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are 4000 marketable cabbages raised to the acre, besides 

 carrots and squashes. Tlie facilities for sea manure renders 

 this farm of great practical value. Those of the party, who 

 visited the premises, pronounced the buildings, stock and 

 management of the farm of the very best character. Such 

 farming indicates that horticulture and agriculture are so 

 closely associated, that the examination of such a farm might 

 fall under the province of the horticultural department of the 

 Essex Institute, and appropriate as well as legitimate for a 

 subject of a field meeting. 



After the usual devotion to the contents of the baskets 

 and libations from the spring of cold water, the Institute 

 held its meeting, the Hon. B. F. Mudge, one of its mem- 

 bers presiding. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read from the 

 records, and the donations were announced as follows, viz : 



To the Library — from Alpheus Crosby ; Connecticut His- 

 torical KSociety ; D. F. Weinland ; Montreal Society of Nat- 

 ural History. 



To the Cabinets — from N. Cleaves ; W. J. Chever ; Geo. 

 Osgood of Danvers; L. Agassiz; J. H. Chancy; C. A. 

 Putnam ; M. A. Stickney ; D. F. Weinland of Cambridge ; 

 F. W. Putnam ; Caleb Cooke ; Gilbert L. Streeter ; C. R. 

 Fabens ; and C. A. Robertson of Cambridge. 



Letters relating to the " Historical Collections" of the In- 

 stitute, and in acknowledgment of receipt of publications 

 were noticed. Also a communication from Rev. Gardner 

 B. Perry of Groveland on " Lightning" was referred to the 

 Committee on the subject of meteorology, appointed at the 

 last meeting. 



Some erroneous statements having been made relative to 

 the sun-fish, jelly-fish or Medusae lying upon the shore, Rev. 

 John L.Russell, Vice President of the department of Natu- 



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