IV CONTRNTS. 



Regular Meeting, Monday. May 18, 1874, 102 



Charles C. Perkins. Talk upon Art. hi:. 



Field Meeting at Ipswich, Wednesday, June 2, 1874, . . . 105 



Rumble ;unl Notice. 102.— E.S. Morse. On the Fertilization of Flower.*, 

 109.— F.W. Putnam. On the Shell Heaps at Eagle Hill; also an account 

 of the Chavliorlua Sloavi. from George's Banks, in. — T. Morong, An 

 Historical Account of the Public Library, 112. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, June 15, 1874 115 



A < omniittce appointed to report on the Propriety of Taking Suitable 

 Notice of tin' Centennial Anniversary of the Meeting of the Legisla- 

 ture in Salem. Oct. 7, 1774, 115. 



Field Meeting at Topsfield, Thursday, June 18. 1874, . . .116 



Ramble and Historical Notices, lie — Opening Remarks by the Presi- 

 dent. 119; .1. II. Pitts. Account of Thomas Almanacs, 119; Remarks 

 bv N A. Horton. J. Spofford. S. Tocld, F. W. Putnam. 15. P. Adams, 

 Charles J. Peabody and others. 120. 



Adjourned Meeting, Friday, June 111, 1874, 122 



Regular Meeting, Monday, July 0, 1874, 123 



Committee on the Centennial Anniversary report favorably to the Ob- 

 servance of this Amiiersarv bv an Historical Address", and A. C. 

 Goodell. Jr., Esq., was invited "to deliver the Address. 123.— W. H. 



/Dull, Notes on an Examination of Four Species of Chitons, 124. 



Field Meeting at West Newbury, Thursday, July 16, 1874, . . 125 



The Ramble and Historical Sketches. 12."); Opening Remarks bv the 

 President. 134; G. D. Phippen, on Plants Collected, and especially 

 on "Weeds," 135. — Remarks bv John Robinson, I), li Jfagar, Abner 

 <;. Phipps, J. Spofford, Hayden Brown, S. M. Allen, W. H. II. Marsh 

 and others, 135. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, August 3, 1874, 138 



Field Meeting at Rockport, Thursday, August 6, 1874, . . 139 



The Ramble. 138.— A. Osgood, Notes on the Lead Mine at Rocky Hill, 

 West Newbury, 142. — F. W. Putnam. Notice of the Anderson school 

 of Natural History. 143; Remarks by A. W. Dodge. A. II. 'futile. A. 

 R. Hervey, 144. — J.B. Wardwell, Description of an Indian Relic, 145. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, August 17, 1874, .... 147 



Regular Meeting, Monday, September 7, 1874, .... 148 



E. ( . Bolles, Notice Of Some Relics collected at ( 'he-ter, Fngland, 150. 

 Notice, and Resolutions on the Decease, of J. Wyman, 152. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, September 21, 1874 153 



Field Meeting at Manchester, Friday, Oct. 2, 1874, . . . 155 



The Ramble, 155.— K. S. Morse. Remarks on Glaciers, r>7; John Robin- 

 son, Account of tlie Agassiz Bowlder. l.">s. — E. c. Holies, On the 

 Change of Color in Leaves in Autumn, 169. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, October 5, 1874, 100 



Commemoration l-t Centennial of the Revolution, 160. — < >de adapted 

 to the Occasion 161 ; A. C. Goodell, Jr., Address, 162. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, October 19, 1874 165 



K. S. Morse, on the Theory ol Evolution, 167; E. C. Bolles. Account of 



the Various Scienti lie in -him bo!" 1 Ion, 168; R Rldgway, Lists 



of Birds observed from Sacramento to Sail Lake City, al vaiioua 

 Localities < loutiguous to < leutral Pacific Railroad. 168. 



