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A vote of thanks was passed for Mr. Streeter's iiiterestlnt( 

 memoir : after which the Institute adjourned. 



TImrsday, April 22ch 1858. 



Evening meeting at 7 1-2 o'clock, the J^resident, Eon. 

 Daniel A. White in the chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. Donations announced 

 as follows, viz : — 



To the Library — from T. W. Higginson of Worcester : 

 Samuel Gr. Eea ; Timothy Davis, M. 0. ; Humphrey Deve- 

 reux ; G. Parker Lyon of Concord, X. II. ; Nathan W. 

 ■Oove, of Concord, N. H., Deputy Secretary of State ; C. 

 Buffum of Lynn ; H. P. Ives & A. A. Smitli ; James Cook, 

 of San Francisco, Cal. 



To the Cabinets — from Henrj' Derby : 0. C. Marsh of 

 Lockport, N. Y.; William A. Phillips of Swampscott. 



A letter from Hon, Timothy Davis was read l;»y the Secre- 

 tary. It contained the information that, I »y his request, the 

 Secretary of the Interior had placed the name of the Essex 

 Institute upon the list of Institutions, entitled to receive the 

 documents, published by order of Congress. 



The evening was devoted to the discussion of horticultu- 

 ral subjects, particularly appropriate to the present time, 

 when fresh buds are bursting forth and a new life is once 

 more given to vegetation, so cheering and enlivening to the 

 hopes and expectations of man. The evening was devoted 

 to a discussion on Horticulture, and the subject was opened 

 by remarks from Robert Manning, who chose for his theme 

 the cultivation of new varieties of fruits. In this connection 

 he instanced the successful experiments of the illustrious 

 Van Mons in originating new kinds and whose reputation is 

 world-wide ; basing his experiments upon Scientific theory 

 -and reducing this to practice. Among the less fruits Mr. 



