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adjoining the Museum, in which such animals as may be brought 
in alive might be studied by those interested in Zoology. I may 
add, that a Catalogue of the Collection is being prepared, which I 
hope to finish before the end of next Session. 
REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION. 
The members of this section have just terminated the past 
year’s work to-day, by handing over to the curator the specimens 
of flowering plants and Equiseta gathered and preserved during the 
season. It will be remembered that last summer the weather was 
cold and rainy, and generally of a broken and uncertain character, 
and, consequently, a most unfavourable one for the field botanist. 
There were many excursions planned, most of which were frustrated 
by the inclemency of the weather; so that individual members 
were left in a great measure to their own resources. 
The total number of plants observed in the district by the 
members is about five hundred and fifty, of which number two 
hundred and fifty species have been collected and preserved, and 
are now handed to the curator to be added to the Museum, as 
their contribution for the past year. 
Although a great number of the specimens which have been 
preserved and mounted are widely distributed, and consequently 
of common occurrence, there are in the collection many species of 
a local or rare character, amongst which may be mentioned— 
Meconopsis cambrica, Brassica monensis, Claytonia perfoliata, 
Hypericum elodes, gathered by Mr. Kendal ; Serratula tinctoria, 
Inula Helenium, and Primula farinosa, by Mr. Wm. Nixon; and 
Utricularia intermedia, Parietaria diffusa, and other interesting 
Species contributed by Mr. J. Nixon; Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifraga 
Stellaris, and Melica uniflora by Mr. Jos. Adair; Festuca vivipera 
by Mr. Wm. Adair. 
A number of Carices, many of which are of rare occurrence, 
have been sent by Mr. William Hodgson of Watermillock, to whom 
the best thanks of the members of the section is due. 
Messrs. W. I’Anson and W. H. Kitchen each furnished a list 
of plants observed, both of which contained the names of species of 
fare occurrence. Specimens of these will be preserved for the 
next collection, 
