Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced 

 as follows: 



To the Library — from the Trustees of the New York 

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

 Society of Natural History ; Thomas Fettyplace of Mobile, 

 Ala. ; Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield ; Henry M. Brooks ; 

 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 Fetty- 

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

 of Wenham ; Joseph True ; Richard H. Wheatland ; Chas. 

 H. Price ; Benjamin F. Morrison of Nantucket ; L. E. 

 Evans ; Chas. H. Norris ; Elhot F. Smith ; William Clough. 



Letters were read from the Trustees of the New Yox'k 

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

 Nantucket ; 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- 



