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and Zoophyta, augmented by this new supply, will require 

 new cases. 



The arrangement of the British Herbaria, begun in so 

 excellent a manner by Mr. Hincks, has been extended, and 

 the Curator reports, in addition to this satisfactory progress, 

 in matters so essential to the credit of the Institution, that 

 much activity prevails in the cultivation of British Botany in 

 Yorkshire, and that several new localities of rare plants, im- 

 portant in reasoning on their geographical distribution, have 

 been detected near York. Among these the Iceland Moss, 

 (Cetraria islandica) believed to be new to England, was ex- 

 hibited at one of the monthly meetings with the so called 

 Reindeer Moss (Gladonia rangiferina), Dicranum bryoides, 

 and a species of Leskea * new to Britain. 



The Garden has been provided with a considerable number 

 of rare plants ; and the new fountain, presented by Mr. 

 Walker, has been erected in an appropriate situation ; but 

 the completion of the grounds near the Hospitium, and the 

 making of a drain there, have been postponed until further 

 steps can be taken for the reparation of that building. During 

 the past year, as on a former occasion, the Hospitium has 

 been found of great service in giving full effect to the elegant 

 exhibitions of fruits and flowers, which may now be viewed 

 as an established part of the annual gratifications provided 

 by the Society for the puMic. 



It is recommended by the Committee which undertook the 

 laborious direction of these beautiful exhibitions in the past 

 year, that the time to be selected for the Horticultural Fete 

 in 1842 be fixed with reference to the meeting of the Agri- 

 jcultural Association in August. 



♦ Discovered by Mr. Spruce of the York Collegiate SchooL 



