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A collection of plants, from Guadeloupe Island, off Lower Cali- 

 fornia, was presented by John H. Redfield and Wm. M. Canby. 



A collection of plants from Vera Cruz, was presented by Chas. 

 Mohr, of Mobile, Ala. ; another from California and Nevada, was 

 presented by Dr. J. W. Metcalf; and one of eleven species of algas, 

 of California, was presented by Miss Sarah P. Monks. 



Single botanical specimens were presented b} r Dr. Robert 

 Bridges, Botanelly & Co., G. Schrader, J. S. Lippincott, and Dr. 

 J. L. LeConte. 



Minerals. A meteorite, which fell Feb. 12, 1815, near Home- 

 stead, Iowa, was presented by C. W. Irish, Iowa City. 



A large and magnificent specimen of amethyst, from Thunder 

 Bay, Lake Superior. Presented by W. S. Bissel. 



Idocrase, Orange Co., N. Y. ; two arkansites, Magnet love, 

 Ark. ; martite, Digby Neck, N. Scotia ; apatite, Nassau ; pyrite, 

 Bannat ; and calcite, Cornwall. Presented by C. S. Bement. 



A large pebble of limpid quartz, from Siberia. Presented by 

 Joseph Jeanes. 



Melanosiderite, chesterlite, jefferisite, and halite, from Chester 

 and Delaware Co's. Presented by W. W. Jefferis. 



Native silver and argentite, argentite, and pyrargyrite, Guana- 

 juata, Mexico. Presented by Dr. A. B. Carothers, Saltillo, M. 



A small collection of minerals from Fritz's Island, near Read- 

 ing, Pa., and a specimen of samarskite, from Mitchell Co., N. C, 

 were presented by Joseph Willcox. 



Other minerals were presented as follows : 



Five specimens of cinnabar, St. John's Mine, Solano Co., Cal., 

 and lignite from Alaska, by Dr. Wm. H. Jones ; malachite, from 

 Australia, by Dr. J. Belisario ; stilbite on gneiss, Frankford, Pa., 

 by John Ford ; arkansite on quartz, by Dr. Beadle ; several iron 

 ores from York Co., Pa., and Essex Co., N. Y., by John M. Hart- 

 man; fossil wood, Cecil Co., Md., by J. Ryder; agate pebbles, 

 Texas, by Lieut. A. C. Mackley ; lignite, Costa Rica, by Wm. 

 M. Gabb; peat, New Jersey, by John Cooper; bog ore, Edg- 

 mont, Del. Co., by A. B. Mitchell ; limonite with impression of 

 recent snake skin, Carroll Co., Ya., by Mr. Huey through Dr. 

 James Darrach; opalized wood, Nebraska, by Swarthmore College; 

 and sulphur, California, by Miss Sarah P. Monks. 



Miscellaneous. Tapa cloth, Feejee Is., presented by Dr. John 



