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concluded by examining some of the different forms of stipules. V. Report on 
the Flowering of Plants in the Open Air at the Royal Botanic Garden. By 
Mr. M‘Na 
March 8. Dr. Alexander Dickson in the chair.—The following communica- 
tions were read :—I. Notice of the Plantations of Cinchona at Darjeeling. B 
Dr. Thomas Anderson, Caleuita. Dr. Anderson states that seer of 
Cinchona have been formed at Darjeeling at five elevations, viz. 5321 feet, 5000 
feet, 4410 feet, 3332 feet, and 2256 feet above thie level of the sea ; and that the 
number of Cinchona Lagu in these pecu on 1st November, 1865, were : 
—Q. succirubra, 48,184 ; C. Calisaya, 142; C. micrantha, 4264; C. @ 
lis (including vars.), ae 330; C. Pahudiana, 5092—total, 108,962. EI. Notes 
a Botanical Tour through the United States in 1865. By Mr. R. M. Stark. 
II. Report on the diei of Plants in the Open Air at the Royal Botanie 
Garden. By Mr.M‘Nab. IV. Dr. Carrington presented specimens of Scapa- 
nia Bartlingii, Nes species new to Britain. 
April 12th. 
r. Greville, President, in the chair.—The following communi- 
cations were read E On the Ravages of Insects on Forest Trees. By Prof. 
Archer. The most serious A these insect enemies are, —1. On the Elm, Scoly- 
tus destructor, S. pygmeus, S. multistriatus, sese varius, oe punce- 
tata, S. carcharias, Do esculi, and Cossus ligniperda. 2. The Oak, 
Scolytus multistriatus, S. intrieatus, Clytus arcuatus, Cerambyx a 
The Ash, Hylesinus fraxini, H. crenatus, ete. 4. Conifer, Scolytus pini, jeu 
5. The Apple and Plum, Scolytus pruni. 6. The Acacia, Clytus nugiticus, e 
7. The Birch, Scolytus betule. The author explained the best means for e 
ie these Lene by gastar. II. On the Production of Alcohol and Paper 
M. Colladon. III. Notice of Fungi collected near Bridge of 
Earn, on Me in September, 1865. By Mr. John Sadler. IV. List of 
Marine Algs collected in Otago, New Zealand. By Dr. W. Lauder poe 
V. On a new Species of Melanospora from Otago, New Zealand. By D 
W. Lauder Lindsay. VI. On the Movement of Sap in the Shell-bark mas. 
By John Downey; Esq., Wisconsin, U.S. ; communicated by Professor Balfour. 
r. Townley’ Miiban eem had reference to the exudation of sap from the 
EuS of Hickory trees after imc had pam - down. He alluded particularly 
to the ceeurrence vu this even duri t. VIL Report on the Flower- 
ing of Plants in the Open Air at the Royal Botanic Garden. By Mr. M‘Nab. 
Mr. James Britten is publishing in ‘The Naturalist’ what appears to be a 
carefully executed Flora of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 
We have seen the first two sheets of the new work by Dr. Moore and A. G. 
More, ‘ The Contributions to a Cybele Hibernica. It promises to be a care- 
fully prepared Mese and it will certainly be a great addition to our know- 
ledge of Irish plan 
‘Erratum. ae 12, line 11 from bottom of ah any for * None of the species 
are given," read * Some 
