Extracts from the Minute-Book of the Linnean Society. 761 
June 17. 
Read a Letter, addressed to the Secretary, from 
William Cooke, Esq., on the Preservation of Vegetable 
Substances in a Solution of Muriate of Soda,—of which 
the following is an extract. ‘* On the 30th of October 
1829. 
April 7. 
1826, Mr. B. M. Forster brought to me a specimen of 
Clavaria muscoides of Sowerby, with a desire that I 
would preserve it in the same way that I preserve ana- 
tomical preparations.—(Vide Med. and Phys. Journ. 
March 1816.) I put it into brine a little below satu- 
ration, suspending it by a delicate thread of silk, and 
closing the bottle by means of glass. Since that time 
it has remained in the solution, and, with the exception 
of having become a little deeper in colour, it is un- 
changed. As spirits are not only expensive, but usu- 
ally deprive plants of all colour, the discovery of a 
cheap and effectual solution for the preservation of 
plants is a desideratum." 
Mr. Brookes, F.L.S., exhibited a living specimen 
of Lacerta ocellata. 
The President read the following extracts from the 
Minutes of Council, dated February 24, viz. 
* Resolved,— 
**'That the By-Laws contained in Sections 2, 3, and 
4, Chapter II. of the By-Laws of the Society, as also 
the By-Law made on the 18th day of February 1823, 
(all of which said By-Laws relate to the admission 
and annual fees to be paid by Fellows,) be revoked 
and repealed; and that the following By-Laws be 
substituted, viz. 
* All Fellows elected after the 24th day of May 
5E2 1802, 
