REMARKS 



MADE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



JUNE 2, 1845; 



SHOWING THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE SOCIETV, ITS INFLUENCE ON 



THE CULTIVATION OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES IN NEW ENGLAND, 



ITS PRESENT CONDITION AND WANTS, AND ITS CLAIMS 



UPON THE LIBERALITY OF THE PUBLIC. 



BY THE PRESIDENT. 



BOSTON: 



FREEMAN AND BOLLES. 

 1845. 



