A DAY AT LINEBROOK, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1883. 



THIS is a rural country village situated in the western 

 part of the township of Ipswich, and is about the same 

 distance from the principal settlement as from Boxford 

 and Topsfield ; some of the people receive their mail 

 matter in the latter town. 



The party from Salem went in carriages ; delegations 

 from towns in the vicinity were also present. Soon after 

 the arrival, a large number joined the botanical ramble 

 under the guidance of Mr. John H. Sears ; others went 

 at will over the hills and valleys to see places of interest 

 in this pleasant locality. 



The noon-day repast was partaken of in a beautiful grove 

 not far from the village church, which at 2.30 p. M. was 

 well filled with an attentive audience ; the President opened 

 the meeting with some preliminary remarks on the general 

 subject of field meetings, and said that the three meetings 

 held this season were in places which the Institute had 

 visited for the first time, an unusual experience in its his- 

 tory. 



Mr. JOHN H. SEARS, of Salem, described the flora of 

 the neighborhood, which, he said, is so varied, that a large 

 portion of the plants indigenous to the county can be found 

 here. He exhibited quite a long list of those that had 

 been collected during the day. 



Mr. M. V. B. PERLEY, of Linebrook Parish, read a 

 communication which he had prepared, giving some in- 

 teresting facts concerning the parish which is an old settle- 

 ment, dating back to about 1636, an abstract of which is 

 herewith appended. 



