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by Miss Carter. They have also labelled the collection of Meteor- 

 ites, about eighty in number, deposited by Mr. John Cummings, 

 and arranged it in the geological work-room. Professor Crosby 

 has, with Miss Carter's assistance, re-arranged the collection of 

 Minerals, so as to correspond with the revised text of the Guide 

 just referred to. 



During the fall, this gentleman was engaged, with the permis- 

 sion of the Society and under the direction of the Massachusetts 

 Commissioner, in preparing a collection of the Minerals and Eocks 

 of Massachusetts for the New Orleans Exhibition. Mr. Crosby's 

 expenses, amounting to $250, were paid by the Commissioner 

 (Mr. J. Howard Nichols). The collection includes about 175 

 lots, consisting of from one to ten specimens each. It has been 

 exhibited at New Orleans in the name of the Society, and on its 

 return from the Exposition, the greater part of the collection will 

 become the property of the Society. 



The Geological Department remains as it was at the date of the 

 last report. 



Both of these departments are becoming more widely known 

 every year and their usefulness is notably increasing 



Botany. 



The liberality of Mr. Cummings enables us to report the con- 

 tinued progress of this department. Under his direction, Miss 

 Carter has continued the work of revising and relabelling the gen- 

 eral collection. 



The Apetalge and Gymnospermae have been completed and are* 

 reported to stand as follows : The Apetalaa are represented by 32 

 orders, 235 genera, 970 species and 1,709 specimens ; the Gymno- 

 spermse by 2 orders, 13 genera, 47 species and 917 specimens. 



This completes the revision of the exogenous divisions which, 

 are reported to contain altogether 152 orders, 2,183 genera- 

 10,913 species and 17,820 specimens. This includes 3,014 varie- 

 ties and species, which were rescued from the store of duplicates. 



The Mosses have also been revised and labelled according to 

 Lesquereux and James' " Mosses of North America." 



The herbarium has received twelve specimens of Algae from 

 Mr. F. S. Collins, four from Miss C. H. Clarke, and a small collec 



