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commercial relations. The Hemlock Spruce has also been 

 employed for making live hedges ; bearing the shears well 

 and growing compact, thick and ornamental. Mr F. had 

 seen a profusion of trees of this species in his rambles to day. 



Mr. C. M. Tr£icy, contrasted the flowers and plants of this 

 district with those which grew spontaneously in Lynn, show- 

 ing the differences. The prim (^Lig-ustrum vulgare) so 

 abundant there had not been seen by him to day : and the 

 mountain laurel was not to be found to his knowledge about 

 Lynn vfoods, though so common in Beverly and immediate 

 vicinity. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam showed some eggs of the spotted 

 turtle, (^Emys guttata Sf E. picta') also some wood frogs 

 (^Rana syhatica^ which had been taken during the forenoon's 

 rambles. 



On motion of Mr. Fowler, it was unanimouslj' 



Voted., that the thanks of the Essex Listitute be presented 

 to Messrs. Wm. H. Foster and James Eaton, for the kind 

 attentions which had been shown to the members and their 

 friends on this occasion. 



After some general remarks regarding the next place of 

 meeting it was 



Voted, to accept the polite invitation of Mr. Benjamin C. 

 Putnam of Wenham ; and that the next Field meeting be 

 held at that place : after which the Institute adjourned ; 

 highly gratified with all that was seen and heard with the 

 thrift and management of the farm of their host and at the 

 stock and crops shown on the premises. 



Friday, July 10th, 1857. 



Field Meeting at Wenham. "A delicious Paradice," 

 says Dunton, who was at Wenham somewhere about 1686 ; 

 " it abounds with all rural pleasures, and I would chuse it 

 above all other towns in America to dwell in. The lofty 

 trees on each side of it are a sufficient shelter from the winds ; 



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