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Boxberry — Mitch ella repens. 

 Red Milkwort — Polijgala sanguinea. 

 Wild Pink — Dianilius armeria. 

 Wood wax — Genista iincloria. 

 Bayberry — Myrica cerifera. 

 Swamp Pink — Azalea viscosa. 

 Canker Lettuce — Pyrola rotiindifotia. 

 Willow Herb — Epilohium angustifolium. 

 Green Pyrola — Pyrola asarifolia. 



From other parts of the county he had the 



Clustered Blue bell, — Qampamda glomerata, from Tops- 

 field ; the 

 Zigzag Clover, Trifolium medium, from Danvers ; and the 

 Lopseed, — Phryma leptostachya, from the same town, near 

 the crossing of the Andover and Newburyport Turn- 

 pikes. 



He also showed a curious monstrosity in the white clover 

 where the pedicels of the flowers were so much lengthened 

 as to produce a true umbel, almost as large as that of an 

 Aralia. 



B,. H. Wheatland of Salem spoke upon the Zoology of 

 this region, but had not been fortunate enough to secure 

 any notable specimens during the day. The day before, 

 he had unexpectedly found in Wenham, a species of Min- 

 now or Tomcod, not before known in that locality. He 

 had been interested, this season in observing the habits of 

 the Tailor Bee. Though the observations had been tinctured 

 with much displeasure, as the insect had been specially 

 busy in destroying the flowers of his grape vines. This pre- 

 dacious habit was likely to make it a great pest, should it 

 become numerous : and some means may yet be needed to 

 prevent its destructiveness. He had examined its nest, 

 and noted the curious mode in which the insects con- 

 struct them. These are little burrows or chambers in 



