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not only knew him to be a zealous cultivator and successful teacher 

 of Botanj', but they had individually found in him a kind, upright, 

 and sincere friend. His affable manner, conjoined with his highly 

 honourable deportment, had procured for him the respect and esteem 

 of all who had the pleasure of knowing him. 



It was a gratification to find in Dr. Graham's successor, the gen- 

 tleman to whose zeal and activity the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 

 owed its origin. He congratulated Dr. Balfour on his return to his 

 native city, and expressed the hope and expectation that in his new 

 position he would materially support and advance the interests of the 

 Society. 



Samuel Hailstone, Esq., F.L.S., &c, Horton Hall, near Bradford, 

 was elected a non-resident Fellow of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. Contributions to the Physiology of Fecundation in Plants. By 

 George Dickie, M.D., Lecturer on Botany in the University and 

 King's College of Aberdeen. 



2. Remarks on some forms of Rubus. By T. Bell Salter, M.D., 

 F.L.S., Ryde, Isle of Wight. 



Mr. James M'Nab exhibited a specimen of silk cotton {Bomhax 

 Ceiba), and mentioned that this substance was under trial in this city, 

 with the view of its being employed in the manufacture of hats. 



Specimens of Barkhausia setosa, gathered near North Queensferry, 

 by Andrew Dewar, Esq., Dunfermline, were placed on the table. 



December 11th, 1845. — Dr. Archibald Inglis in the chair. 



Donations to the Library and Museum were announced from Dr. 

 Dickenson, Liverpool ; W. Brown, Esq., R. N. ; Philosophical So- 

 ciety of Glasgow ; Literary and Philosopical Society of Liverpool ; 

 and Professor Koch, Erlangen. 



Ralph Holden, Esq., and John Waller, Esq., were elected resident 

 Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. J. M'Nab read a continuation of his journal of a tour through 

 part of the United States and the Canadas. The last portion com- 

 municated to the Society gave an account of the botanical rarities 

 observed in the neighbourhood of Toronto, and concluded with an 

 excursion from Fort Niagara to Queenston, and thence to the Falls. 

 The portion of the journal describing the remarkable distribution of 

 the trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants in the vicinity of the famous 

 Falls, having been read before the Society at a previous meeting, was 

 therefore omitted. 



In the present notice, embracing the journey from Niagara to New 



