Vi PEOCEEDLXGS OF THE 



Bead, first, a Memoir " On Vegetable Affinities ;" by T. C. 

 Hilgard, M.D. Communicated by Bertbold Seemann, Ph.D., 

 P.L.S. 



Bead, secondly, a " Note on Monstrosities of Daucus Garota, L., 

 and Trifolium pratense, L. ;" by Maxwell T. Masters, Esq. Com- 

 municated by tlie Secretary. 



Eead, thirdly, " Descriptions of new species of Musci from 

 New Zealand and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere ; " by 

 ■William IVIitten, Esq., A.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," 

 vol. iv. p. 64.) 



April 7th, 1859. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chaii-. 



Edward Sheppard, Esq., Avas elected a FeUow. 



The Secretary read the following letter addi*essed to him by 

 Dr. Bootfc, Treasurer and Y.P.L.S., accompanying the donation of 

 a Miniature of the elder Hedwig, for which the special thanks of 

 the Society were ordered : — 



" Mt dear Bennett, — I send the ring containing the little 

 miniature of Hedwig for the Linnean Society. Tou will see the 

 name on the back in the hand-writing of Sir James E. Smith ; and 

 on referring to the second volume of his ' Memoirs,' p. 98, you 

 will find a letter from the younger Hedwig, which accompanied 

 the gift of the ring to Sir James, and at p. 107 Sir James's ac- 

 knowledgment of both. The ring was given to me by Lady Smith 

 in 1857, and I feel that it cannot but be acceptable to the Society, 

 as a memorial of one of the most distinguished of its Foreign 



Members. 



" Tours aflectionately, 



"F. BOOTT." 



" J. J. Bennett, Esqi., F.B.S., Sec. Linn. Soe." 



The special thanks of the Society were likewise directed to be 

 given to ^Ir. Bennett for his Donation of an extensive series of 

 botanical works selected from the library of the late Robert Brown, 

 Esq., D.C.L., V.P.L.S. 



