418 Miscellaneous. 



1804, and published in 1807 an 'Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Hav- 

 niensis,' and in 1813 and 1815 a more complete synopsis of the 

 plants there cultivated under the title of ' Hortus Regius Botanicus 

 Havniensis.' In 1819 he wrote a dissertation ' De Indole Plantarum 

 Guineensium.' After the death of Vahl he superintended the pub- 

 lication of the ' Flora Danica,' and several papers by him have been 

 published in the ' Transactions of the Danish Philosophical Society ' 

 and the ■ Tidskrift for Naturvidenskaberne,' of which he was one of 

 the editors. His lectures and writings have done much to extend 

 the study of botany in Denmark, and have contributed to maintain 

 the character acquired for Danish botanists by Kcenig, Forskahl, 

 CEder, Rottboll and Vahl. 



Among the Associates we lament the loss of 



The Rev. Robert Francis Bree, who became a Fellow of the Lin- 

 nean Society in 1815, and was placed on the List of Associates in 

 1827. He died at his residence in the New Kent Road on the 28th 

 of January in the present year, at the age of 66. 



David Don, Esq., Professor of Botany in King's College, London, 

 and Librarian of this Society, of whom an account will be found at 

 pages 397 and 476, vol. viii. 



Mr. Charles Edward Sowerby (son of the late James Sowerby, and 

 brother of James De Carle and George Brettingham Sowerby, who 

 still survive to maintain the reputation of the family name,) was 

 principally known as a naturalist by the smaller and cheaper edition 

 of the • English Botany,' which he superintended and which is now 

 nearly completed. He died on the 7th of the present month. 



The President also announced that ten Fellows and three Asso- 

 ciates had been elected since the last Anniversary. 



At the Election which subsequently took place, the Lord Bishop 

 of Norwich was elected President ; Edward Forster, Esq., Trea- 

 surer; John Joseph Bennett, Esq., Secretary; and Richard Taylor, 

 Esq., Under-Secretary. The following five Fellows were elected 

 into the Council in the room of others going out, viz. The Right 

 Hon. the Earl of Beverley ; John Alexander Hankey, Esq. ; John 

 Miers, Esq. ; Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. ; and Alfred White, 

 Esq. 



ENTOMOLOGY IN AMERICA. 



" An Entomological Society, somewhat like your ' Club/ has lately 

 been formed in this country. It was projected by Dr. Morris of Bal- 

 timore, and contains at present only five members, or six including 

 me ; but I am too distant from the others to be considered as a re- 

 sident or immediate member. They are now at work on a Descrip- 

 tive Catalogue of our native Coleoptera, which it is expected will be 

 finished by the 1st of January, when it will probably be sent to me 

 for revision. Mere catalogue names will not be considered as any 

 authority ; all the species which cannot be identified by works in our 

 possession will be named and characterized as new. Many synonyms 



