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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1877. 

 MEETING this evening. In the absence of the PRESI- 

 DENT, Mi-. JAMES KIMBALL was requested to take the 

 chair. Records read. 



The following communications were presented by the 

 Secretary and ordered to be put upon record : 



SALEM. JUNE 19, 1877. 



G. M. WHIPPLE, Secretary of the Essex Institute. 

 DKAK Sn : 



Please make the following record in proper place in your manuscript 

 Journal. 



That yesterday, Monday, 18th June, 1877, I planted in three small 

 coves of the Ipswich River, at Hamilton, twenty-four seeds of the 

 Nelumbium luteum, the great water lily of our southern waters. 



The seeds were sent to me by our former townsman, and patron of 

 the Institute, John C. Holmes, Esq., of Detroit, and planted at his 

 suggestion. The seeds were soaked in water five or six weeks, then 

 filed on one or more sides, then imbedded in moist turf and dropped 

 in deep and still water. They were lively seed, for three others of the 

 lot had been proved by sprouting. 



GKOUGE D. PIIIPPKX. 



Mr. WASHINGTON, JULY 18, 1877. 

 DEAR SIR : 



I send you by this afternoon's mail a copy of "Burts among the 

 Clouds," being the second copy sold. 1 was a moment late to secure 

 the Urst, which goes to Detroit, Michigan, and the third copy to S. 

 Legier prez Vevay, Switzerland. It is a novelty in its way, being the 

 first paper printed on the summit of Mt. Washington, and I trust you 

 will find a place for it in the Essex Institute, and oblige, 



Yours respectfully, 



ROBEKT R. ENDICOTT, 

 of Beverly, Mass. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be given to Mr. 

 Endicott for his kindness, and the Secretary was in- 

 structed to inform Mr. Endicott of the vote. 



