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ergot, &c. andthe fi dab] em 
of the gramine. M. Chabre ely inst ee an eulogium on Ab- 
dolonymus. M. Chausaret, the secretary, treated of some dif- 
ferences between the animal and vegetable kingdom. The Di- 
rector then made a summary report of the fruits of the various 
excursions of the morning which were spread before them,with 
the result of the meteorological observations which the society 
had just made. The reading was then continued as follows: 
The influence of Botany on the moral faculties of man, by M. 
Caboy. On the circulation of sap, and the colour of ‘flowers, 
by M. Bermond ; Eulogium of Dalichamp, by M. Teulere, 
vice-president ; Apotheosis of la Pervenche, by M. Cauvain, 
president of thesection of Paris. M. Laterrade, the director, 
(author of the Flora Bordelasensis, the second edition of 
which includes 1611 species,) pronounced a discourse in 
exposed to the north, has often stood at 30° or 31° (=100 F.) 
ow different is the scene at the present time, from that of 
vinced that it is by experience sn ey must prove that our 
waste lands may be made productiv 
new section ofthe society at Montpelier was proclaimed, 
and the reception of its new mem 
2d. At Lisourne a report was iade of the excursions of 
the year, under the direction of M. Moyne, M. D. president, 
and they found, for the first time in the department, the 
Dianthus superbus, 
