ii. Proceedings of the Soc'e y. 



Mr. Channell, M.S. A.S.M., communicated to the Society an 

 article published in ihe Pinang Gazette and Stra ts i hron a'e, 

 announcing the formation of a Society entitled " The Pinang 

 and Province Welleshy Agricultural and Horticultural So- 

 tvV'y." It was considered desirable that a correspondence 

 »h.m!d be entered into with that Society, as affording advan- 

 tages both to Pinang and to this Colony. 



Mr. Morris, Vice-Secretary, read the first and second chap- 

 ters of his Essay on the language and literature of the anci- 

 ent nations of India. In this work, which is ba?ed on the 

 authorities of F. Schlegel and other writers on philology, Mr. 

 Morris traces the derivation of Ihe lndo~Gcrmanie dialects ; 

 drawi iff a comparison betwean the Sanscrit and Persian on 

 the one hand and the Greek, Latin, and am ient German on 

 the other ; and referring to certain words, tenses, and forms 

 of speech in all of them, which, from their resemblance in 

 meaning and sound, appear identical, he contends that thesa 

 poiats of similarity are not to be ascribed to the accidental 

 introduction of words and phrases from another language, 

 but actually are an integral part of the languages in which 

 thev exist, and constitute its scope and foundation. — This 

 work of Mr. Morriss' is intended for publication in England. 



Mr. Bojer, Vice-President, communicated a paragraph 

 published in the Greenock Advertiser of 25th April 1S46, 

 slating that there is in the greenhouse of Mr. Gray, of Gree- 

 nock, a thriving plant of the " Colvitlea ruccmosa,'''' (Boj.), 

 •which Sir W. Hooker considers to be the only plant of the 

 species in Europe. Scotland owes this gift to the skill of Mr. 

 Newmau, Director of the Royal Botanic Garden here, and to 

 the care of Mr. Corsaue Cuninghame, both Members of this 

 Society. 



