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"Boston Society of Natural History ; Smitlioniaii Institution. ; 

 L. R. Stone ; C. W. Swasey. 



To the Cabinets — from Nathaniel Ingersoll ; James Bart- 

 lett of Wenham ; H. E. Story ; Mrs. H. M. Colcord of South 

 Danvers ; James R. Phelps ; S. S. Mackenzie of Topsfield. 



Letters were read from the Trustees of Boston Public 

 Library ; George R. Noyes ; Robert C. Winthrop of Bos- 

 ton ; Corporation of Harvard College ; G-. A. Ward of New 

 York ; Tennessee State Library : Andover Theological Sem- 

 inary ; Josiah Quincy of Boston ; Rhode Island Historical 

 ■Society ; American Antiquarian Society ; Massachusetts 

 Historical Society ; J. Coburn of Boston ; Chas. Hutchins 

 of Boston ; F. Bacheller of Lynn ; J. H. Hickcox of Albany ; 

 W. 0. White of Keene, N. H. ; Smithonian Institution ; 

 F. Winsor ; S. S. Mackenzie of Topsfield ; C. M. Tracy of 

 Lynn ; Wm. Merritt; Wm. S. Coggin of Topsfield. 



S. P. Fowler, of Danvers, remarked that some of 'our 

 fruit trees exhibited a very unusual developement this 

 season in their buds. This was particularly true of the 

 Cherry, whose flower buds, as a general rule, had wholly 

 failed, or become abortive. Whether this, and similar inju- 

 ries, have been caused by late frosts, or by the premature 

 warmth of part of the spring weather, or by some other 

 cause, was a question of both grave and curious import. 

 He moved that a committee be raised " to ascertain, if possi- 

 ble, the cause of the injury sustained by our fruit trees the 

 past season ; to note their present appearance and the extent 

 of their injury, the best mode of restoring such injured 

 trees, and their appearance next autumn ; together with 

 such facts in relation to the same as may come under their 

 observation, and report at the next Annual Meeting in May, 

 1862." The motion being adopted, Messrs. C. M. Tracy, 

 S. P. Fowler, James Upton, George I). Phippen, and J, M. 

 Ives, were appointed on the Committee. 



