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every way adapted for parlor culture ; and treated in tiiis 

 way gave very little trouble and might afford, like all the 

 pursuits of Botany, much of pure satisfaction and delight. 



Dr. George Osgood of Dan vers said that he had boon 

 searching the woods and fields to day, as was his wont, and 

 had collected many things of interest to himself. But of 

 these he would not speak in detail. These woods and fields 

 had another kind of interest for him. Among them he spent 

 the precious hours of his childhood and these rural haunts 

 of North Andover were to him all that is bound up in the 

 thought of one's youthful home. True he was not actually 

 born here, but his ancestors had always resided here, and he 

 himself likewise from a very early date till he left to estab- 

 lish himself in his profession, fifty or sixty years since. But 

 a small share of those, that were then here in active life, are 

 now remaining. Many of these former generations seem 

 to come back to his memory, with their many virtues and 

 excellencies, he remembered the old minister. Rev. Mr. 

 Simms, a brother member of his own profession. Dr. Thom- 

 as Kittredge, with Lieut. Gov. Phillips, and many others 

 whom he na,med, now pased away forever from the field of 

 their earthly labors. 



C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, went into some examination of 

 the plants collected during the day by himself and others 

 adding a few remarks on the different species. The follow- 

 ing were noticed : 



Wild Bergamot — Monarda fistulosa. 



Enchanter's Nightshade — Circcea Lutetiana. 



Narrow leaved Loostrife — Lysimachia lanceolata. 



Blue Vervain — Verbena hastata. 



Ground Nut — Apios tuberosa. 



White Alder — Clethra alnifolia. 



Red Milkwort — Polygala sanguinea. 



Large flowered Scullcap — Scutellaria galericulata. 



ESSEX INST. PEOCEED. VOL. ii. 51. 



