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district, by Mr. E. A. Middleinas, published in the ' History of Alnwick.' 

 In the * Botany of the Eastern Borders,' as well as in the ' Proceed- 

 ings,' are some special papers ou the folk-lore connected with plants. 



Through the researches of the members, few districts have been 

 better explored in their botany than that belonging to the Club. 



The Club is, financially, in a very satisfactory position. In the 

 'Proceedings' for 1867 and 1868, a copy of which has been forwarded 

 us by Mr. Tate, we find, besides Mr. Hardy's careful enumeration of 

 the Mosses of the Eastern Border, many short notes on the phanero- 

 gamic and cryptogamic flora of the district. Among the former we ob- 

 serve the addition of Rosa micrantka to the flora of Northumberland 

 and Durham ; and a note of EscJiscJwUzia californica, Cham., as a 

 plant claiming admittance among our naturalised species, " covering 

 miles of railway embankment and chalk downs in Kent;" and " more 

 abundant than the clover" in a clover field near Maidstone. 



Jambs Britten. 



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CHINCHONA CULTIVATION IN BENGAL. 



Official Report from G. B. Clarke, Esq., M.A., Officiating Superinten- 

 dent, Botanical Gardens, and in charge of CJiiuchona cultivation in 

 Bengal, to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, — (No. 110, 

 dated Botanic Gardens, the 'i'lth May, 1869.) 



Sir, — I beg leave to submit the Annual Report on the cultivation of 

 Chinchona in Bengal, for the year ending 31st March, 1869. 



2. I took charge of the office of Superintendent of the Botanic 

 Gardens, Calcutta, yesterday only, and the present report is constructed 

 almost entirely out of materials supplied by Mr. Gammie, in charge 

 of the Government Chinchona Gardens near Darjeeling, and by Mr. 

 Biermami, in charge of the Government Chinchona Nursery at Nunklow, 

 Cossyah Hills. 



3. In the Government Chinchona Gardens near Darjeeling, the pro- 

 pagation has been hitherto by cuttings only, as the shrubs do not pro- 



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