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ters ;" there were also remarks from Rev. B. F. McDaniel, 

 Messrs. J. J. H. Gregory, A. C. Perkins, N. A. Horton, 

 and others. 



Fourth, on Wednesday, Aug. 15,1883, atBalch's Grove, 

 Groveland, by invitation of the Groveland Flower Mis- 

 sion. At the afternoon session, Miss Harriet E. Paine 

 spoke on " The Plants of the Vicinity," Dr. George B. 

 Loring on " Forestry ;" there were also remarks from N. A. 

 Horton and Dr. G. Cogswell. 



Fifth, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1883, at West Pea- 

 body, by invitation of the Farmers' Club of that place. 

 The forenoon was spent in visiting the farms of Messrs. 

 Henry Saltonstall, and F. H. Appleton, and other places 

 of interest. At the afternoon session, the speakers were 

 Messrs. J. H. Sears, George Dixon, W. P. Upham, J. 

 H. Ingraham, Willard Spaulding, James P. King and J. 

 S. Kingsley. 



MEETINGS. Regular meetings occur on the first and 

 third Monday evenings of each month. Special and ad- 

 journed meetings occasionally. At these meetings papers 

 have been presented by the following persons and referred 

 to the publication committee : 



Edward A. Silsbee, on " Criticism of Poetry." 



William G. Barton, on "Pigeons and the Pigeon 

 Fancy. 1 " 



Rev. B. F. McDaniel, on "The Literature and History 

 of Bells." 



J. Ritchie, jr., and Charles Toppan, on " A New Process 

 of Bleaching." 



F. L. Capen, on "Catastrophic Planetary Tidal Action 

 of the Globe." 



1 Bulletin, Essex Inst., Vol. XVI, p. 59. 



