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Mr. Cross, the highly respectable superintendent 

 and chief proprietor, and he will not only receive 

 immediate permission, but will have every inform- 

 ation communicated to him which it is in the power 

 of the attendants to furnish. Both gardens may be 

 visited by the public on the payment of one shilling 

 each person. 



(223.) The Entomological Society is the youngest 

 we have ; for it was only founded in the autumn of 

 the year 1833. The improved classifications of Dr. 

 Leach, and the philosophic writings of the younger 

 Macleay, first gave an impetus to this charming 

 science, about fifteen years ago, which ever since 

 has been slowly but progressively increasing. Nor 

 must the fascinating volumes of Kirby and Spence 

 be omitted, as contributing, even in a superior 

 degree, to a more general diffusion of a love for 

 entomology among a large portion of the intellectual 

 classes. The fruits of this impetus are now beginning 

 to ripen. A society of entomologists, young, ardent, 

 and intelligent, has been formed, under the encou- 

 ragement and support of their elder brethren ; one of 

 whom, alike distinguished for his love of science, his 

 liberality of feeling, and his urbanity of manner, has 

 been unanimously elected their efficient president. 

 The constitution of the society is radically healthy: it 

 has no titled officers elected only for their name. It 

 is considered that science may be as well prosecuted 

 without a charter of incorporation as with one : the 

 contribution is small, and the members are effective. 

 There is, in effect, no quackery in its composition. 

 A society, so constituted, cannot fail to prosper, 

 unless its council is so unwise as to plunge us into 



