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Donations to the Library and Cabinets were 

 as follows: 



To the Library from the Trustees of the New York 

 State Library ; C. B. Richardson of New York City ; Button 

 Society of Natural History; Thomas Fetty place ot Slobie, 

 Ala.; Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield ; Henry M. Jin.'oks ; 

 Nathaniel Paine of Worcester; George C. Chase; N. Y. 

 Mercantile Library Association ; Connecticut Historical So- 

 ciety ; Mrs. N. D. Cole ; George F. Read; R. H. Wheat 

 land ; Henry F. Shepard. 



To the Cabinets from H. M. Brooks; Thomas Folty- 

 place ; F. H. Lee ; J. C. Lee ; R. S. Rogers ; James Bartlett 

 ofWenham; Joseph True ; Richard H. Wheathmd ; Chas. 

 H. Price ; Benjamin F. Morrison of Nantuckot ; L. K. 

 Evans; Chas. H. Norris ; Elliot F. Smith ; William dough 



Letters were read from the Trustees of the New York 

 State Library ; Smithonian Institution ; B. F. Morrison of 

 Nan tucket ; F. B. Perkins of Hartford, Conn. ; Jeremiah 

 Spofford of Groveland. 



The chair, on opening the exercises, recounted some of 

 his excursions and adventures during the day, and added a 

 pleasant description of several species of plants. 



S. P. Fowler of Danversport followed, with a further dis- 

 cussion of the flora of this peculiarly fertile region, fertile, 

 at least in vegetable rarities. Mr. F. went somewhat largely 

 into the consideration of those plants which had come under 

 his notice in this day's rambles. 



Rev. C. C. Beaman of Salem, had gleaned a few facts of 

 interest concerning the old meeting house and had also paid 

 a visit to the parsonage, another ancient institution of the 

 place, on which he based some entertaining remarks. He 

 further spoke of several notable localities in this region in- 



