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of any records in the Society's Library concerning the amount 

 of rain-fall in the United States; from the Portland Society 

 of Natural History, March 30, 1868, requesting to be sup- 

 plied with copies of the Proceedings of this Society ; and 

 from the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, Sept. 24, 1867, 

 soliciting an exchange of the publications. Also, from the 

 Natural History Society at Altenberg, Nov. 15, 1867 ; from 

 the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, Sept. 24, 1867, and 

 from the Secretary of State for Canada, March 16, 1868, 

 announcing donations for the Library ; and the Royal Bava- 

 rian Academy of Sciences, accompanying a donation for the 

 Library, and returning thanks for Nos. 75 and 76 of the 

 Proceedings. 



Donations for the Library were announced : From Acade- 

 mies, — the Eoyal Bavarian, of Sciences, and the American, of 

 Arts and Sciences at Boston. From Societies, — the German 

 Union at Altenberg ; of Arts, at London ; the Geological, of 

 London; the Meteorological, of London; the Philosophical, of 

 Glasgow; the Geological, of Glasgow; the Cambridge Mass. 

 Philosophical; the Boston Natural History; and the Chicago 

 Historical: from the Secretary of State for Canada; from 

 the Chicago Reform School; the Public Library of Cin- 

 cinnati; the Franklin Institute, and from Dr. S. W. Beck- 

 with, of Philadelphia. 



Mr. Thomas P. James related some incidents which had 

 occurred with regard to the Pursh MS. Journal, which he had 

 recently obtained permission of the Society to publish. 

 Having that object in view, in a measure, he read interesting 

 and amusing portions at the supper given in New York by 

 the Botanical Club in honor of Dr. John Torrey ; whereupon, 

 Prof. Gray remarked that he had a map which was evidently 

 one used by Pursh on this route, and which he would take 

 pleasure in presenting to the Society. The report of the 

 doings at this supper were published, and being read by Prof. 

 E. Tuckerman of Amherst, it induced him to communicate to 

 Mr. James the history of the map and the manner of its re- 

 turn to this country. Prof. Tuckerman attended the sale 

 of the Botanical Museum of A. B. Lambert, Esq., the well- 



