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contributions to science, Dr. Daniell was a man of extensive and Taried infor- 
mation, strongly attaclied to Ids profession and to its accessory studies, and ever 
ready to promote them by all the means in his power. He was also possessed 
of a warm and feelin;? heart, and made many friends by the kindliness of his 
disposition, and the steadfastness of his attachments. 
EoTAKlCAL Society, Edikeijegh. — May 11. — Dr. Dickson, President, in the 
chair. The following communications were read: — 1. On the Morphological Con- 
stitution of the Andrcecium of Menizelia, and its analogy with that of certain 
Fosacece. Ey Dr. Alexander Dickson. (Printed in this Journal, Yol. III. 
p. 209.) — 2. Eeport ou the Chinchona Plantation at Darjeeling in February, 
18G5. By Dr. Thomas Anderson. — 3. Abstract of a Eeport on the Pitayo 
Chinchonas. Bylklr. Eobert Cross. Mr. Clements E. Markham having been 
impressed with the importance of procuring seeds of the species of Chinchona 
which grow at and near Pitayo, New G^ranada, obtained the sartction of the 
Secretary for India to employ Mr. Cross in the service. — Dr. D. Moore, Glas- 
nevin, sent living plants oi Neoiinea intacta from Galway. He stated that lie 
had seen about forty plants in the station, but only one of them was in flower ; 
they grew on a dry bank, close to limestone gravel. — Mr, Sadler stated that 
Dr. P. B. White had recently gathered the following rare Mosses near Perth : 
Qrimmia orbicularis, rocks on Kinnoull Hill; G. SchuUzii, Dunsinane Hill; 
&, leucophaa, Callerfountain Hill ; G, trichoph^Ila, do. ; Ki/pnum abietinum^ 
do. : H. riigosum^ do. 
June 8. — Professor Balfour in the chair. The following communications 
were read : — 1. On a New Grail from China, by Prof. Archer, referring to a 
gall described by Dr. Pereira, under the name of Woo-pei-tsze, which had re- 
cently been imported into this country for the manufacture of gallic acid. Mr. 
Hanbury beUeves it to be produced on Mhus seml-alata^ and Mr, Doubleday 
thinks it is caused by the puncturing of an aphis, and not by a cynips. He 
next noticed a gall from India called Mahee, the produce of Tamarix Indica 
and T, Pharos^ and rich in gallic acid ; also a peculiar gall called Kakrasingee, 
yielded by Rhus Kahrasingheey Eoyle, and one from Southern Germany named 
Knoppern, produced ou Quercits Cerrls, In conclusion, he noticed a curious 
gall from Shanghai, resembling somewhat the Chinese and Japanese gaUs, but 
wanting their peculiar branclpd appearance. — 2. Ou Cape Saffron, By Prof. 
Archer. Th.\^ Saffron is the produce of a Scrophulariacea, and noticed by 
Dr. Pappe in his 'Flora Capensis.' It yields a good orange dye, and resembles 
common Saffron in taste and smell. — ^3. Cubebs from Southern Africa. By 
Prof. Archer. Mr. Archer believed the cubebs to be the fi-uit of Yejpris Ian- 
ceolata^ G. Don, a Xanthoxylacea. — 4. Notes on the Destructive Effects of 
Beetles on certain young Plantations. By Mr. James Myles, factor to Mr. 
Speirs of Elderslie. — 5. Notes of an Excursion from Simla to the Valleys of the 
Giri, Pabur, and Tonse Eivers, tributaries of the Jumna. By Dr. Cleghorn. — 
6. Recent Botanical Intelligence. Communicated by Professor Balfour. — A 
note was read from Dr. Paterson, Bridge of Allan, referring to a double-flowered 
Orchis mascula^ which he had recently picked in Keir grounds. (A paper on 
this subject, by Dr. Moore, is printed in this Journal, Vol. III. p. 284.) 
