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played they measured 5 and 6 inches in circumference, exhibit- 
ing a great variety and brilliancy of colors. Some were of the 
purest white; some of the most delicate flesh color; others 
tinged with purple, green and violet, and still others shaded 
and variegated with the finest brown or black. On touching 
the arms or leaves they instantly contract. By expanding and 
contracting the leaves they collect and convey food to their 
mouths, which are placed in the centre of the blossom. 
On offering them bits of muscles’ they directly seized them 
with their arms, conducted them to their mouths and swallowed 
them. 
If pieces of shells adhered to the muscles, or if small muscles 
were given them, the shells were afterward discharged by the 
mouth. 
The Sea-Anemone is said to be viviparous. It has also the 
power of reproduction. If the arms are clipped off they will 
bud and grow to the usual size. And the Abbe Dicquemare 
has shown by a course of experiments that, like polype, it may be 
multiplied by shreds clipped from the animal. These Anemo- 
nes have a progressive motion, moving but extremely slow. 
Mr. Joseph Barrel, of Charlestown, who, with several other 
gentlemen, was there at the same time, carried home a pebble 
on which an Anemone had attached itself, and preserved it 
several months in sea-water. It disengaged itself from the 
stone and moved about the vessel in which he had placed it. 
It has been classed among the zoophytes.” 
The Corresponding Secretary, Dr. A. A. JULIEN, reported 
that letters accepting honorary membership had been recently 
received from the following persons : 
Pror. ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, 
Pro. S. P. LANGLEY, 
Dr. JosePH LEIDY, 
Pror. Dr. G. MENEGHINI, 
Pror. Louris Pasteur, 
Sir Henny Roscoe, 
Pror. H. F. RoseNBuscH, 
Pror. JoHN TYNDALL. 
And in acceptance of corresponding membership from 
CaVRE. SEBASTIANO FENZI, 
! The old spelling of mussel (Ed.). 
