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mens of bark presented by him to the Institute had been obtain- 

 ed. Adjourned to December 19th. 



Tuesday evening, December 19th. Regular meeting, the Pres- 

 ident in the chair. The resignation of Mrs. Wilhams as Vice 

 President was read and accepted, and the nominating committee 

 appointed at the last meeting was instructed to bring in the name 

 of some person to fill the vacancy. The nominating committee 

 then reported the name of Mr. F. W. Batchelder for Secretary 

 and he was unanimously elected by ballot. They also reported 

 the name of Miss Caroline E. Wing for Vice President and she 

 was unanimously elected by ballot. Miss Wing was also appointed 

 a member of the executive committee to fill the vacancy caused 

 by the resignation of Miss Connor, the former secretary. Busi- 

 ness having been concluded Mr. Batchelder gave a talk on 

 " Fruits Botanically Considered," tracing, as an example, the evo- 

 lution of the apple from seed to seed. 



Adjourned to January 2d, 1900. 



