Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-26
THE LINNEAN SOCIETY.
Interesting Meeting on Saturtlay-valuaDie
Donations to the Museum and LIZ
brary-Papers Read.

Interesting Meeting on saturday.vaiuabie
Donations to the Museum and LII
brary-Papers Read.
The April meeting of the Linn9an soci-
city was held on Saturday afternoon the
oath inst, President J. S. Stair IN the
chair. Ten members and four visitors were
present. NJ. L. Davis NJ. d., of Miilers-
vile, was appointed secretary, pro. tem.
The following donations were made TO the
museum and library and to the historical
section. which were duly registered and
discussed :
A fine specimen of the Southern ''Pouch-
ed Gopher,' from Georgia, through Mr..
III. Vondersmith This is the GeOmis pine
It's of naturalists, but in the South it is
commonly called Salamander," which
shows the unreliability of exclusively COM
mon names. Forty specimens of minerals
and metals, eight of fossils and twelve of
fresh water shells, through A. F. Hostel
ter, esq.,, being a fragment of the J. Y.
Conyngham collection. Five specimens of
peculiar triangular, spindle-shaped palm
fruit (dried), part of the contents Of the
valise containing books, left in the mayors
office, by his honor J. 7. MacGonigle.
These are supposed to be the fruit or nut
of the g Daum Palm" or ''Shelter Palm'
(Nucjfera MeJaiJa), the pulp or kernel of
which becomes SO har! that beads for ro-
saries are made of it, A box containing
eleven japanese camel's hair pencils, with
bamboo handles and sheaths, from the
same.
Two immature dried ounces of 1879, in
fected by species of uredine fungus.
Six impressions in wax, of local seals of
the Adams express company in Lancaster
county, and three of the Reading express.
EaTwcnty volumes of French philosophical
and elementary books one volume English
grammar, and seventeen volumes of Japan
ese historical and literary works by Hon.
John r. MacGonigle. Part 3 for November
and December, 1879. of the proceedings
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia. Report of the directors of
the Central park menagelie for 1879. Nos.
II. IA, 15 and 1G, 1880 OF the OgiciaI
Ga=estc of the United States patent Office.
Index to decisions of the same for 1879.
Ten catalogues and circulars OF scientific
and historical books. The Lancaster Far
auer for April, 1880. l volume, estate of
Labor in Europe" by Hon. 4. Herr Smith
Twelve envelopes containing 11O hiStor-
ical and biographical selections from ). 5.
Rathvon a copy of the centennial numbt r
of the Baltimore Amertcan 1873 a copy
each of the Hauaiidn Gazette and the Conn
qnerciaL Herald, Honolulu, Sandwich is
lands, 1870, from 5. 5. Rathvon.
The following papers were read:
No. $50. by S. S. Rathvon on the
"Puuched Gopher" and the "Shelter
Palm'' nut No. $40, by the same, giving
a list of the titles and the authors OF
the books donated by Mayor McGonigIc ;
No. 541, very elaborate and interesting
historical paper was read by DIR. Dubbs,
on Ephrata Publications." which was
unanimously requested to be published ;
No. 5:,2, 'Do,anical Notes." 10y President
Stahr in which he commented favor
ably upon the fresh impulse that the
natural sciences have received from the
younr men and students OF the educa-
iional institutions of Lancaster, especially
in the departments Of botany and mici o
scopy, and astronomy. in which the Lin
mean is in hearty sympathy. He also laid
before the society two plants somewhat
rare for this region, namely specimen OF
TyIlium crect,tn car album from near Har-
nish's mill, and specimen of 1yridOnther|
Carbulo,ta, 4 creeping evergreen common
in the Jersey barrcns, but rare here.
The committee appointed at the Febru-
airy meeting to inquire and consider th'
feasibility of publishing periodical bulle
tin Of the society reported progress ant
was continued.
The following was offered by DIR. 5. 5
Rathvon and unanimously adopted
Resolcel, That vote of thanks be pass
ed to Mayor MacGonigle and others, TO
the liberal donations which, through thei
instrumentality, have been made to th'
society on this occasion.
To fill the vacancy in the secretaryship
occasioned by the death of the late Mr
Staufler DIR. NJ. l.. Davis, Of Millersville
was elected for the balance of the term.
A communication was received from MI
I'D. Wingate, of Carbondale, Pa, pro
posing to send the society suit of tin
fossil of the coal region. The proposition
was thankfully accepted, and the secretar
was directed to reply accordingly.
The donations were large, valuable an
interesting, and under the rule of . Scier
titic Gossip" a spirited interest seemed t.
bc manifested in behalf of the society, ant
Oh the whole the meeting was very inter
estinr one. After an hour or two pleas
antly spent in a mutual interchange
views on various scientific topics the Sc
cicty adjourned to the last Saturday ii
Nav. The Linnpan has maintained it
organization intact longer than any othe
scientific institution that has eXer existe'
in Lancaster.