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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Several valuable works have during the year been added to 

 the library of the Society, and the members are indebted to 

 the President of the London Microscopical Society, to Andrew 

 Pritchard, Esq., and others, for presents of several valuable slides. 



The members and tlieir friends held a microscopical soiree, in 

 the Eoyal Assembly Eooms, Grainger Street, on Tuesday evening, 

 May 6th. 



There was a tolerably numerous and highly respectable attend- 

 ance, upwards of forty excellent microscopes were exhibited, and 

 nearly every object of popular microscopic interest was presented 

 to the view of the visitors. 



Mr. H. B. Brady, during the evening, delivered an excellent 

 address " On Flowers and their Microscopical Teachings." 



The following is a list of the objects exhibited and the names 

 of the exhibitors : 



Atlantic Soundings, containing Torami- 



nifera (1070 fathoms) 

 Fossil Teeth of Ichthyosaurus, Plesio- 



saurus, &c. ..... 



Colletonema, Schizonema, &c. (Diato- 



maceae) (Binocular) 

 Spine of Echinus, and Spicula of Sy- 



napta ...... 



Crystals under Polarized Light, and 



Photographs ..... 

 Desmidiaceae and Marine Polyzoa 

 Volvox globator, Circulation of Sap in 



Yallisneria, and Amoeba . 

 Botifera with Dark Ground Illumina- 

 tion (Binocular) .... 

 Physiological and Pathological Speci- 

 mens of Tissues .... 

 Circulation of Blood in Tail of Stickel- 



back, and Foot of Frog . 

 Pond Life, including Vorticella, Daph- 



nia, Cyclops, &c. .... 

 Saw of Saw-fly, and Palate of "Whelk . 

 Linen, Cotton, Silk, &c., under Polarized 



Light ...... 



Pollen of Flowers, and AVood Sections . 

 Fructification of Ferns, and Vegetable 



Tissues (Binocular) 

 Yolvox gJohator, and A^arious Hairs 

 Various Objects ..... 

 Diatomaceae from Shells of Deep Sea 



Mollusca ..... 



Crystallization of Salts under Polarized 



Light . . ... 



Dr. Legat. 



Mr. Geo. Lyall. 



Mr, John Martin. 



Mr. J. W. Lawson. 



Mr. Thos. Gates. 

 Mr. Joseph Davison. 



Mr. T. P. Barkas. 



Dr. Armstrong. 



Dr. C. J. Gibb. 



Iklr. AV. Lyall. 



INIr. John Brown. 

 Mr. Geo. D. Kobson. 



Mr. B. S. Proctor. 

 Mr. John Reed. 



Mr. C. Bass. 



Mr. Smith. 



Mr. T. B. AVinter. 



Mr. D. H. Goddard. 



Mr. M. AVatson. 



