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difficult plants. Dr Steinheim sent a new Dcedalea for determination. Dr 

 Siemers exhibited several fungi which had grown upon insect larvae. Mr 

 Staudinger, of Flottbeck, spoke concerning the diseases of plants. One of 

 the most important discussions, which engaged the botanical section, had 

 reference to the desire that Dr Wallich might remain longer in Europe to 

 communicate his rich collection of plants to the botanical world, as well as 

 to finish his splendid engravings. The botanical section thought that a 

 letter to his Majesty the King of England, and to the East India Company, 

 might attain this end, and agreed therefore to request the general meeting to 

 empower the office-bearers to subscribe the letters as an evidence that the 

 wish of the entire society agreed with that of the botanical section. At the 

 conclusion of the silting, the president distributed among the members 

 several of the rarer and more beautiful /uci. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



A Zoological Garden on the Surrey side of London On January 25th, a 



public meeting was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose 

 of establishing a zoological institution on the Surrey side of the metropolis, 

 similar to the one already existing in the Regent's Park. It was stated 

 that £10,000 would be required to carry into execution the objects of the 

 meeting; and it was calculated that the expenses of purchasing animals, 

 laying out the ground, buildings, &c. would fall within that sum. The 

 money was proposed to be raised by 400 debentures of £ 25 each ; the 

 annual subscriptions, and the admission money received at the doors, to form 

 a fund for the payment of interest. Resolutions, declaring the expediency 

 of forming a Zoological Society, and stating the mode in which it was to be 

 managed, having passed, a committee was appointed to carry the above- 

 mentioned objects into effect. 



A General Library and Museum for the County of Bedford are establishing 

 at Bedford ; and though the museum is yet in its infancy, it contains 

 several hundred specimens of fossils, shells, birds, insects, and vegetables. 



Mineralogical Survey of Scotland. — In our last Number, we hinted that 

 all was not right with respect to this survey. We have since perused the 

 report printed by the House of Commons, in which is exposed one of the 

 most flagrant jobs that ever disgraced the annals of science. Surmises had 

 been hazarded in conversation amongst scientific men, tending much to the 

 discredit of a person who shall be nameless, as the supposed principal in 

 this affair ; but, since this exposure, it is but justice to this gentleman to let 

 it be known, that it is Dr Macculloch who has pocketed the enormous sums 

 granted for this survey, though he has not yet produced a single page or 

 plan as evidence of its being expended for the public service. We refrain 

 from making any remarks upon the Report, as it is our intention to give an 

 analysis of the whole proceedings shortly. 



A college has been founded at Cairo for teaching the sciences of agricul- 

 ture and political economy. 



Representation of Science and Education. — A motion has been made in 

 the House of Lords by the Earl of Haddington for the return of members 

 for the Scottish Universities, so that these schools may have their interests 

 attended to as well as the universities of England. Differences of opinion 



