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ings, M-hicli he said originnlcd by two brothers Miiiree, 

 one ii Presbyterian, the other a Methodist, in 1799, and 

 "vvhich have become one of the Institntions of Methodism. 

 The first permanent arrangement of these meetings in 

 New P2ngland was at Eastham on Cape Cod, where a 

 meeting was held in 1828. After this time to 1836 three 

 others were held. This year the gronnd and grove con- 

 taining ten acres was pnrchased by an association foimed 

 for that pnrpose, and an act of Incorporation was obtained 

 from the Massachusetts Legislature in 1838. It is called 

 Millennium Grove, and is a most beautiful and attractive 

 spot, and exceedingly well located and adapted for the 

 pui-pose. 



Another was established in 1835 at Mai'tha's Vineyard. 

 It still continues and has grown to be a great city of cot- 

 tages. This Asbury Grove corporation was established in 

 1859 ; the first njeeting was held in August of that year 

 and these meetings have since been continued annually 

 in the month of August. During this month there will 

 bo no less than two hundred of these gatherings in the 

 diflerent parts of this country ; they will be in the interest 

 not only of religion but of temperance and science. 



Prof. Gkouge H. Dixon, of Hampton, Va., alluded to 

 the introduced plants from Europe that hud been acclima- 

 tized here, some of which seem to thrive better in these 

 places of their adoption. He presented a collection of 

 the land and lluviatile shells of England, and made some 

 interesting remarks in relation to the hal)its and character- 

 istics of several of the species. He s[)oUe of the ditferent 

 strata of shell deposits with the view of showing the im- 

 portance of a knowlediie of the molluscato the jieolofjist. 



Mr. Geouge D. Piiippen, of Salem, said that it gave 



