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Inclhins and Eskimos, and their resemblances to others of 

 the great Mongolian race. 



The President remarked, that, in this centennial year 

 of the Repnhlic, the reminiscences of the past involunta- 

 rily come to our recollection. On this occasion, those 

 relating to the early botanists would especially claim our 

 consideration. 



One hundred years since, the far-famed Rev. Dr. M. 

 Cutler, then the minister of the Hamlet Parish in Ipswich, 

 since incorporated as the town of Hamilton, roamed 

 through these woods and was undoubtedly collecting the 

 materials for his paper, published in 1784, in the first 

 volume of the Memoirs of the American Academy, enti- 

 tled "An Account of some of the Vegetable Productions 

 naturally growing in this Part of America, botanically 

 arranged." Some fifty years since William Oakcs of 

 Ipswich, one of the most distinguished botanists of New 

 England, was collecting the plants of this region. His 

 writings on these subjects, and the beautifull}' preserved 

 specimens in his herbarium Avhich he liberally distributed, 

 gave to these woods a world-renowned reputation as one 

 of the natural flower gardens of America. 



The President then called upon Mr. John Robinson to 

 give some account of the botany of this vicinity. 



Mr. Robinson, in comparing the flora of Essex County, 

 particularly that of Cape Ann, with more Northern and 

 Southern regions, said: — 



We have here representatives of both the White Moun- 

 tain and New Jersey plants. Of the species growing at 

 the base of the White Mountains, there are several Ferns 

 and Lycopods, two species of Viburnum, the Striped 

 Maple, American Yew, Red-berried Elder, and many 



