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ings, which he said originated by two brothers Magee, 

 one a Presbyterian, the other a Methodist, in 1799, and 

 which have become one of the Institutions of Methodism. 

 The first permanent arrangement of these meetings in 

 New England was at Easlham on Cape Cod, where a 

 meeting was held in 1828. After this time to 1836 three 

 others were held. This year the ground and grove con- 

 taining ten acres Avas purchased by an association formed 

 for that purpose, and an act of Incorporation was obtained 

 from the Massachusetts Legislature in 1838. It is called 

 Millennium Grove, and is a most beautiful and attractive 

 spot, and exceedingly well located and adapted for the 

 purpose. 



. Another was established in 1835 at Martha's Vineyard. 

 It still continues and has grown to be a great city of cot- 

 tages. This Asbury Grove corporation was established in 

 1859; the first meeting was held in August of that year 

 and these meetings have since been continued annually 

 in the month of August. Din-ing this month there will 

 be no less than two hundred of these gatherings in the 

 different parts of this country ; they will be in the interest 

 not only of religion but of temperance and science. 



Prof. GEORGE H. DIXOJ?, of Hampton, Va., alluded to 

 the introduced plants from Europe that had been acclima- 

 tized here, some of which seem to thrive better in these 

 places of their adoption. He presented a collection of 

 the land and tluviatile shells of England, and made some 

 interesting remarks in relation to the habits and character- 

 istics of several of the species,. He spoke of the different 

 strata of shell deposits with the view of showing the im- 

 portance of a knowledge of the mollusca to the geologist. 



Mr. GEORGE D. PHIPPEN, of Salem, said that it gave 



