274 [May, 1843 



STATED MEETING, June 6, 1843. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Three hundred and thirty-five species of Plants from the 

 North- Western Territory, including the Valley of the 

 Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Presented by J. N. 

 Nicollet, Esq. 



Fire Opal, and native capillary Silver, from Mexico ; pure 

 Indigo, from Guatimala ; and a Lichen, from Venezuela. 

 Presented by Captain John Land. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Annales des Mines. Quatrietne Serie. Tome 1. Liv. 3 ; and 

 Tome 2. Liv. 4, de 1842. In exchange. 



Observationes Astronomicse in Specula regia MonachiensL 

 institutse et regio jussu publicis impensis editse a J. Lamont. 

 Vol. vii. et vol. x. seu novse seriei, vols. v. et xi. Monachii. 

 1842. 



Die Kartoffel-Epidemie der letzen jahre oder die Stodfaule 

 und R&ude der Kartofilen. Von Dr. Von Martius. 4to. 

 Munchen, 1S42. From the Author. 



The number of the Army and Navy Chronicle containing a 

 list of Officers and Members of the National Institute, for 

 1843. 



A number of the Middletown (Connecticut) Sentinel contain- 

 ing a communication from Dr. J. Barratt, Correspondent of 

 the Academy, on a plan for restoring Salmon to the Con- 

 necticut river. From Br. Barratt. 



Five engraved copper plates of Physa and one plate of Pla- 

 norbis, of Haldeman's Limniades. From the Author. 



