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Mr. Trego also announced the death of Mr. Isaac Wayne, 

 a member of this Society, who died on the 25th ult., aged 83. 



Mr. Trego exhibited to the Society some mineral specimens 

 procured by Dr. Hammond, of the U. S. Army, from a volca- 

 nic region in New Mexico, between the waters of the Rio del 

 Norte and the Gila, on the Pacific slope. Among them are 

 specimens of garnets; beautiful for their fineness of colour and 

 excellence of composition. 



Dr. Hamm.ond says, that in that part of New Mexico, the 

 common potato {Solanum tuherosum), grows abundantly in 

 a wild state, and is apparently indigenous in that region. Some 

 of the tubers from this native growth have been sent to the 

 President of an Agricultural Society in New York, for experi- 

 ment in planting. 



Mr. Henry D. Gilpin, on the part of Mr. Cogswell, librari- 

 an of the Astor Library in New York, stated that the Library 

 has duplicates of the early volumes of the Transactions of 

 this Society, which they would be glad to exchange for the 

 fourth, and all after the sixth volume of the New Series: — 

 which, on motion, was referred to the Librarian of the Socie- 

 ty, with power to take order. Mr. Gilpin further reported 

 the satisfactory condition of the Astor Library, which he had 

 recently visited. 



The Society then proceeded to the adjourned election of 

 members: — when, on the proposition of two of those who had 

 nominated No. 284, the balloting for that nomination was post- 

 poned until the meeting for election in January next. 



The pending and new nominations were read. 



All other business having been concluded, the ballot box 

 was opened, and the following named gentleman was declared 

 by the presiding officer to be duly elected as a member of the 

 Society. 



Lieut. M. F. Maury, of the U. S. Navy. 



