332 MisceUa7ieous, 



The following were admitted as Corresponding Memhei^s :— ^ 

 John Richardson, Montreal; P. L. Simmonds, King's College, 

 Loudon, England; John Lowe, M.D., M.R.C.S. England, King's 

 Lynn. 



Donations to the library were announced from Mr. Stanton and 

 Prof. Lawson. Letters were read from Dr. Greville, Edinburs-h, 

 and Mr. J. T. Syme, F.L.S., London. Interesting collections of 

 specimens were exhibited from Mrs. Noel, and Dr. W. E. Dick- 

 son, Kingston. Mr. T. Sullivan presented a peculiar pilose poly- 

 porus, and Mr. A. T. Drummond, B.A., exhibited a number of 

 dyes prepared from native lichens. 



The Secretary announced the presentation to the Society by 

 Mr. B. Billings, a Fellow, of a large and very valuable collection of 

 plants, chiefly from the neighbourhood of Prescott. The Society's 

 thanks were voted to Mr. Billings for his valuable donation. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Bemarks on the Silk obtained from Lettuce-fed Silk Worms. 



By Miss Gildersleeve. 



2. Further observations on Silk Culture. By Mrs. Lawson. 



3. Extracts from Letters relative to Silk and the native fibre- 



yielding Insects of Canada. By John Duff. 



4. On Fungi, their relation to disease. By John Lowe, M. D., 



M.R.C.S. England, F.B.S.E., Surgeon to the West Norfolk 

 and Lynn Hospital. [British American Journal, vol. II., 

 p. 193.] 



5. On the Secretion of Saccharine Matter in the Floral Organs 



of Plants, and on the Economy of Bees ; with the results of 

 investigations on the Sexual Development of Bees. By the 

 Very Bev. Principal Leitch, President. Part II. 



Seventh Meeting, 14:th June, 1861. Rev. Prof. Mowat, M.A., 

 afterwards Rev. Prof. Williamson, LL.D., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. 



The following Subscribers were admitted : — Miss Fisher, New- 

 market; Rev. H. E. Plees, Carrying Place; JohnGr. Griles, M.D., 

 Farmersville ; Rev. Mr. Borthwick, M.A., Ottawa; W. Carter 

 Deans, M.D., Trenton ; W. Weir, M.D. ; H. D. Lord, Ladlow- 

 ville, Tompkins Co., New York; Edward C. Fox, of Baliol Col- 

 lege, Oxford, Trenton, C. W. ; Samuel H. Fee, Kingston. 



The following donations to the Society's Library and Herba- 

 rium, were announced. 



1. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australige, vol. I, from the au- 



