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speak, in the tissue and not unlike the effect of tlie inocuhi- 

 tion of virus in the animal subject. The yulgar belief that 

 when the original tree has perished, all its offspring by 

 scions and cuttings will follow the same law and destiny, 

 was considered to be without foundation and inadmissablc. 



After some business being transacted the Institute ad- 

 journed. 



Thwsday, May 12, 1858. 



Annual meeting this day at 3 o'clock, P. M. In the ab- 

 sence of the Venerable President Hon. D. A, White, the 

 chair was filled by John L. Russell, Vice President of the 

 department of Xatural History. 



The records of the preceding Annual Meeting were read ; 

 also the Report of the Secretary was read and accepted ; 

 and the Report of the Treasurer on being read was referred 

 to the Finance Committee. 



By tl;e Report of the Secretary we are informed that the 

 past year will be memorable in the annals of the society, as 

 the one, during which, the collection and the library were 

 removed from the Pickman Place to these commodious 

 rooms in Plummer Hall ; an edifice erected by the mu- 

 nificence of the late Miss Caroline Plummer, and one that 

 will be the pride and glory of our city ; may the same en- 

 lightened zeal prompt our citizens to sustain and liberally en- 

 dow the institutions now located in that building, which in- 

 duced this lady to provide such ample means for the accom- 

 plishment of such a noble object. It was the desire of the 

 Committee to whom was assigned the duty of superintend- 

 ing the removal and the erection of additional cases, <fec., 

 to present in detail a report of their doings ; but circum- 

 stances, beyond their control, have prevented ; they, accord- 

 ingly, ask permission to report at some future meeting. 



