PROCEEDINGS. 



Ixxv 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



18. 

 19. 



20. 



Cauada Piue 



Guildford Yellow 

 Ash-leaf Kidney 

 Gold-finder 

 Early Manly 



A useful variety little aiTected by the 

 blight. Introduced into this neigh- 

 bourhood nearly 30 years ago. 

 A good variety, apparently fond of chalk 



soils. 

 Well known but seldom grown pure ; 



excellent when it does not sport. 

 Brought from South America, and worth 



the voyage. 

 Very good. 

 An early seedling of great promise ; farina very pure ; a good 



keeping variety. 

 A seedling from Belgium. Also of good promise. 



Mr. Dodds, Gardener to Col. Baker, F.H.S., of Salisbury, 

 sent a model of a straw covering for Pine pits. It consisted of a 

 skeleton wooden frame with cross bars, to wliich tlie straw was 

 firmly tied by tarred twine. These coverings, it was stated, were 

 not only cheap and easily made, but for the purpose of protection 

 were both effective and durable when proper care was taken of 

 them. 



IV.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Smitlisonian Contributious to Knowledge, Volume 6 ; Catalogue of the described 

 C'oleoptera of the United States, Seventh Annual Rejiort of the Board of Regents' 

 Directions for collecting &e. .Specimens of Natural History, and List of Foreign 

 Institutions in correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution. From the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Volumes 1 and 2. From the 

 Society. 



Transactions of the Michigan Agricultural Society from 1S49 to 1852. From the 

 Society. 



Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Part 3, Volume 10 ; and Proceed- 

 ings of the same. No. 49 and 50. From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Volume 7, Nos. .3, 4, 5, and 6. From the Society. 



Joui-nal of the Statistical Society, Volume 17, Parts 2 and 3, General Index to the first 

 fifteen volumes, and List of Fellows, From the Society. 



Journal of the Geological Society, No. 39. From the Society. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 16, Part 1. Essay on the Architecture 

 of the Hindus, and descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts preserved 

 at the Royal Asiatic Society. From the Society. 



Monogi-aphie des Mar.attiac&s, and Goodeuoviie, by Dr. W. H. De Vriese. From the 

 Author. 



The Chinese work on Husbandry, described at page 257 of the present Volume, From 

 Sir John Davis, Bart., F.H.S. 



Comptes Rendus de I'Acadcmie des Sciences, Volume 38. From the Academy. 



On W^ardian Cases, by Dr. Ward. From the Author. 



Observations upon the Fibrous Substances of the East and West Indies, by J. B. 

 Sharp, Esq, F.H S. From the Author. 



Annales des Sciences de Lyons, Tomes 4 and 6, 2nd Series. From the Society. 



M^moires de I'Aead^mie Imp^riale des Sciences, &c., de Lyons, Tome 2. From the 

 Academy. 



Bulletin de la SocitSte Botanique de France, Tomo 1, No. 1. From the Society. 



Synopsis Astragalorum Tragacantharum, by Dr. Fischer. Prom the Author. 



Handbuch aller bekannten Obatsorten : Erster Band. From the Author. 



