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SOCIETY OF ARTS. 



Object. To awaken and maintain an active interest in the practical sciences and 

 to aid generally in their advancement and development in connection with arts, 

 agriculture, manufactures and commerce. 



Meetings. 2d and 4th Thursdays, Oct. to May, at the Institute. 



Membership. Open to graduates of the Institute and others interested in the aims 

 of the society. 307 associates (entrance fee, $3; annual dues, $3) ; 30 life mem- 

 bers ($50 or annual dues for 20 years). 



Publications. Members receive the Technology quarterly. 



New England Botanical Club. 



Address. Corresponding Secretary : Edward L. Rand, 53 State Street, 



Boston, Mass. 

 History. Organized Dec. 10, 1895 ; not incorporated. Herbarium in the 



building of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, Cambridge. 



Object. Promotion of social intercourse and the dissemination of local and general 

 information among gentlemen interested in the flora of New England. 



Meetings. Monthly, 1st Friday, Oct. to June, inclusive, at 7.45 p. m., at the 

 Twentieth Century Club, 3 Joy Street, Boston. 



Membership. 72 resident (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, $10) ; 79 non-resident 

 (entrance fee, $2; no annual dues). 



Publications. 



RHODORA; journal of the New England botanical club. v. 1-8 (i. e. no. 

 1-96), 1899-1906. Boston, Mass., [1899-1906]. 8. m. 



Price; % l P er annum (U. S. and Canada) ; to other countries, $1.25. v. I, 



$2; single numbers, 150. 



Distribution. On sale by Wm. P. Rich, business manager, 300 Massachusetts 

 Avenue, Boston, or by the Corresponding Secretary as above. Not ex- 

 changed with other journals, except in special cases. 



New England Catholic Historical Society. 



Address. Boston, Mass. Secretary : W. A. Leahy, 64 Pemberton Square. 

 History. Organized June 13, 1900. 



Object. Promotion of Catholic historical research and a wider knowledge of the 

 origin of the Catholic church in New England; rendering accessible documents 

 and records relating to the same; preparation and preservation in each parish of 

 a careful record of ecclesiastical events ; promotion of special study of dis- 

 tinguished churchmen and important events, etc., etc. 



Meetings. Annually on ist Wednesday in June. 



Membership. About 160 active (annual dues, $3; life membership, $30) ; honorary 

 members consist of bishops of the ecclesiastical province of New England. 



Publications. 

 . . . Publications, no. [i]-5- Boston, 1901-06. 8. 



Contents: no. i. First report of the . . . society. 1901. no. 2. The early 

 Irish Catholic schools of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1835-1852. By L. S. 



