Extracts from the Mitiute-Book of the Linnean Society/. 761 



Ju72e 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 

 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.' — (f^ide 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." 

 1829. 



Jpril 7. Mr. Brookes, F.L.S., exhibited a living specimen 

 of Lacerta ocellata. 



The President read the following extracts from the 

 Minutes of Council, dated Februar}'^ 24, viz. 

 " Resolved, — 



" That the By-Laws contained in Sections 2, 3, and 

 4, Chapter IL 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 and repealed ; and that the follp>ving By-Laws be 

 substituted, viz. 



" All Fellows elected after the 24th day of May 

 5 E 2 1802, 



