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value ; only one, Hydrangea Thunbergii, has leaves, which are 

 dried in Japan, and make such an excellent kind of tea, that it is 

 known in that country as the Ama-toja, or Tea of Heaven. 



This valuable paper was illustrated by some skUfully pre- 

 pared objects by W. H. Hammond, Esq., of Milton Chapel, and 

 also by Colonel Horsley in some freshly dissected leaves of the 

 Hydi-angea. 



Captain McDakin contributed throughout the year a series of 

 papers, on the Geology of East Kent, which were read before 

 the several meetings of the Society, but which it has been 

 thought desirablo to print as a whole. 



