180 



Of which there has been expended : 

 For the Library, 

 For the Cabinet, 

 For the Journal, 



Balance on hand, $303 53 



Income from assessments, 473 00 



Ordinary Expenses, 656 38 



Deficit, $183 38 



In two years, a debt of $258 45 has been incurred, in conse- 

 quence of members having withdrawn, either from the necessity 

 of economizing, or from a want of interest in its objects. These 

 vacancies have not been filled by the accession of new members. 

 The Treasurer urges the necessity of instant and active exertions, 

 to draw to the support of the Society a large number of new mem- 

 bers, who will give the aid of their money, if not of their time 

 and talents. 



The Annual Address was then given by Prof. Asa Gray, 

 of Harvard University. It gave an abstract of the recent 

 progress and present state of Vegetable Physiology, and 

 was listened to with profound attention by a numerous 

 audience. 



Voted, that the thanks of the Society be presented to 

 Prof. Gray, for the eloquent and appropriate address deliv- 

 ered before it this day, and that he be respectfully requested 

 to communicate a copy for publication. 



Voted, that the President be requested to prepare a sketch 

 of the doings of this annual meeting, together with his re- 

 marks on the wants and claims of the Society, to be circu- 

 lated extensively in a pamphlet form, among the members 

 and friends of the Society. 



Mr. Bulfinch and Dr. J. B. S. Jackson were chosen a 

 committee to procure an Address for the next annual meet- 

 ing. 



The Society then proceeded to ballot for officers for the 



