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VOL. 4. SALEM, MASS., AUGUST, 1872. No. 8. 



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FIELD MEETING AT GROVEL AND, TUESDAY, 

 JULY 16, 1872. 



[Continued.] 



THE PRESIDENT in his opening remarks alluded briefly 

 to his first visit to Groveland, then the East Parish of 

 Bradford, on Thursday, the 21st of September, 1837, a 

 beautiful autumnal day, in company with a few friends, 

 to attend a horticultural exhibition in the hall of the 

 Merrimack Academy, and a meeting of the Essex County 

 Natural History Society. 



The collection of flowers was very fine and tastefully 

 arranged, contributions were received from the gardens 

 of the village and also from those of Salem, Newburyport, 

 Haverhill and other towns. The attendance from the 

 vicinity was large, the agricultural and other occupations 

 being fully represented. A pleasing feature of the -occa- 

 sion was the appearance of the grounds * of the Academy 



*The ground in front of the Academy was then aflower garden, wholly managed 

 by Mr. Morse and his pupils, which, though entirely open and exposed, knew not 

 the loss of fruit or flower f 



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