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PROCEEDINGS OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 



HULL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 At the meeting of this society on March 6, Mr. Adams, of London, read a 

 paper on an apparatus for solidifying carbonic acid, which he illustrated by a 

 number of drawings. In the course of the lecture he gave an account of the 

 various experiments which he had made both to liquify and to solidify carbonic 

 acid. — W. H. Dikes, Esq., read a very interesting paper written by a gentleman 

 now deceased, on the subject of the " Geography of Botany," or the consideration 

 of plants with reference to climate, and the endeavour to refer the phenomena of 

 their growth and distribution to external causes. After slightly sketching the 

 history of the science, Mr. Dikes proceeded to give an account of its present state, 

 and to demonstrate some of those points which make its details valuable. With 

 this view he first noticed the influence which the elements of heat, light, moisture, 

 soil, and atmosphere, produced on plants ; and then proceeded to illustrate the 

 laws of climate which he had laid down, by tracing, in a cursory manner, the 

 progress of vegetation from the Poles to the Equator. The paper concluded by a 

 number of interesting observations on the causes which have contributed to pro- 

 duce the distribution of plants. — A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Dikes for 

 his valuable communication.' — Hull Packet^ March 9, 1838. 



UNION OF THE CHELTENHAM HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL 

 SOCIETY, AND THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ZOOLOGICAL, BO- 

 TANICAL, AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Cheltenham Horticultural and Floral Society has become one with the Glou- 

 cestershire Zoological, Botanical, and Horticultural Society. This union was com- 

 pleted at an adjourned meeting of the members of the former Society, which took 

 place on Tuesday, January 30th, at which meeting the report of the Committee 

 appointed at the annual general meeting, in December, to consider the proposition 

 made by the Secretary of the Zoological Society for that porpose, was received 

 and adopted. From this report, and the recommendations and provisions which 

 it contained, it was evident that the Committee had bestowed considerable atten- 

 tion upon the subject in all its details, and had, after mature deliberation, come 

 to the conclusion that the objects of the Floral Society would henceforth be hest 

 promoted and secured by its becoming identified with the Zoological Society. 

 The privileges of the present members of the former Society are to be strictly 

 preserved to them, and they are in addition to enjoy the advantage of admission 

 to the gardens of the latter on the days of floral exhibitions. These will take 



