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"wood-pearls," from the Maple, by Mr. Samuel Berry, Porter, Me. Several 

 specimens of fruits and seed-vessels, by Mr. D. F. Carlton. Nine specimens 

 of plants from vicinity of Boston, and three specimens of Polyporus on willow 

 from Newton, by Dr. G. F. Waters. Twelve specimens of cones and leaves 

 of four species of Coniferae from the Pacific Coast, and leaves and cones 

 of two species of pines, P. tceda and P.palustris, from Florida, by Mr. R. E. 

 C. Stearns. 



Microscopy. Slide containing skin of Sole, by Mr. Chas. Stodder. Slide 

 containing infusorial earth from Monmouth, Me., by Mr. Edward Bicknell. A 

 mass of infusorial earth from Nevada, by Mr. R. E. C. Stearns. Slide contain- 

 ing specimen of Aulacodiscus oreganus by Mr. E. Samuels. 



Palaeontology. Fossils from Cincinnati, Ohio, by Miss Kyle. Shell in- 

 crustations from Hawkinsville, Fla., by Mr. Geo. A. Boardman. Two fossil 

 shells from Madeira, by Dr. Francis H. Brown. Thirty specimens of fossil 

 echinoderms from the Chalk Cliffs of Dover, Eng., by Mr. Luther Hills. One 

 hundred and thirty-two specimens of fossils from Decorah, Iowa, by Mr. Henry 

 Davis. A fossil Buccinum from Labrador, by Mr. S. H. Scudder. Seven fossil 

 shark's teeth from Holly Springs, Miss., by Dr. Arnold. Specimen of fossil 

 coral and coal-plant from Neuse River, N. C, by Dr. N. H. Talbot. Casts of 

 twenty-eight species of fossil mollusca and Crustacea, by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, through Mr. W. H. Dall. Four specimens of fossil coral and chalcedony 

 from Florida, by Mr. R. E. C. Steams. 



Geology. Over one hundred specimens of rocks and minerals, by Dr. H. I. 

 Bowditch. Three specimens of Lime rock from Madeira, by Dr. Francis H. 

 Brown. Four specimens of Porphyry and "Green horn-stone," from Melrose, 

 by Mr. Wm. B. Shedd. Ten specimens of manufactured stone, by Messrs. 

 McLean Bro's. A " Pot-hole " and eight specimens of rocks from Maine, by 

 Mr. Luther Hills. Sixteen specimens of rocks from Rangely Lake, Me., by 

 Mr. Geo. L. Vose, iilustrating his paper in Vol. I, Part iv, of the Memoirs 

 of the Society. Basaltic column from the " Giant's Causeway," Ireland, and a 

 wooden model of the Causeway, by Dr. W. W. Morland. A specimen of birch 

 wood found twelve feet below the surface of an ancient landslide on the Pre- 

 sumpscot River, Me., by Mr. E. S. Morse. Thirty-three specimens of stalag- 

 mites and stalactites from Fountain Cave, Missouri, by Mr. C. S. Lynch. 

 Petrosilex and green stone porphyry from Cohasset, by Mr. W. S. Balch 

 through Dr. C. T. Jackson. 



Mineralogy. Over one hundred specimens of minerals and rocks, by Dr. 

 H. I. Bowditch. Two specimens of Graphite from Ticonderoga, N. Y., by Mr. 

 Michael Snow. Twenty-six specimens of minerals from Rideau Lake, C. W., 

 by Dr. C. T. Jackson. A specimen of specular iron ore from Lubec, Me., by 

 Mr. C. Stillwell. A cut glass cruet-stopper with its central cavity partly filled 

 with water from a recent fire in Boston, by Mr. Thomas Gaffield. 



