THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY THEIR PROPER GUARDIAN 



UR Natunil History Society is an insti- 

 tution well known to the Boston pub- 

 lic. It celebrated its semi-centennial 

 ten years ago. It was through its initiative 

 that the State Survey in the last generation 

 was instituted, and its members were selected 

 to carry it out ; this they did to such good 

 purpose that it has served as a model to other 



States, and some of the works produced are 

 regarded as classics. The Society obtained 

 from the State the land on which its buildino- 

 now stands, and it has so well merited the 

 confidence of the citizens of Boston that it has 

 received large endowments from them, and 

 notably the means of building its present 

 home. It has taken a prominent and effective 



