Proceedinys of the Society. 3 



The Conservator's Report shewed an increase of 21G Speci- 

 mens of Plants. 8£c. s 



February the 8<A. letters were read: 



From the Chevalier Seviaage Bodin, requesting that the 

 Society would enter into correspondence with the Horticultural 

 Society of Paris. 



From Mr. Boursault, respecting the cultivation of the LAU- 

 n\ s Ci una mom it in. " It was always deemed absolutely neces- 

 sary," says he, " to allow 20 or 25 degrees (Reaum.) of heat 

 to this plant, though I possessed a fine specimen, in a house 

 the temperature of which never exceeded 12\ and which pro- 

 duced perfect seeds every year. I perceived, about three years 

 ago, that some of these seeds, which had been carried with the 

 earth into the garden, and must have passed the winter there, 

 had germinated. Astonished by this discovery, I cultivated 

 them with care in a green-house. I placed several in a con- 

 servatory in which all my Chinese plants are kept, with others 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, and I had the satisfaction of 

 seeing these Cinnamon trees growing with more vigour here 

 than those which I had left in the hot-houses. From an ex- 

 perience of three years, I am inclined to believe that the Cin- 

 namon tree might be introduced into the southern parts of 

 Kurope." 



I'rom F. C. M'Gregor, Esq. His Majesty's Consul-General 



at tin Caii.iri' s, stating that he would have much pleasure in 



collecting ipecimeni and information relative to Medical Botany 



iii Ti nerille, and the neighbouring island-. 



Thn following ohannalimn. made l>y Dr. Michael Short* on 



the • lie. is of the t \pre-sed oil of the seed of AjtOBMONl 



y. i it <lii(l, w ere read : 



" Having tried this medicine, I have great pleasure in bear- 

 ing tentimoii) to the accuracy ofoui Nevis Correspondent, (Mr. 

 HaggajB.) The first oaet Lb Which 1 employed it, was thut of a 



maniac, (a elejaof patienti vhioh are with difficult \ acted upon.) 



I lend one drachm, formed into emulsion with the \oll. 

 agfl ; it produced |i\e free i valuation*. The lecond case was 



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