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its fiery gleam from pole to pole, I love the blooming 

 spring odorous with the fragrance of the garden and 

 orchard, the summer landscape rich with the verdure of 

 the forest and the field, the mellow autumn when nature 

 pours from her overflowing lap the ripened treasures of the 

 year. And I love to be remembered as one who has 

 endeavored to do something for the improvement and 

 embellishment of mother earth ; something which shall 

 contribute to the comfort and happiness of my fellow 

 men; and may I not also add, in this presence, some- 

 thing which shall redound to the honor and benefit of our 

 own New England ; something which shall live when I am 

 dead. 



Prof. O. C. MARSH, of Yale College, being called upon, 

 paid the high compliment to the Institute that through 

 its influence the botany and zoology of Essex county 

 were better understood than that of any other county in 

 the United States. He spoke of the noble work the In- 

 stitute had done in diffusing scientific knowledge over all 

 parts of the country, and encouraging other societies de- 

 signed to promote the same objects. It was at the hands 

 of the Essex Institute that he himself acquired his taste 

 for scientific investigations. He hoped that this was only 

 the beginning of the usefulness of this society, and that 

 we might all be present at its golden wedding, twenty- 

 five years hence. 



President J. D. RUNKLE, of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology, said his institution was merely fol- 

 lowing in the tracks of the Essex Institute "we are 

 making use of scientific knowledge by adapting it to the 

 practical affairs of life." 



Hon. GEORGE B. LORING, being called upon as Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Senate, spoke as follows : 



