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The Secretary, Mr. John Robinson, exhibited two 

 finely grown plants from Mr. David M. Balch, the Ama- 

 ryllis venusta, having ten flowers on three flower stalks 

 from one bulb ; and the Imantqphyllum miniatum twelve 

 flowers on one stalk ; also a forced Trillium grandiflorum 

 which had flowered twice from each bulb. 



The paper of the evening was communicated by Hon. 

 James Kimball, consisting of notes from the diary of 

 his grandfather, William Russell, prior to and chiefly 

 during the time he was confined in Mill Prison, England, 

 in the war of the Revolution. The extracts read were 

 very interesting, and embodied a vast amount of infor- 

 mation relative to the character and condition of the 

 prison, the treatment of the prisoners, when and where 

 captured, their places of residence, previous occupation, 

 etc. 



After the reading, remarks were made by several per- 

 sons, a vote of thanks passed, and a copy was requested 

 for the publications of the Institute. 



The paper is a valuable contribution to the history of 

 the period of the revolution, and will be printed in the 

 twelfth volume of the "Historical Collections of the In- 

 stitute." 



Adjourned. 



