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to re-establish the Society's triennial prize of £10 in connection with 

 the University of Edinburgh, to be awarded for the best original 

 botanical research, competitors to have attended the Botanical class 

 within three years preceding the award. 



The following Communications were read : — 



I. Obituary Notice of Charles Robert Dariuin, Honorary 

 Fellow. By Emeritus Professor Balfouk, Honorary 

 Secretary. 



The Honorary Secretary was requested to send a letter of con- 

 dolence to Mrs Darwin. 



II. On the Germination of Streptocarpus caulescens lately 

 raised in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden from seeds sent 

 by Mr Buchanan, Blantyre, Central Africa. By Pro- 

 fessor Dickson. 



III. Report on the Vegetation in the Garden of the Royal 

 Botanic Institution, Glasgow, from January to April, 

 1882. By Mr Egbert Bullen, Curator. Communicated 

 by the President. 



IV. Exhibition of Botanical Diagrams, after Koch, by the aid 

 of the Magic Lantern and Lime Ball Light. By the 

 President. 



V. Botanical Notes. By Mr John Sadler. 



VI. On Temperatures at the Royal Botanic Garden, and their 

 Effects on Vegetation. By Mr John Sadler, Curator. 



miscellaneous communications. 



1. Mr Isaac Anderson-Henry, of Hay Lodge, Trinity, placed on 

 the table two plants in bloom, which he conceived to be wholly new 

 to this country. The one, an Androsace, had been grown from seeds 

 labelled Olearia ilicifolia, sent by Dr Curl, of Wellington, New 

 Zealand, as collected on Mount Kuahine Heads, in the Northern 

 Island. The plant on the table was the only seed which came up 



