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Erythromum americanum, most improperly and un- 

 happily called " Dog's Tooth Violet," a fine locality of 

 which can be seen in the low land among bushes near 

 Legg's Hill and the Forest Kiver road. It belongs to the 

 Lily tribe, and it has been suggested that it be called May 

 Lily. It has elegant glossy leaves, blotched with purple. 

 Josselyn, in 1672, calls it " Yellow Bastard Daffodil ; it 

 flowereth in May ; the green leaves are spotted with black 

 spots." It was cultivated in England in 1G65, and is 

 mentioned in Rea's Flora. 



Feathery Catkins, from the branches of Alders, Willows, 

 Poplars and Maples, are now for a brief period shaking 

 their pollen to the winds, and in their graceful beauty are 

 well worthy of study. They are occasionally mentioned 

 with much effect in the poems of Bryant, some of whose 

 sweetest inspirations were caught under the swaying 

 branches of his native woods. 



Rev. Or. D. Wildes gave an account of a recent celebra- 

 tion of May-day in England. 



F. W. Putnam gave a summary of a paper, presented for 

 publication by J. A. Allen of Springfield, entitled a " Cata- 

 logue of Birds found at Springfield, Mass., with Notes on 

 their Migrations, Habits, &c., together with a List of those 

 Birds found in the State not yet observed at Springfield." 

 Referred to the Publication Committee. 



The proposed amendments to the Constitution were 

 read for the second time. 



Charles D. McDuffie, of Salem, was elected a resident 

 member. 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 11. Annual Meeting. 

 Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. 

 Letters were read, from S. F. Baird, William Stimp- 



