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Ranunculus sp., near the outlet of Legg's hill ponds. 



Ranunculus fascicularis, hillside west of Forest River near Lynn road. 



Caltha palustris. 



Anemone nemorosa. 



Hepatica triloba, Swampscott near Salem line. Sepals dropping from most of 

 the flowers and new leaves half grown. 



Aquilegia Canadensis, great pasture, very few flowers open. 



Saxifraga Virginiensis. 



Sanguinaria Canadensis, Swampscott near Salem line. Leaves as high as the 

 flowers and many flowers without their petals. 



Fragaria Virginiana, roadside near Forest River. 



Houstonia ccerulea. 



Viola cucultota. 



Viola blanda. 



Acer rubrum, roadside, Swampscott. 



Salix, two species on the Eastern Railroad. 



Benzoin odoriferum, meadow north of Legg's hill. ^ 



Gnaphalium uliginosum, pastures and roadsides. 



Erythronium Americanum. near Legg's hill. 



Ariscema triphyllum, near Legg's hill. 



Carex Pennsylvania, and another species, great pasture. 



Equisetum arvense, Marblehead Railroad near Lynn road. 



Equisetum sylvaticum, near Legg's hill with Erythronium Americanum. 



The Secretary announced the following correspon- 

 dence : 



From Smithsonian Institution, April 18; Francis H. Appleton, Boston, April 29; 

 Joseph Banvard, Patterson, N. J., April 20; James S. Bryant, Hartford, April 18; 

 A. Crosby, Sfljem, April 19; Asa Gray, Cambridge, April 19; S. A. Green, April 4; 

 Richard M. Hodges, Cambridge, April 19; J. C. Holmes, Detroit, Mich., April 21; 

 O. W. Holmes, Boston, April 20; Frank B. Hotchkiss, New Haven, April 21; La- 

 burton Johnson, Bradford, April 18; Nathaniel Paine, Worcester, April 20; A. P. 

 Peabody, Cambridge, April 20 ; G. H. Preble, Charlestown, April 21 ; W. Hudson 

 Stephens, Lowville, N. Y., April 1; E. M. Stone, Providence, April 22; J. Wingate 

 Thornton, Boston, April 18; B. Westermann & Co., New York, April 19; W. O. 

 ..White, Keene, N. H.. April 28; M. P. Wilder, Boston, April 21. 



Mr A. C. GOODELL, Jr. alluded briefly to the plan, for 

 some time in contemplation by the Essex Institute of a 

 survey of the Natural History of the county. He con- 

 gratulated Mr. Hyatt upon the results of his labors in 

 this direction auguring favorably for the completion ere 

 long of this desirable work. 



Remarks were made by Mr. James Kimball and others 

 on the papers presented at this meeting. 



