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management, and conteuts of what are usually termed ferneries, but for which a more 

 comprehensive name was required; The paper, which is supplementary to the 

 lecture en Bombay Gardens recently delivered by Mr. Carstenson, was listened to 

 with much interest by those present at the meeting, and will be printed in full in the 

 Society's Journal. 



THE ODORIFEROUS" GRASSES. 



Mrs. J. C. Lisboa then read extracts from a paper which she has written for the 

 Society's Journal, containing a complete account of the odoriferous grasses of India. 

 Mrs. Lisboa also placed before the meeting a large collection of these grasses 

 together with a description of a new species of Andrcpogon hitherto inedited. 



