Mr. Stiles read a paper on mounting microscopic objects.

He began by exhibiting & describing the apparatus & materials used in preparing & mounting objects for the microscope. & then gave the composition of the various media employed for the same purpose & a list of the Varnishes & Cements.

As an example of mounting, he chose a wood section & cut one of these the 1/300 inch thick. A similar one, which had been previously bleached & prepared by successive macerations in Spirit oil of Cajeput & Turpentine, was then mounted in Canada Balsam