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BOTANICAL NEWS, 
Borantcan Society oF EprNBURGH.—February 9. Professor Archer im 
the chair.—The foll owing communications were read :—I. On Diseases of 
Plants in connection with Epidemics in Man and Animals. By Dr. W. Lauder 
The author, states that he is dion of drawing attention to blights 
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equally attributable to the aetion of that mysterious atmospherie poison which 
apparently generates such diseases as M n and rinderpest. So early as the 
Middle Ages this coincidence appears to have been recognized. Dr. Chambers 
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with epidemies in man, animals, and plants is a ep which has found favour 
blighting of plants in several instances of denies Med concluded by calling 
On the Development of Duck By Mr. William R. M‘Nab. In this paper 
five the edge only of the epiphyll developed the laminar Jae in the other two 
the inner side also assisted. The first five are:—1. Basifugal type; the leaflets, 
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two pinnules at each side of the primary p in most of the Ranunculacee. 
The md in which thei inner side takes part i in pip Serna are :—6. Cyclical 
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