242 



August 25 Clieloue aiabra ; Snakehead. 



■'■■'Bidcns cernua ; Nodding Burr Marigold. 



" crysanthemoides; Large Flowering Bidcns. 

 *Tricliostema dicliotoma ; Blue Curls, 

 Sept. 1 *Solidago altissima ; Rough leaved Golden Rod. 

 " 8 * " bicolor ; White Rayed " " 



* " lanceolata ; Narrow leaved " " 



* "• odora ; Spicy " " 

 " 5 * " sempervivens ; Evergreen " '■ 



Ilelianthus strumosus ; Wild Sunflower. 

 *Hieraciuni Kalmii ; Kalm's Hawkweed. 

 *Aster Novapgli^e ; New England Aster. 

 ■•■'Amphicarpa monica ; Wild Pea vine. 



* Coreopsis trichosperma ; Tick-seed Sunflower. 

 *Latliyrus maritimus ; Marsh Pea. 



"• 8 *Potentilla Norvegica ; Norway Cinquefoil. 

 ■■'Centaurea nigra ; Knapweed. 

 20 f Gentiana saponaria ; Soapwort Gentian. 

 " crinita ; Fringed Gentian. 

 Oct. 10 Haniamclis A'irsi'inica ; AVitch Hazel. 



Thursda,/. Januanj 28, 1858. 



Evening meeting at half past se^eii o'clock, the Yice Pres- 

 ident Russell, in the chair. 



The list of donations was read as follows, viz : 



To the Lihranj — from Alpheus Crosljy ; Essex Agricultu- 

 ral Society ; John Ball ; Charles W. Palfray ; John L. Rus- 

 sell ; Henry K. Oliver of Lawrence ; Humphrey Devereux ; 

 William S. Roberts ; Caleb Foote ; Edward Barnard ; Mon- 

 treal Society of Natural History. 



To the Cabinets — from Alfred Walcott ; Charles A. Put- 

 nam ; R. Brookhouse, jr ; Elisha Haskell ; Benjamin A. 

 West. 



Letters from Charles B. Norton, of New York, respecting 

 exchanges, were read. 



