ON THE REDUCTION OF STARS. 339 
No. of Seeds of each | ,.. ; 
Species which vege- | Time of vegetating 
tated at in days at 
Name and Date when gathered. b Se Remarks. 
Ox- |yy; Chis- 
. | ford. ee wick. 
1844 (continued). 
90. Carthamus tinctorius 
. Carum Carui 
. Catananche cerulea 
. Crambe maritima 
. Chenopodium Botrys 
. Eschscholtzia californica . 
. Helleborus foetidus 
. Linaria Prezii 
. Malva mauritiana 
- Madia splendens 
. Scorzonera hispanica 
. Saponaria annua 
. Solanum ovigerum 
. Sium Sisarum 
. Sanvitalia procumbens ... 
. Tragopogon porrifolins ... 
. Vesicaria grandiflora 
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AAMAS AL MAA AOD 
— Si 
Wituiam H. Baxter, Curator. C. B. DauBeEny. 
June 12, 1845. H. E. StRicKLAND, 
APPENDIX. 
On the Reduction of Stars in the ‘ Histoire Céleste’ of Lalande and the 
q ‘Celum Australe Stelliferum’ of Lacaille. 
} Tue Committee appointed at the York Meeting of the British Association 
in 1844, and consisting of Sir J. Herschel, the Astronomer Royal, and 
Lieutenant W. S. Stratford, R.N., to continue the reduction of the stars in the 
Histoire Céleste’ of Lalande and the ‘Ccelum Australe Stelliferum’ of La- 
| 
duced. 
__ 2. That the press-work has proceeded as far as sheet 2 T, ending with 
No. 26240 of the Catalogue. 
3. That the whole will be ready for publication before the next meeting 
of the Association. 
| 4, That the whole of Lacaille’s Stars have been reduced. 
_ §. That the Catalogue is printed, and there remain to be prepared the 
_ Preface and Notes, both of which have been delayed by the lamented decease 
_ of Professor Henderson. 
6. That this Catalogue will also be ready for publication before the 
bs ren in 1846. 
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