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Mr. George Humphrey, Long-Acre. 
Mr. Edward Hunter, Caen- Wood. 
Mr. Thomas Lamb, Reading. 
William Markwick, Esq. Catsfield, near Battle. 
Mr. John Pitchford, Norwich. 
Mr. William Sole, Bath. 
Mr. James Sowerby, Mead-place, St. George’s Fields. 
Jonathan Stokes, M.D. Kidderminster. 
Mr. Lilly Wigg, Great- Yarmouth. 
“T understand,” says Mr. Woodward in a letter 
dated the 20th of April, 1788, “that the Society has 
met at your house, and that your ‘ Introductory 
Discourse’ met with great approbation. I do not 
doubt of this happening: but do you remember a 
promise that I should see this same discourse ; and 
do you suppose that my curiosity is quite laid 
asleep? I want to hear also somewhat about the 
Institution. Who are the resident members? What 
papers have you read there? If there have been 
more than the first meeting ; and where? Do you 
likewise recollect that you promised me some ob- 
servations, which you had collected upon Lycoper- 
dons /—the want of which puts me to a stop as to my 
promised paper on that genus. Upon mature con- 
sideration, however, I have determined to confine 
my observations on the species to those of Great 
Britain, as being more able to speak with precision 
upon them; and when a person writes on a single 
subject, as little as possible should be left doubtful, 
the very design of a Monograph being to clear up 
all difficulties on the subject. Now it is evident 
that in the Cryptogamia, the moment you take the 
