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is to remain. Afterwards return it to the press to dry. In this way 

 the colors of the flowers are kept. The following are a few of the 

 flowers I have tried successfully. 



Snowdrop Wall-flower Jonquil 



Crocus Pyrus Japonica Narcissus 



Primrose Polyanthus Primula cortusoides 



Heart's-ease Yellow Auricula 



I find this plan to do better than any other I have tried. The 

 flowers preserved in this way are less liable to be lost or injured. 

 The color of the leaves too keeps very well, nor do they shrivel, as 

 as they often do, when pressed loose in a book. 



Frederick J. Ogden. 

 The Oaks, near Manchester. 

 May 19, 1846. 



[It must be borne in mind, that, although the Editor is always 

 willing to publish recommendations of this kind, still he is in no way 

 responsible for them. On a former occasion he incurred great blame 

 for publishing recommendations on this subject, which other corre- 

 spondents were led to try, and found utterly worthless. He has not 

 the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Mr. Ogden, but ven- 

 tures to hope that the recommendation now before him, has not been 

 published without abundant proof of the eflacacy of the plan. It is 

 as impossible for the Editor to test the value of such recommenda- 

 tions, as to examine and compare the characters of plants, which may 

 be casually contrasted. Let it therefore be distinctly understood that 

 every contribution is like a separate work : the responsibility is with 

 the author alone. — Ed.] 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Jtily Srd, 1846. A. Gerard, Esq., in the chair. 



Donations of British plants were announced from Dr. Dewar, the 

 Rev. G. W. Sandys, Mr. Alfred Greenwood, Mr. A. J. Hambrough, 

 the Rev. R. Creswell, Mr. James Lynam, Mrs. F. Russell and Mr. O. 

 A. Moore. 



Read " Notice of a variety of Cnicus arvensis ? found in Fifeshire." 

 By Dr. Dewar. 



" Its habit when growing is very different from the C. arvensis. 

 The leaves are sinuated rather than pinnatifid, not crisped and curled, 



