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conversation. His life is an exemplification of the 

 influence of such pursuits as our's, on the heart and 

 mind. 



In conclusion let me add, that much remains to be 

 accomplished in every department of science under 

 our immediate cognizance. The flora of this County 

 contains many beautiful and elegant productions. A 

 full and perfect herbarium is essential to our Cabinet. 

 An attention to the cryptogamous plants will interest 

 many, who hitherto may have overlooked them. Of 

 diminutive size and of humble rank in the order of 

 vegetable forms, their real beauty and inimitable per- 

 fections are imperceptible without minute study and 

 examination. Assisted by the microscope we are as- 

 tonished and delighted with their wonderful and 

 unique economy. Composing a vast group of an ex- 

 tensive variety of forms, they are scattered over the 

 earth's surface, with a profusion equal only to the 

 benefits which they confer in the great operations of 

 existence. 



Those rarer phaenogamous plants too, which the 

 research of the respected President of this Society has 

 heretofore discovered in our immediate vicinity, should 

 prompt others to a similar spirit in each section of the 

 county. The peculiar beauty and value of the dried 

 specimens of another, who is also well known as an 

 accomplished botanist, will serve as models of our 

 own. Our Entomology demands particular attention. 

 The members of the Society will confer a great ser- 

 vice to the general cause, by transmitting at the end 

 of each season, collections of every species of insect 

 which falls under their observation. 



