MEETINGS. 



June 12, 1849. 



Field Meeting at Danvers and Wenham. 



Plants noticed. Vaccinium Vitis Idcea L. at Oakes' 

 locality, Danvers, where it was first found in 1820, "the 

 only spot in this State" according to Emerson's Report on 

 the Woody Plants of Massachusetts. Andromeda polifolia 

 L. just passing out of blossom, on the sphagnous borders 

 of Cedar Pond ; also, Sarracenia purpurea^ Cetraria juni- 

 perina var. virescens ; Hyjmum paludosum. Mr. S. P. 

 Fowler, according to his statement, has gathered Kalmia 

 glauca on this spot. At Pleasant Pond, Wenham, Good- 

 yeria pnbescens, Pyrola ellipHca, Pyrola chlorantha, Mon- 

 eses unijlora, Platanthera fimhriata Clintonia borealis, &c. 

 &c. At the afternoon meeting, the structure and economy 

 of the lower algas, of lichenes, musci and fungi were exhi- 

 bited by the use of the miscroscopes and occupied consid- 

 erable time. 



July 24 1849. 



Field Meeting in the Vicinity of Lynnfield. 



The size and vigor of the locust trees {Robinia pseuda- 

 cacia L.) on the premises of the Hon. Asa T. Newhall, ap- 

 parently free from the ravages of the borer (Clytus pictus) 

 were noticeable. The extreme dryness of the season was 

 evinced in the scarcity of flowers. Drosera longifolia and 

 Utricularia vulgaris^ with the pond lily {Nymphoea odor' 

 ata') were most conspicuous. Of lichenes, specimens of 

 Btiatora decolorans, Parmelia speciosa, Umbilicaria Miih- 

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