Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-05
THE LINN EAN.
APRIL MEETING or rmn su,ENrIs
The Donations to the n, usoum and Lib a,y =
Tho New Plant Discoyercd ny
pfof stnbr

The donations to the 4, ,usoum and Lib ary--
Tho New Plant Discovered by
Prot stahr.
AT the adjourned April meeting Of tho
linn"an society on Saturday there woro
HiN visitors present, among then Prof. Kerr
ot the state college, Colorado.
Tho donations consisted of n fno spoci-
men OF an At6lno, or whito deer, { Ccrpus
IUgin'dnus), purchased for tho museum
by It's members. An article on it will be
read at tho May meeting. A specimen of
Alligator Wtssissppicnsis, donated by DIR.
=. L. Davis, who has had him alive for
four years. A spooimon of tho rare "uoary
Bat y lcpertRtio prup'isus) by Samuel
McComscy, per s. NJ. Seuer. This Ia tho
twenty years and tho first In tho city.
pair Of wooden shoes by Mr..
Lewis llaldy. A collection of about l25
specimens OF metalytrom minerals (gfeou
and blue carbonate copper and sulphato
| specimen gold quartz, and . specimen,
sulphato stlvor) by DR.. VIM. B. Fahne.
stock. y, M. Scnor presented a specimen
OF tapc worm found in the intcstincs of n
chicken, also bird nest. A portfolio of
about % shoots of specimens of plants
(Swiss aud Amcricau) collected by DIR.
Samuel Du Fresno In 1884, and given To
Linuwhu by DIR. Fahnestock. Prof. J. 4.
Stair added mounted specimen Hierdcium
throhdhnm, FricS now to tho flora Of
tho county.
Donations 10 tho Library.
The donations to the library consisted
Of the following Proceedings Academy
natural sciences, Philadelphia, part 3,
November to December. 1888 United
| states Patent Onicc gazette, Nos. B. and
IL, volume 20 lndox to inventors and
patents, etc. Catalogue OF library of q.
Herring, NJ. NJ Philadelphia lIovoy
y Co., catalogue of raro plants,
Little, Brown n Co., Boston
volume /, number one, VI Weekly
Lcigcr, Lancaster Report Of department
| of Agriculture | ) tor 1888 third report
United States Entomclogical Commission,
| lSSO'S2 two circulars of Bureau of Edu
cational, No. }, 1873, No. |, 1894 and
American school OF science at Athens,
| lSS2 Prospectus Standard natural his
| tory Book Buyer American and Foreign
Literature Clearance List Of Art books
newspaper flo and ti'O holder railroad
map Red River valley " Happy Days in
| the AzOrCs,' by Mariana Gibbons dOnat
cd to historical department by Mrs. +. ID.
| Icll articles ol Incorporation first
annual report AID number OF
other pamphlets from Oneida historical
society, UtiCa, y. Y. Moral and Religious
Aspect OF the ludnau Question, from Gen.
&. w DARLING III, also comics of
tta HeruH, (ApHl /, s, %, 20, 1850,
and Home JOrRaL April ., 1884, from
same > odd uumbrrs Of Science cata
| logues OF books from A. f. Footr, John
| Wanamaker and Row & Bro; resources of
| New South Wales, 1876 catalogues of
| High Bred Trotting Stock catalogue of
cows, and ono of fossils for slle . enyc.
lopes of II Biorraphlcal and historical
scraps Lancaster Fdrmev, April 1854 IS
VI. Sencr. donated a figo line engraving.
| iOxl9 of DR., J. T.. Wickersham. by Sar-
tain, made about 30 wears ago.
Letters were filed from j. 5. Wilmer
John NJ. Greiier, i. f. Gibbons, Oneida
| Historical society, G. W. Darling and Bos.
ton public library.
Tho committee on constitution aud by
laws reported progress aud wcro con
tiuued.
Bills for alcohol, f3r drl,Ggc, oxpICss.
age, etc in all $3.lT, were ordered TO be
paid.
Tho proceed gs OF the April meeting
were ordered to DO printed ON separate
sheets and tho secretary WAS instructed to
mail copies to the members, and the
question Of a printed bIlotin to bo settled
at the May meeting.
The subscription list Of names of mem
OeFS ana amounts Shpsctlpch was piactu
on file in tho archives.
A rev Plant.
Prof J. =. Stahr read the following notes
| on tho now plant discovered by him :
"Hieraohim Carolinanum Fries. | have
the honor to present to tho society to day
specimen Of the above named plant, col
lectcd by myself about July |, 1883,
near Willow Street, Lancaster county,
Pa. :wds induced 10 look ior II in
, that locality by my friend Prof !. g.
Po,cr, LII. d., Of Elston, Pa, who found
a specimen more than twenty years ago.
: II was formally regarded ~ some as a
variety OF III. JO!IoSum, MichehuN OF II
= Gr0nOriI, Lin AMI by others as variety
a OF H. FHHlcR!dtum, LIN, out iroi' Gray,
| | with view OF publishing nc" Cuit'oh o'
q cot Prof Pnr,cr's sprc,mcu's (obtained