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to the above little work. The localities for nearly seven hundred plants are 

 given, and the author has very judiciously discriminated those for which he 

 himself is responsible, and those which he has given on the authority of 

 others. To any one who may have an opportunity of collecting near Aberdeen, 

 it will be an invaluable Pocket Companion, while to the closet naturalist it 

 offers material assistance in working out the various problems in Botanical 

 Geography, and to the mere collector it points out what he may hope to 

 obtain by exchange or otherwise from any correspondent in that district. 

 Mr. Macgillivray has evidently bestowed much labour and care on this little 

 volume, and we shall be glad to learn that a new and probably enlarged 

 edition is soon called for. 



Herbarium Labels for the British Ferns and Allied Plants. By Thomas 

 Moore, F. L, S., Curator of Chelsea Botanic Garden, &c. London: 

 Groombridge and Sons. ' 



These labels, which are intended for pasting on Herbarium covers, are 

 printed in good, clear type, and embrace the orders, genera, species, and 

 varieties of the Ferns and allied Plants. They appear to us well calculated 

 for their intended use, and Mr. Moore's well-known character as a botanist 

 is an ample guarantee for the nomenclature used. 



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Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. — The Eoyal Physical Society met on Saturday, the 

 12th. February, at two o'clock in the afternoon,— Hugh Miller, Esq., President, in the chair. 

 The following donation to the library was presented, for which thanks were voted to the 

 Liverpool Society: — "Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, Thirty- 

 eighth and Thirty-ninth Sessions." 



The first communication laid before the meeting was, — "On some Insects from the Eocky 

 Mountains, received from the Botanical Expedition to Oregon under Mr. Jeffrey. By Andrew 

 Murray, Esq., W. S. 



After alluding to the principal object of the exhibition, and describing some of the new 

 Coniferm, the seeds of which have been sent home, Mr. Murray, said, "When the Association 

 was newly started, I suggested to the Committee of management that an addition might be 

 made to its funds by admitting a limited number of entomologists, to receive Beetles instead 

 of seeds. In spring and early summer there would be few or no seeds to collect, while that 

 was the very best season for insects; and at other times the collecting of the two might be 

 made compatible, by instructing the collector to make the seeds his principal, and the insects 

 only his subordinate object. The Committee adopted the suggestion, and the allowed number 

 of entomologists immediately came forward. Unfortunately, Mr. Jeffrey was not an entomologist, 

 and consequently, although he has no doubt done his best, only a very small supply of insects 

 has yet been received. These consist of a few taken near Yoi-k Factory and on the way to 

 the Rocky Mountains, a few taken at Jasper House on their east flank, and the rest taken 



on the west flank. 



I hand round a box containing the specimens which fell to my lot, with the insects from 

 the different quarters placed slightly apart. The insects in the first detachment are those 

 taken near York Factory (the nearest point to this country which Mr. Jeffrey visited,) and 



