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manual on the subject, the Cli'mclioncB, l)iit, finding- practical instruc- 

 tions based on admitted facts which coukl be imparted so very few, 

 he substituted the present pamphlet, in which he has brought together 

 all the facts arising from his own practical knowledge and the statements 

 of others. The first 10 pages are taken up with a brief history of the 

 causes which led to the cultivation in Java; pages 11 to 36, with the 

 conditions of growth, soil, temperature, etc. ; and tlie remainder chiefly 

 with statistics. The Supplement (p]i. 11) embraces three Tables. 

 From Table A, we learn that, on March 31st, 1869, there were 

 840,653 plants of C. Calisaya ; 39,512 of C. succiruhra ; 59,149 of 

 G. Condaminea ; 812 of C. lancifoUa ; and 409 of C. micrantha. The 

 number of C. Puhndiana is not given ; it was last stated to be 

 900,000, but many plants have since died. Table B. gives the measured 

 rate of growth of different species; and Table C. the result of che- 

 mical analyses of the barks. 



!r0tcebhiigs .of S^chtus. 



LiNNEAN Society. — June 2nd. — G. Beiitham, Esq., President, in the chair. 

 The following botanical communications were read : —By Mr. Hanbury, On 

 the " Red Dates " and " Black Dates" exported in large quantities from China. 

 These were stated to be a species of Zizyphus. Also, a letter from Professor 

 Bell, of Selborne, Hants, giving a probably native locality for Tulipa sylvestris 

 in Selborne Park. A specimen in flower was exhibited, and the plant stated 

 to grow at Alton, in one or two neighbouring localities, where, however, it but 

 seldom flowers. Also, by the Rev. J. M. Crombie, on " New or Recently-dis- 

 covered British Lichens." Twenty-four species were enumerated, viz. Spilonema 

 scoUoiim^Pi/renopsis homceopsis, Lecanora hypophaa, Lecidea mcEstula,L. suhtur- 

 gidula, L. tenera, L. deducta, L. spododes, L.parissima, L. leptostigma, L. IlthO' 

 pJiiliza, L. interliidens, L. mesotropa, L. sarcogyniza, L. aphanoides, L. niela- 

 phana, L.inserena, L. postuma, L. prcecavenda, L. Crombiei, L. coinmaculans, 

 L. symphorella, Rimularia Umborina, JEndocai-pon Crombiei. The following 

 new varieties were also described : — Parmelia lanata, var. snbciliata ; Lecanora 

 mnbrina, var. prosechoides ; L. varia, f. livens ; L. veniosa, var. suhfestiva ; 

 Lecidea lapicida, var. lithophiloides ; L. ocellata, var. prceponens. 



June \Cdh. — G. Bentham, Esq., President, in the chair. The following bo- 

 tanical papers were read : — " On Petalody of the Sepals in Serapias." By J. 

 T. Moggridge. The two lateral sepals in a flower of S. Lingua were found semi- 

 labelliform. Dr. Masters stated that no other similar instance had been re- 

 corded. " On tlie Fungi of Ceylon." By the Rev. J. M. Berkeley and Mr. 



