138 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



PRESIDENT: 

 HENRY WHEATLAND. 



VIOE-PBESIDEJSTTS: 

 Abner C. Goodell, Jr., Daniel B. Hagar, 



Frederic W. Putnam, Robert S. Rantoul. 



SECRETARY: TREASURER: 



Henry M. Brooks, William 0. Chapman. 



AUDITOR: LIBRARIAN: 



Geo. D. Phippen. Charles S. Osgood. 



COUNCUj: 

 William H. Gove, S. Endicott Peabody, 



Thomas F. Hunt, David Pingree, 



David M. Little, Edmund B. Willson, 



Richard C. Manning, George M. Whipple, 



Edward S. Morse, Alden P. White. 



Eeport of THE Secretary. 



Since the last annual meeting there have been twenty- 

 two meetings of the society and two meetings of direct- 

 ors. 



There have been two field meetings during the last 

 season, one at Bartholomew's Pond, South Peabody, July 

 1, 1891. About thirty persons attended this meeting. 

 Vice President Hagar presided, and after a few introduc- 

 tory remarks introduced Mr. John H. Sears, who spoke of 

 the plants of the region, and Mr. Cyrus M. Tracy of Lj^nn, 

 who made some remarks on the flora of the vicinity. The 

 speakers were interesting and instructive, and the meet- 

 ing, though a small one, was enjoyed by all who took part 

 in it. The second meeting was on Wednesday, September 

 16, at Bradford Academy, where some thirty persons con- 



