectional committee 
at the beginning of the year 1914-15 were as follows: Edmund L. An- 
drews, chairman; George W. Tuttle, vice-chairman; William R. Hillyer, 
recorder; Carl F. Grieshaber, member at large of the sectional committee ; 
Howard R. Bayne, president of the Association, and Arthur Hollick, 
director of the museum, ex-officio members of the sectional committee. 
Program committee: August E. Hansen, chairman; Orrin L. Brodie, 
George L. Mitchill. Publication committee: Frank W. Skinner, chair- 
man; Edward W. Brown, William R. Hayward. 

At the meeting of November 10, 1914, Mr. Hillyer resigned as recorder, 
due to pressure of other duties, and George L. Mitchill was elected to the 
office. At the meeting of January 19, 1915, Mr. Andrews resigned as 
chairman, on account of removal from New York, and George W. Tuttle 
was elected to the office. The vacancy in the office of vice-chairman, 
caused by the election of Mr. Tuttle to the chairmanship, was filled by the 
election of August E. Hansen. 

Meetings were held during the year as follows: 


MAy 19, 1914 


Mr. Lewis Nixon, consulting engineer and commissioner of public works, 
borough of Richmond, read a paper on The Development of Staten Island, 
with Particular Reference to Water Front Improvements, Sewers and 
Transportation. 

OCTOBER 13, 1914 


Mr. John P. Hogan, resident engineer, board of water supply of the 
City of New York, read a paper on Some Problems Connected with the 
New Water Supply for Staten Island, illustrated by means of blackboard 
sketches, a cardboard model of the cradle used in laying the flexible sup- 
ply main between Long Island and Staten Island, and printed data, copies 
of which were distributed. 


NOVEMBER 10, 1914 


Mr. Frank W. Skinner gave an address, illustrated with lantern slides, 
on Marvels of Bridge Building. 


DECEMBER 8, 1914 


Mr. Charles B. Burgher read a paper prepared by Mr. George W. Fuller, 
formerly consulting engineer to the commission in charge of the Passaic 
Valley sewer, on the object and proposed extent of the sewer and calcula- 
tions in relation to its probable effects on the waters of New York Harbor. 


144 STATEN IsLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 


JANUARY 19, 1915 (POSTPONED FROM JANUARY 12) 


Mr. K. M. Turner, president of the General Acoustic Company, gave a 
demonstration of the uses of the dictograph, aviaphone and acousticon 
and their practical application to a system of intercommunication, by 
means of instruments specially installed in the assembly hall and adjoin- 
ing rooms, supplemented by lantern slides. 


FEBRUARY 9, 1915. 


Mr. Chester H. Aldrich read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, on 
The Development of Architectural Styles. 


MAaRcH 9g, 1915 


Mr. George L. Mitchill read a paper on Zinc Coatings for Rustproofing 
Iron and Steel. 


APRIL 18, 1915 (HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASSOCIATION) 


Mr. Louis L. Tribus, former commissioner of public works, borough 
of Richmond, read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, on Travel Notes 
on Water Supply, Ancient and Modern. 


May 11, 1915 


Mr. George Hammond, assistant chief engineer, bureau of sewers, bor- 
ough of Brooklyn, read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, on Sewage 
Treatment. 

This lecture was introduced by an excursion, on May 8, to the twenty- 
sixth ward sewage experimental station of Brooklyn. 

Georce L. MitcH1t, 
Recorder. 


REPORT OF THE SECTION OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH 


The section held one meeting, on February 3, 19015. 

Present: William T. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Jr., Avie Hollick, S. 
McKee Smith, Edward M. Stothers, and George W. Tuttle. 

Doctor Hollick suggested that inasmuch as a meeting had not been held 
for several years a reorganization of the section would be advisable. 

On motion of Mr. Davis, Mr. Delavan was reélected chairman and Mr. 
Smith recorder. 

The minutes of the last meeting, May 18, 1910, were read and approved. 

The by-laws proposed by the committee appointed May 18, 1910, were 
read and adopted, with the following amendment: 

IV. The Section shall hold an annual meeting for the election of officers 
on the second Saturday in January [April] of each year. A report of the 
proceedings of the Section for the fiscal year of the Association shall be 


sent by the recorder to the secretary of the Association in advance of the 
annual meeting of the latter. 


ANNUAL REPORTS 145 


The following were elected to membership in the section: Nathaniel L. 
Britton, Oliver P. Geoffroy, Mary Walcott Green, George S. Humphrey, 
Stephen L. Mershon, Charles M. Shipman, Edward M. Stothers, George 
W. Tuttle. 

On motion the recorder was instructed to transmit to the Board of Trus- 
tees a communication offering the assistance and codperation of the section 
in any way that might be suggested in connection with the future develop- 
ment of the Cubberly House and grounds. 

Mr. Delavan exhibited a steel engraving of the steamboat wharf at the 
foot of Whitehall Street, New York, with the following imprint: 

“New York. Bourne. Broadway 

“Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1831, by G. 
Melksham Bourne, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the South- 
ern District of New York. 

“Printed by J. R. Burton.” 

A sign on a building adjoining the wharf reads “ Bolivar & Nautilus 
Steam Boat House.” 

Mr. Delavan also read an editorial by Horace Greeley from a copy of 
the New York Tribune of December 3, 1859, on the execution of John 
Brown at Charlestown, Va. 

Dr. Hollick exhibited a sword, partly destroyed by fire and read the 
following memorandum: 

At the meeting of the Association held on May 16, 1914, there were 
shown five of the seven swords (including this one) presented on various 
occasions to General William Jenkins Worth, all of them more or less 
melted or marred by the fire which partially destroyed the New York State 
Capitol, where they were on deposit. The one to which special attention 
is now called is almost unidentifiable; but it may be recognized if the 
details of the remaining ornamentation on the scabbard are critically com- 
pared with a woodcut on page 171 in The World of Science, Art and 
Industry, etc.—a volume descriptive of the New York Exhibition, or 
“Crystal Palace” as it was commonly designated—edited by B. Silliman, 
Jr., C. R. Goodrich and others, and published by G. P. Putnam & Co. in 
1854. The volume was loaned by Mr. Delavan, and the discovery of this 
reference to one of our historical relics was entirely accidental. 

The descriptive text in connection with the woodcut states that “ The 
concluding engraving represents a very elegant dress Sworp exhibited by 
the Ames MANUFACTURING ComPANY, of Chicopee, Mass. The sword was 
presented by the President of the United States, according to a resolution 
of Congress, to Brigadier General Worth, for his gallantry and good con- 
duct at the storming of Monterey.” 

S. McKee SMITH, 
Recorder. 


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INDEX. 


Acer saccharum, 103 
Acorn weevils, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 
84 
Acorns, in peat, 64 
larvae in, 75, 77 
Adams, John J., 4 
John Q., 27, 52 
Administration: 
application for plot of land, 120 
budget appropriation, 35, 43, 119- 
20, 122-23, 128 
change in meeting night, 107, 121 
change of title, 36, 122 
election of patrons and members, 
31, 34, 119 
enlargement of Bulletin, 121 
formation of Engineering Section, 
35 
renewal of museum lease, 120 
resignations, 35-36 
Aldrich, Chester H., 144 
Aleuria, 102 
Aleurina aquehongensis, 102 
Algae, growth in Clove Lake, 111 
Algal growth, treatment with copper 
sulphate, 111 
Almstaedt, Isaac, 18 
Amblystoma punctata, 142 
rarity of, 98 
American butterfly in England, 139 
Ancistrodon contortrix, 142 
Andros, Governor Edmund, 69 
Angell, G. W. J.,; 92 
Apaecasia extremaria, 96 
Apatela afflicta, 94 
dactylina, 96 
haesitata, 94 
impleta, 96 
spingera, 94 


Appointments 
curator in chief, 35-36 ; 
delegates to Commercial Tercen- 
tenary celebration, 30 
Council of Clubs, 27 
committee on program, 121 
street name changes, 112 
museum guard, 36, 128 
night watchman, 128 
Aquilegia canadensis, 109 
Argillite, 139 
Argynnis bellona, 96 
Arisaema triphyllum, 109 
Army worm, 140 
Arsilonche albovenosa, 96 
Ascyrum hypericoides, 16 
Aster concolor, 16 
Astragalus gummifer, 112 
Atrypa impressa, 29 
Azalea nudiflora, 109 
wild, 109 


Baileya doubledayi, 95 

Baker, Frank, 112 

Balaninus algonquinus, 75, 76, 82, 83 
caryae, 76, 81, 83 
caryatrypes, 79, 80, 81 
confusor, 81, 83 
cylindricollis, 83 
hariolus, 83 
humeralis, 81, 82, 83 
macilentus, 82 
nasicus, 79, 80, 81, 83 
nasutus, 80, 81, 83 
obtusus, 80, 81, 83 
occidens, 81 
orthorhynchus, 75, 82, 83 
pardalis, 82, 83 
parvidens, 82 


147 


148 


Balaninus perexilis, 82 
proboscideus, 79, 80, 83 
quercus, 81, 83 
rectus, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83 
rectirostris, 80 
rostratus, 80, 83 
sayi, 80, 83 
setosicornis, 82 
sparsus, 80 
uniformis, 80, 81 
Baldwin, Charles N., 1-4 
Barn owls, 19-20 
Bayberry, 110-11 
Bayne, Howard R., 32, 68 
Beech, union with oak, 11-12 
Beetle, beneficial Staten Island, 92-93 
salt marsh, 140 
Bellura gortynides, 95 
Betula lenta, Io 
Bidens frondosa, 64 
laevis, 64 
Birch, black, union with oak, 10 
Bird banding, lecture on, 109 
-foot violet, 109 
house exhibit, 124 
Lovers’ Club, 124, 142 
Birds of Long Island, rare book on, 30 
Black walnut tree, 113 
Blackbird, red-winged, 15 
Blue heron, little, 140 
Book Reviews: 
Anonymous. A Long Cruise in a 
Little Ship, 17-18 
Our Cover Portrait and the Hall 
of Fame, 18 


Baker, Frank. The Baker An- 
cestry, etc., 99 
Baltimore and Ohio Employes 


Magazine, 21-23 
Burnham, Stewart H. The Flora 
of the Sand Barrens of Southern 
Staten Island, 16-17 
Cleaves, Howard H. Hunting with 
the Lens, 100 
The Fascinating Sport of Band- 
ing Birds, 14-15 


INDEX. 


Book Reviews (Continued) : 

Cleaves, Howard H. Studying Old 
Bird Problems in a New Way, 
19-20 

Combined Excursion by the Muni- 
cipal Engineers, etc., 101-2 

Comstock, Sarah. Following Bil- 
lopp’s Route to Tottenville, 16 

Hine, Charles Gilbert. History 
and Legend of Howard Avenue, 
Cler 25520 

Hollick & Jeffrey. Catalogue of 
Mesozoic Plants in the British 
Museum, 14 

Holden, Ruth. Cretaceous Lignite 

from Cliffwood, New Jersey, 
IOI 
Cretaceous Pityoxyla from Cliff- 
wood, New Jersey, 99 
Joslin, Dudley. When New York 
Was One Hundred Miles Inland, 
20 
Miller, William J. The Geological 
History of New YorkState, 18-19 
New York Herald. Old Pamphlet, 
Just Found, Tells of Burning of 
Quarantine by Citizens, 21 
New York Times. The Camera to 
Preserve New York’s Old Build- 
ings, 99-100 
Richardson, Darby. Staten Island, 
etc., 23-26 
Skinner, Alanson. The Indians of 
Newark, etc., 103-4 

The Indians of Greater 
York, 104-5 

The Indians of Manhattan Is- 
land and Vicinity, 105-6 

Seaver, Fred J. North American 
Species of Aleuria and Aleurina, 
102 

Taylor, Norman. Flora of the 
Vicinity of New York, etc., 102-3 

Thomson, T. Kennard. Fill up 
the East River to Solve Port 

Problems, 15-16 


New 


INDEX. 


Botanical features of Silver Lake 
basin, 62-64 
Bowlder till, 64, 139 
trail, 8 
Box tortoise, 142 
Brachyphyllum macrocarpum, IOI 
Brasenia purpurea, 62 
Britton, Elizabeth, 69, 71 
Gays 72 
Nathaniel, 69, 70, 71 
Word 70, 73, 72 7ax LOse LET; 
Weel 55) 07 
Broughton, Charles, 7, 27 
Elizabeth, 74 
Bryopsis hypnoides, 89 
Bunting, indigo, 53 
Burgher, Charles B., 143 
Burr, Aaron, 27 


Caberodes majoraria, 97 
Callithamnion baileyi, 89 
Callitris quadrivalvis, 112 
Camp site, Indian, 65 
Canarium commune, II2 
Candles, bayberry, III 
Cannon ball, revolutionary, 65 
_Carabus nemoralis, 92, 93, 142 
Cat, long-lived, 140 
Cecropia moth, 53 
Chamaecyparis thyoides, 103 
Chapin, James, 28, 30 
Cherry, pigeon, 62 
tree, at Britton cottage, 113 
wild red, 62 
Chestnut blight, 140 
tree, on Bone Hill, 140 
weevil, larger, 78, 79, 80 
smaller, 78, 80 
Chestnuts, larvae in, 75, 76, 78 
Chlorippe clyton, 94 
Chrysophanus thoé, 96 
Chylocladia parvula, 89 
Cistudo carolina, 142 
Cladophora rupestris, 89 
Claytonia virginica, 109 


149 


Cleaves, Howard H., 28, 36, 39, 109, 
127, TAOUA2 aye 
Cleome spinosa, 64 
Cleora indicataria, 97 
pampinaria, 97 
takenaria, 96 
Clove Valley, geologic formation of, 
61-62 
Clute, John J., 66-67 
Coit, Richard M., 138 
Columbine, wild, 109 
Comstock, W. P., 93 
Constable’s Hook, navy yard and 
fort at, 5-6 
Copal. See Fossil gums. 
Copperhead snake, 142 
Coral, silicified Paleozoic, 29 
Cornell, Mrs. James, 115 
Cortilleau, Jaques, 69 
Cradle used in Britton familly, 115 
Cretaceous clay, 17, 29 
Crocigrapha normanni, 95 
Crooke’s Point, changes in contour, 
107 
Cropsey, Laura K., 109 
Cubberley, Adria, 69° 
Elizabeth, 70 
Ellwood P., 73 
Isaac, 69, 70, 71, 73 
James, 70, 74 
John, 73 
J. Herbert, 117 
Stephen, 70 
William, 74 
documents, 117-18 
family, 73-74 
house, 70-71, 73, 113, 117 
letters concerning, 70-74 
meeting of Association at, 117— 
18 
photographs, 113 
water-color sketch, 113 
Cubberley House at New Dorp, The 
Old, 68-74 
Curculio daviesi, 79 
Cymatophora virginalis, 95 


150 


Cyperus rivularis, 63 
strigosus, 63 
Cypripedium acaule, 109 


Danais plexippus, 139 
Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth, 40-41 
William T., 25-26, 28, 53, 104-5, 
108, I10, 140, 142 
A Beneficial Beetle Recently 
Found on Staten Island, 92-93 
A Collection of Old Views of 
Staten Island Scenery, 55-59 
An Old Text Book on Geography 
by a Local Author, 66-67 
John Arthur Grossbeck, 13 
Notes on the Macrolepidoptera 
of Staten Island II, 94-97 
Union of an Oak and a Birch, 10 
Decodon verticillatus, 63 
Deilinea variolaria, 95 
Delavan, Edward C., 71, 145 
Dentaria laciniata, 62 
Dibundophyllum sp., 29 
Dickerson, E. L., 93 
Diospyros virginiana, 16, 63 
Drift bowlder, 29 
Drum Beat, The, 29 
Dune sand, 17 
Durant, Charles F., 86-91 
Emma, 86 


Echinochloa crus-galli, 63 
Edwards, Stafford C., 140 
Egbert, Cornelius S., 107 
Eleocharis acicularis, 64 


obtusa, 63 
olivacea, 63 
Elections: 


members, 31, 119 
section officers: 
art, 52, 138 
biology, 52-53, 140 
engineering, 54, 143 
historical research, 144 
trustees, 31-32, 116 
Elliott, George W., 36 


INDEX. 


Endothia gyrosa var. parasitica, 140 
English legal documents, 114 
Equisetum arvense, 108 

Euchoeca albifera, 95 

Eugonobapta nivosaria, 97 

Eutolpe rolandi, 96 


Fagus americana, II 

Ferris, Albert Warren, 30 

Field trips, 122 

Florida caerulea caerulea, 140 

Fontinalis biformis, 141 

Forbes, Wm. T., 94 

Forde, Frederick, 29 

Fossil gums: Congo, copal, cowrie, 
Damar, gum animé, kauri, Ma- 
nila, Pontianak, Zanzibar, 109, 
110 

pine wood, 99 

Fresh Pond, The, 60 

Fucus nodosus, 88 

Fungus, a rare, 139 


Gager, C. Stuart, 86 
Gardner, Mrs. Robert W., 112, 113 
Geinitzia Reichenbachi, 101 
Gelidium corneum, var. crinale, 89 
Geography, old text book on, 66 
Gigartina teedii, 89 
Giraud) |. By, jr, 30 
Glacial clays, 17 
ull, 7 
Glaciation on Staten Island, 8-9 
Governor’s Lot, The, 71 
Gracilaria compressa, 89 
multiparlata, 89 
Graphiphora alia, 96 
oviduca, 95 
Great Pond, The, 60 
Grossbeck, John Arthur, by William 
T. Davis, 12 
Grouse, pinnated, on Long Island, 30 
Gums, fossil. See Fossil gums. 
from living plants: elemi, Georgia 
pine, mastic, sandarac, traga- 
canth, 112 


INDEX. 


Gynogondrous plicata, 89 


Hagadorn, Francis, 3 
Francis L.,.4-6 
John, 3 
Peter, 3 
William, 3-4, 7 
Halceium halecinum, 89 
Hammond, George, 144 
Harrisinia texana, 96 
Hazelnut weevil, 78, 80, 83 
Hazelnuts, larvae in, 75 
Helderberg limestone, 29 
Heliophila diffusa, 95 - 
luteopallens, 95 
Hemaris gracilis, 94 
Helotropha reniformis var. atra, 95 
Hickory nuts, in peat, 64 
larvae in, 75 
stick used by Andrew Jackson, 115 
weevil, 78, 80, 81, 83 
Hogan, John P., 143 
Hollick, Arthur, 14-25, 28, 29, 39, 
99-104, 105-6, 108, IIO—-II, 113, 
I14, 115, 138-39, 141-42 
A Conspicuous Staten Island Bowl- 


der Trail, 8-9 

A Quaint Old Work on Seaweeds, 
85-91 

Some Botanical and Geological 
Features of the Silver Lake 
Basin, 60-65 

The Old Cubberly House at New 

* Dorp, 68-74 

Union of an Oak and a Beech, 11- 
12 


Holmes, Elizabeth, 69, 70, 71 
Obadiah, 69, 70, 71 
Homachlodes fritillaria, 95 
Homalocenchrus virginicus, 63 
Homopyralis discalis, 95 - 
Hormisa absorptalis, 95 
litophora, 95 
Hyla andersonii, 53 
evitata, 53 
pickeringii, 98 


151 


Ice carnival in 1875, 114 
Imposing-stone first used on Staten 
Island, 1-7 
Indian relics, 103-4, 105 
shell heap, 17 
stone axe, 108 
Indigo bunting, 53 
Ingalls, Charles A., 137 
Charles H., 108 
H. Sherman, 107 


Jack-in-the-pulpit, 109 
Jasperoid limonite, 28 
Jodia rufago, 95 
Journeay, Ann, 73, 74 
Isaac, 74 
James, 74 


Kalmia latifolia, 109 

Killdeer, 20, 100 

Knight, Elizabeth pee 70 
Kolff, Cornelius G., 

Kunz, George F., a 


Lady’s slipper, pink, 109 
Lagrange, Bernard S., 118 
Laminaria saccharina, 88 
La Point, Charles, 29- 
Larva of cecropia in sassafras, wil- 
low, and white maple, 53 
Larvae in nuts, 75 
Laurel, mountain, 109 : 
Leeches, on Amblystoma- punctata, 
98 
Leng, Charles W., 140° ‘ 
Nut and Acorn Weevils, 75-84 
Leucania unipunctata, 140 
Library, 37-38, 124 
institutions exchanging~ with, ag 
59, 129-133 
Limestone, Helderberg, '29 
Limonite bowlders, 9 
jasperoid, 28 - 
red jasperoid,'8 
Lord, Harriet, ‘70, 71 
Mary Ann, 115 (52 teh ent uiuie 


152 


Lord, Silas, 115 

Lovelace, Governor Francis, 69 
Low, Mrs. E. A., 29 

Luna, red-margined, 96 


Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island 
94-97 
Mamestra grandis, 96 
rosea, 95 
Maple, white, 53 
Meetings: 
Association, 27-33, 107-18 
Sections, 52-54, 138-45 
Melampus bidentatus, 141 
lineatus, 141 
Melalopha albosigma, 95 
Meliopotis jucunda, 96 
Meristella nasuta, 29 
Mesodon thyroides, 141 
Michell, Arthur A., 114 
Milkweed, 140 
Millikin, Mrs. Mary, 32 
Mitchill, George L., 144 
Moccasin flower, 109 
Mockernut, 77 
Morainal till, 62, 65 
Morris, Ira K., 27, 108 
History of the First Imposing- 
Stone Used on Staten Island 
and Its Relation to Our Early 
Local Newspapers, I-7 
Moth, army worm, 140 
cecropia, 53 
Mount Tompkins, 66 
Mountain laurel, 109 
Musculium partumeium, I41 
Museum: 
accessions, 35, 40-43, 123, 128 
administration, 41 
art loan exhibits, 34, 37, 52, 112 
as a bureau of information, 124-25 
as a Civic center, 35, 124, 134 
attendance, 38, 45-46, 124, 133-34 
boy scout troop, 36, 39-40 
collections, 36-37, 123 
donors, 44, 129 


, 


INDEX. 


Museum (Continued): 
employees, 127-28 
exhibit at county fair, 127 
house and grounds, 42 
maintenance, 41 
extension activities, 39-40, 126-27 
school lectures, 34, 38-39, 46, 125- 
26, 134 
staff, 127-28 
Myrica caroliniana, III 


Necrology: 34, 119 
Bainbridge, Ralph 
Benedict, Read 
Curtis, Elizabeth B. 
Drucklieb, Charles A. 
Grossbeck, John A. 
Low, Mrs. Edward A. 
Rieff, Frank D. 
Shaw, Alexander D. 
Shortt, W. Allaire 
Smith, Sanderson 
Tilden, Eleanor R. 
New Dorp, The Old Cubberly House 
at, 68-74 
Newspaper first printed on Staten 
Island, 1, 4-6 
Nichols, Harold, 108 
Nicolay, Alan S., 53 
Nixon, Lewis, 54, 143 
Noctua lubricans var. beata, 95 


Oak, Bartram, 141 
red, 141 
white, union with beech, 11-12 
union with birch, ro 
willow, 141 
Oaks, annual-fruiting, larvae in, 76 
biennial-fruiting, larvae in, 76 
Old Town, 69 
Olsen, C. E., 92 
Oneroad, Amos, 30-31 
Orthoceras pelops, 29 
Osprey, 100 
Owls, barn, 19 
Oysters, in1857,at Port Richmond, 57 


INDEX. 


Oxholm, Theodor S., 54 
Oxid of iron, red, 65 


Paleozoic coral, silicified, 29 

Pamphila fusca, 96 

Panicum proliferum, 63 

Papaipema lysimachiae, 95 
purpurifascia, 95 

Papilio glaucus, 96 

Passerina cyanea, 53 

IPevullin, Ibs RG 18.55 Wie 

Pearson, John B., 109, 112 

Peat, 62, 64 

Pecan nuts, larvae in, 76 

Pentamerella arata, 29 

Pepperwort, 62 

Perry, Raymond, 31 

Persimmon, 63 

Phaeocyma lunifera, 95 

Phlox subulata, 16 

Pholiota lutea, 139 
spectabilis, 139 

Pholus vitus, 94 

Phyllophora brodiaei, 89 

Pine wood, fossil, 99 

Pink, wild, 109 

Pinnated grouse, on Long Island, 30 

Pinus palustris, 112 
virginiana, 16 

Piranga erythromelas, 53 

Pistacia lentiscus, I12 

Pityoxylon anomalum, 99 
foliosum, 99 
protoscleropitys, 99 
statenense, 99 

‘Planorbis antrorsus, 141 
bicarinatus, 141 

Plant remains, in Triassic shale, 139 

Plathypena scabra var. subrufalis, 95 

Pollard, Agnes L., 36, 135-36 
Charles L., 39 

Polygonum hydropiper, 64 
hydropiperoides, 64 
orientale, 64 
pennsylvanicum, 64 

Polygyra albolabris, 141 


153 


Polygyra thyroides, 141 
bucculenti, 141 
Polypodium vulgare, 62 
Polypody, common, 62 
Polysiphonia formosa, 88 
urceolata, 89 
Prairie hen, on Long Island, 30 
Prunus pennsylvanica, 62 
Pyrrhia exprimens, 95 


Quarantine, burning of, 21, 32, 59 
Quercus alba, 10, I1 
heterophylla, 141 
phellos, 141 
rubra, 141 


Racey, Mary, 74 
Ridgway, Mary, 73-74, 118 
Records of meetings, 27-33, 107-118 
“Red beard,’’ 89 
Red oak, 141 
Red-winged blackbird, 15 
Reichelt, Victor S., 54 
Reports: 
committee on historical tablet, 116 
conference of museum instructors, 
135-36 
curator in chief, 36-50 
director, 122-34 
president, 32 
section of art, 52, 138 
biology, 52-53, 138-142 
engineering, 54, 143-44 
historical research, 144-45 
secretary, 51, 137 
treasurer, 51-52, 136-37 
trustees, 34-36, 119-22 
Resins from living plants. See Gums. 
Resolutions: 
change of meeting night, 107 
Reynolds, James J., 119 
Rheumaptera hastata, 96 
Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum, 111 
Richmond Road, old, condition of, 5 
Riker, Clarence, 92 
Rip Raps. See Robyn’s Rift 


154 


Rivula propinqualis, 96 

Robyn's Rift, fort on, 6 
lighthouse on, 5 

Rose-breasted grosbeak, 53 


Sabulodes transversata, 97 
Salamander, spotted, 98 
violet spotted, 142 
Saltmarsh beetle, 140 
Sandstone, 8, 29 
concretion, glaciated, 28 
Triassic, 65, 138 
Sandstones, 139 
Sargassum bacciferum, 88 
‘Satyrus alope var. maritima, 94 
‘Scarlet tanager, 53 
‘Schaeffer, Charles, 93 
‘Schinia brevis var. atrites, 95 
‘Schoharie grit, 29 
‘School lectures, 38-39, 46, 125-26, 
134 
‘Schott, Frederick M., 93 
‘Scirpus debilis, 64 
‘Scopelosoma sidus, 96 
walkeri, 95 
‘Seaweeds, A Quaint Old Work on, 
85-91 , 
Selidosoma humarium, 97 
Senta defecta, 95 
Serpentine area, 9 
rock, 28, 61 
dark green, 8 
Sertularia argentea, 89 
pumila, 89 
Shad fishery, 90-91 
Shale, 139 
Shipman, Charles M., 108 
Shoemaker, Ernest, 53 
Shrew, short-tailed, 77 
Silene caroliniana, 109 
Silt, 62, 64 
Silver Lake basin, some botanical 
features of, 62-64 
some geological features of, 60- 
62, 64-65 
reservoir, IO1—2 


INDEX. 


Skinner, Alanson, 30, 108, 142 
Capture of an Adult Ambly- 
stoma punctata on Staten 
Island, 98 
Frank W., 143 
Smith, Morton W., 40 
Richard Penn, 40 
Sanderson, 142 
5: McK 28 
Snake, copperhead, 142 
Snout beetles, 75 
Snow, William L., 36 
Soapstone rock, 61, 62 
Spirit of the Fair, 29. 
Sponge, 89 
Spotted salamander, 98 
Sprague, John T., 32 
Spring beauty, 109 
Squirrels, use of larvae as food by, 77 
Staten Island: 
Bank, history of, 107-8 
description of in 1857, 57 
imposing-stone first used on, I-7 
literature relating to. See Book 
Reviews 
macrolepidoptera, 94-97 
newspapers, old: New York and 
Richmond County Free Press, 
4; Plaindealer, 4; Richmond 
County Mirror, 1, 4; Rich- 
mond Republican, 1-4; Staten 
Islander, 4, 6 
Sound, ice carnival in 1875, 114 
views, early: alarming demon- 
stration of Staten Island se- 
poys, 59; Billopp House, old,. 
56; Brighton, 57; Camp Wash- 
ington, 59; ferry boat West- 
field, 114; Mount Hermon, 58; 
Narrows from Staten Island, 
55, 58; Narrows from, the 
Pavilion, 55; New Brighton, 
58; New York from Staten 
Island, 55; New York Bay 
from Staten Island, 56; New 
York Bay from near the 


INDEX. 


lighthouse, 56; New York 
Bay and harbor from the 
telegraph station, 56; Quaran- 
tine grounds, 58-59; Staten 
Island Sound, 114 
list of, I10 
Steamboat wharf at foot of White- 
hall St., 145 
Stropheodonta demissa, 29 
parva, 29 
perplana, 29 
Strophomena rhomboidalis, 29 
Strophonella ampla, 29 
Sugar Loaf Rock, location of, 26 
Swords presented to General Worth, 


32-33, 145 


Tanager, scarlet, 53 
Tertiary gravel, 17 

sand, 17 
Thalpochares aetheria var. secta, 95 
Thanaos horatius, 94 
Thompson, R. H., 4 
Till, morainal, 62, 65 

red, 65 
Tompkins Academy, 67 
Toothwort, cut-leaved, 62 
Tortoise, box, 142 
Trap ridge, 9, 139 
Tree frog, 53 
Triassic red shale, 8 

rock, 138-39 

sandstone, 8, 65, 139 
Tribus, Louis L., 110, 144 
Tropaea luna var. rubromarginata, 96 
Tubularia indivisa, 89 
Turner, K. M., 144 
Tysen, David J., 70 


155 
Tysen, Elizabeth P., 70 


Vanderbilt, Jacob, 117 

Van Name, David M., 36 

Van Ness residence, 7 

Varon, David, 115 

Violet, bird-foot, 109 

Violet spotted salamander, 142 
Viola pedata, 109 


Walnut tree, black 113 

Walton, Thomas, 69, 71 

Washington Greys, Eighth Regiment, 
32 

Water shield, 62 
target, 62 

Waxberry, I10-I1 

Weevil, acorn, 76-83 
chestnut, 76-83 
hazelnut, 76-84 
hickory nut, 75-84 
pecan, 76, 78 

White oak, 11-12 

Wild azalea, 109 
columbine, 109 
pink, 109 

Wille, Nordal, 111 

Willow oak, 141 

Woodcock, 100 

Worth, Margaret, 32 
William Jenkins, 32-33 

Wright, Caroline V. R., 118 


Yellow gravel, 29 
Zamelodia ludoviciana, 53 


Zanclognatha pedipilalis, 95 
protumnusalis, 95 











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James Chapin, Honorary Assistant 


DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PALEONTOLOGY 
In charge of Dr. Hollick 


DEPARTMENT OF BOOKS 
In charge of Miss Pollard 


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