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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Glaisyer, Gwatkin, Gwatkin, jun., Hillman, Histed, T. H. Hennak, 
Mclntire, Mitchell, Nash, W. D. Savage, F. E. Sawyer, J. Sewell, 
Shaft, C. P. Smith, W. H. Smith, Tatham, Turner, Unwin, Upton, 
C. A. Wells, Williams, T. W. Wonfor, and W. Wonfor, jun. About a 
dozen microscopes, belonging to different members of the Society, were 
placed at the disposal of Dr. Carpenter, for the purpose of exhibiting 
his deep-sea dredgings. 
At the second soiree many very choice and interesting objects, 
including several living objects, were exhibited by the same gentlemen. 
The opticians who responded to the Society’s invitation and 
exhibited microscopes, were Messrs. Eoss, who exhibited their new 
patent T Vtli and J^th objectives, and their tank microscope ; Murray 
and Heath, who exhibited Dr. Gladstone’s crystals; Ladd, who 
exhibited spectroscope, &c. ; Horne and Thornthwaite ; How, who 
exhibited hand and class microscopes ; Swift ; Moginie, who also 
exhibited revolving stereoscope with very beautiful slides ; C. Baker, 
who placed several microscopes and lamps, and a collection of objects 
at the Society’s disposal ; Norman, who exhibited three large frames 
of very choice objects ; and Wheeler, who exhibited book-folding cases 
containing 1000 objects. 
The botanical display was arranged in three upstairs rooms of the 
new museum and library : two rooms were filled with living plants ob- 
tainable in the county during the month of August, and to the number 
of nearly 500 species were arranged in two tiers in long, narrow boxes 
filled with damp sand ; and as this part was to be kept open not only 
during the Association’s visit, but for ten days afterwards, the plants 
which withered were replaced from day to day by fresh ones. 
In the third room dried plants were exhibited in three rows on the 
walls ; while mosses, lichens, &c., Sowerby’s ‘ English Botany,’ 
‘ Nature Printed Sea- weeds,’ and other botanical works from the 
Society’s library lay on tables. The management of the living flora 
was undertaken by Mr. Benjamin Lomax, and of the dried plants by 
Mr. C. P. Smith, who admirably carried out the views of the com- 
mittee. 
The following ladies and gentlemen contributed to the living 
flora: — Miss A. Woodhouse (Eastbourne) and Eobinson (Sadclles- 
combe), Mrs. Hodgson, the Eev. — Brewer (Worthing), Messrs. Griffith, 
Boys, Hadlow, T. H. Hennali, A. Bigge, H. J. H. Nickolls, F. Merri- 
field, W. Mitten (Hurst), H. Willett, G. D. Eoper (Eastbourne), 
Nourse, Hall, G. D. Sawyer, W. H. Smith, C. P. Smith, G. Davies, 
B. Lomax, Helmsley (Hassock’s Gate), and C. Hill (Bockhurst). 
Among the exhibitors of dried plants were Miss Hall (East- 
bourne), who lent a fine collection of flowering plants ; Mr. W. Mitten, 
mosses and hepatic®, all Sussex, including several unique species ; 
Mr. C. P. Smith, Sussex grasses, and marine and fresh-water algae ; 
Mr. G. Davies, Sussex lichens, including the rare V. Garovaglii and 
V. microcarpa ; Mrs. Hodgson, Brighton marine algae ; Mr. E. C. 
Eoper, leaf fungi; Mr. Clarke, Mayor of Saffron Walden, new British 
plants ; and Miss Turner, New Zealand plants. 
