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mind those who have laid the ground work of the opera- 

 tions of the present day. 



Messrs. J. M. Ives arid F. W. Putnam, alluded to the 

 various discoveries made by Dr. Nichols in local Natural 

 History. 



P. W. Putnam announced the donation of one hundred 

 and thirty-five copies of" The Victoria Regia, or the Great 

 Water Lily of America, by John Fisk Allen/'' from the 

 author. This work was published in 1854. It is a folio, 

 and contains sixteen pages of text, and six plates repre- 

 senting the flower of natural size, in several stages of its 

 growth, the structure of the leaf, and the young plant. 

 The Institute, is, by this don-ation, in possession of all the 

 remaining copies of the edition, and the only source 

 whence the work can be obtained. On motion of Mr. 

 Putnam, it was 



Voted. That the copies of the " Victoria Regia," do- 

 nated by Mr. Allen, be sold at a price not less than ten 

 dollars per copy, or exchanged for works, equal in value, 

 -on Natural History and Horticulture, and that all' monies 

 received from this source be expended in the purchase of 

 works on Natural History and Horticulture ; and that all 

 books received as above be placed in the Library of the 

 Institute as donations from Mr. Allen. 



Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. 



Albert J. Lowd, Thomas R. Drowne and Benjamin Pear- 

 son, of Salem, were elected Resident Members. Winslow 

 Lewis of Boston, was elected a Corresponding Member. 



MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. Quarterly meeting. 



Vice President G-oodell in the chair. 

 The following amendments to the By-Laws were 

 adopted. 



CHAPTER I. The following to be added : " Provided, 

 however, that any member may, in lieu of the annual as- 

 sessment, pay the sum of thirty dollars to be added to 



