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presented, and abstracts have been printed in the BULLETIN 

 or reserved for the "Historical Collections ;" John Robin- 

 son, on our early native plants, with a floral calendar kept 

 by one of our young and enthusiastic collectors, noting the 

 blooming of some of the spring flowers for several years 

 past; also a paper on ferneries, how to make them and 

 what to put in them ; George H. Devereux, on the origin 

 of surnames ; a catalogue of the mammals of Florida by 

 C. J. Maynard, with notes on their habits, distribution, 

 etc. ; A. S. Packard, an account of recent explorations of 

 St. George's Bank in the U. S. C. S. Steamer Bache ; 

 on the glacial phenomena of northeastern America com- 

 pared with those of Europe ; F. W. Putnam, on ancient 

 Indian carving ; E. S. Atwood gave an account and read 

 extracts from a journal, of a journey to Philadelphia 

 by the late Rev. B. Emerson, some fifty years since ; 

 James H. Emerton, on worms of the genus Nais ; Stephen 

 M. Allen, on the ancient and modern theories of light, 

 heat and color ; Harold Herrick of New York, a partial 

 catalogue of the birds of Grand Menan. 



In this connection it may be deemed appropriate to 

 allude briefly to the meeting, March 5, 1873, commemo- 

 rative of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization 

 of the Institute. On this occasion were present His Ex- 

 cellency the Governor, the President of the Senate, the 

 Speaker of the House, and many other distinguished 

 persons. 



LECTURES. On Wednesday evening, Oct. 16, 1872, 

 Rev. E. C. Bolles commenced a series of eight lectures 

 in Mechanic Hall, Salem, entitled "Eight evenings with 

 the Microscope," and continued on successive Wednesday 

 evenings, except the seventh on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and the 

 eighth on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Mr. Bolles also delivered a 





