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The Entomological department was very rich, embracing as it did the great collection 

 purchased of Hentz, but the whole number of species and specimens cannot be stated. 



Of the Herbarium there is no mention of the magnitude at this time, but it contained 

 the valuable donations of plants made by Dr. Jas. Jackson and by J. S. Copley Greene. 



Already the collections of the Society were beyond the ability of the curators to find 

 proper space for in the exhibition cases, and it was necessary to put away many in drawers 

 out of view. 



The Library as well as the Cabinet had constantly received donations during the ten 

 years past, but as yet was very deficient in works necessary for students in every 

 department. It consisted at this time of 660 volumes, besides numerous pamphlets. 

 But little money had been expended for books, as the financial condition of the Society 

 had not warranted it. The largest donors to this department were Judge Davis, who in 

 1837 presented a great number of valuable works; and Col. Thomas H. Perkins, who in 

 the last year of the decade presented a magnificent copy of Audubon's work on the 

 birds of America. Other donors to the library of valuable books were Drs. D. H. Storer, 

 John Ware, Amos Binney, Jr.. Joseph W. McKean, B. D. Greene, and Messrs. E. Tucker- 

 man, Jr., Edward Warren, Henry Codman, Isaac McLellan, John Lowell, Jr., and Joseph 

 Coolidge. 



Addresses were delivered before the Society at its annual meetings, first in 1835, and 

 afterwards in 1-837, 1838, 1839, and 1840, as already mentioned. Several of these were 

 published. 



At this time the first two volumes of the Journal of the Society and the contents of a 

 large portion of the third had been published. All the papers were communications that 

 had been made at meetings of the Society, and were of such character as to establish for 

 it a high scientific reputation, both at home and abroad. It served greatly towards 

 obtaining the works of foreign societies through exchange. 



Communications of important character were made at almost all the meetings, and often 

 interesting discussions followed concerning the matter presented in them. The members 

 who took the most conspicuous part in the proceedings during the first five years, were 

 Dr. C. T. Jackson, Dr. D. H. Storer, Dr. A. A. Gould, Mr. George B. Emerson, Mr. C. C. 

 Emerson, Mr. Epes S. Dixwell, Dr. J. V. C. Smith, Dr. J. B. S. Jackson, Dr. Walter Chan- 

 ning. and Rev. F. W. P. Greenwood, though many others participated. During the later five 

 years may be mentioned as the most frequent contributors to the interest of the meetings 

 by their communications, Drs. C. T. Jackson, Augustus A. Gould, D. Humphreys Storer, 

 Thomas M. Brewer, Martin Gay, Thaddeus W. Harris, Amos Binney, Rev. F. W. P. Green- 

 wood, Professors Jeffries Wyman and C. B. Adams, and Messrs. J. E. Teschemacher, 

 Edward Tnckerman, Jr., George B. Emerson and Epes S. Dixwejl. 



The Council of the Society, consisting under the Constitution of the officers elected by 

 it, and whose duty it was to control the expenditure of the money, select lecturers and 

 decide upon the subjects to be treated upon by them ; designate what books should be 

 purchased for the library ; nominate Honorary and Corresponding Members ; attend to the 

 publication of the Journal; and to transact any other business not inconsistent with the 

 Constitution and By-laws ; met in the early days only as specially called together, but 

 subsequently, after the regular meetings of the Society. 



