210. BOTANICAL NEWS. 
A few of the novelties asia mds been described by Dr. Hance in the * An- 
nales des Sciences Natur 
BOTANICAL aeea OF Tom BURGH.—May 10th.—Dr. R. K. ede. 
President, in the chair. The following communications were read :—1. Ac- 
ice 
Dr. Greville. "The paper was illustrated by drawings of the species described. 
8. Notes on the Travancore Government Garden at Peermade. By Dr. Cleg- 
horn. 4. On the Treatment of Hyacinths and other Bulbous Plants during 
Hall. In this paper Mr. Lawson gave an account of the grass, as seen by him 
in the neighbourhood of Granada, Almeria, and Murcia, in Spain. He ascer- 
ing £4 per ton, free on board. Mr. Lawson suggested that it might be ad- 
visable to try the cultivation of the plant in this country, and with that view 
he sent fresh specimens to the Botanic Garden, 6. Notice of some Rhizomor- 
phous Fungi. By Mr. John Sadler. 7. On e Effects produced on the 
Operator by the Poisoning of Plants in a Herbariu By Captain F. M. Nor- 
man, R.N., Madeira. 8. Report on the Cinchona aeons of Ceylon. By 
Clements R. Markham, Esq. Communicated by Dr. Greville. In this a paper 
Mr. Markham reported on the thriving condition of the Cinchona plantations 
of Ceylon. The experiment is carried on by Mr. Thwaites, Director of the 
Botanic Garden at Peradenia, and the cultivation is conducted by Mr. G. M 
M‘Nicholl, a very intelligent gardener. 9. Report of the State of Vegetation 
in the Open Air at the Royal Botanic Garden. By Mr. M‘Nab. Dr. Balfour 
exhibited specimens of an Allium which had been gathered by Mr. Alexander 
th 
Wellingtonia gigantea, with male and female cones, produced at Tillichewan 
ast] 
June 14th.—Dr. Alex. Dickson, V.P, in the chair. The following commu- 
tion, of his studies at Edinburgh, and of his labours as a naturalist. 2. On the 
Flora of Lynn and the Vicinity. Part I. Phanerogameæ and Ferns. By Dr. 
John Lowe. 3. Report on the Cinchona Plantations at Darjeeling. By Dr. 
Tho erson. Dr. Balfour noticed the discovery of Lepidium Draba 
near Burntisland, by Mr. James G. Black, and exhibited specimens. 
