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persed by the action of air and water, in the King's School, 

 Cathedral Precincts, by the kind permission of Eev. Dr. Blore. 



July bth. 



The President displayed specimens of the Lizard Orchis (0 

 Hii'cina) also the gizzard of the Cocki'oach and the circulation 

 in a species of Chara. Colonel Horsley brought fine specimens 

 in flower of Anacharis and VaUis neria, the sjnral stalk of the 

 latter measui-ing 30 inches in length, grown in his aquarium. 

 A fine collection of wild flowers in season, including the rare 

 sea heath or Frankenia leevis, was exhibited by Mrs. Dean. 

 Mr. Hammond of Milton Chapel contributed some Mineralogical 

 ej)ecimens, among which were polished pebbles shewing internal 

 structure. 



Examples of fossil wood from the lower green sand, selenite 

 from gault clay and ammonites falcatus, also from gault by 

 Captain McDakin. 



AuguBt 2nd. 



Col. Horsley in reference to some remarks from the President 

 about the shifting habitats of Polyzoa that it had come to his 

 knowledge that Plumatella repens had taken up its abode in 

 the rain water butt at Mr. Dean's, St. Peter's Street, Canter- 

 bury, specimens of which he exhibited at the meeting. Also the 

 starry scales from the under side of the leaf of an " Alceagnus." 

 Mr. Pullagar exhibited several specimens of the wonderful little 

 boats of eggs of the common gnat (Culex Pipiens). He also 

 shewed under the microscope the crj^stals from the common 

 Cuckoo plant, Ai-am maculatum ; according to Professor Gulli- 

 ver's researches this order is remarkable for its richness in 

 raphides. W. Gardner, Esq., sent some specimens of the 

 red spider which infests the hop plants. Also of the larva of 

 the lady bii'd, that friend to the hop growers and enemy to the 

 destructive aphis. Mrs. W. Clements brought specimens of the 

 Deptford Pink in bloom. 



September &th. 



Mr. A. Hammond, Sheerness, displayed some foraminifera, 

 from the London clay of the Isle of Sheppy, obtained from the 

 depth of 150 to 200 feet, where they occur in thin layers of not 

 more than half-an-inch thick. Captain McDakin exhibited 

 specimens of the weU known coloiu-ed sands, from Alum Bay, 

 in the Isle of Wight. Colonel Horsley drew attention to the 



