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the outline of a waterspout when seen at sea. At one time no fewer 

 than fifty of these columns were seen rising above the various planta- 

 tions in the district. Suddenly the wind fell into a dead calm, and 

 all disappeared. We had the pleasure of being enveloped in a wreath 

 of this substance, and were agreeably surprised to find ourselves be- 

 daubed from head to foot with the pollen of the fir." — Aberdeen 

 Paper. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Friday, 'ind July. — George Cooper, Esq., in the Chair. 



Dr. Davies, of Brighton, and Mr. T. Moore, of London, were 

 elected members. Various donations to the Library were announced. 

 British plants had been received from Mr. F. Townsend, Mr. T. Twi- 

 ning, Jun., Mr. T. Bentall, and Mr. G. G. Mill. Communications 

 on the Potato-disease were read by Mr. W. Taylor, F.L.S., and Mr. 

 Long. 



Friday, 6th August. — John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the 

 Chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced from the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England and Mr. J. H. Wilson. Foreign plants had 

 been received from M. Sagot and M. Richter, and British plants from 

 Mr. J. Roby, Mr. Sim, Mr. Bladon and Mr. T. Moore. Mr. E. G. 

 Varenne, ofKelvedon, Essex, and Mr. James Ward, of Richmond, 

 Yorkshire, were elected members. 



Miss Charlotte Wilkins presented a specimen of Bulbine planifolia, 

 discovered by her " in a fir plantation about two miles distant from 

 Bourne, in July last." 



The specimen agrees so well with the description of Bulbine plani- 

 folia in the 'Flora Italica' of Bertolini, and with the plates there re- 

 ferred to, as to leave no doubt of its being that plant, which is the 

 Anthericum bicolor of the ' Flora Atlantica.' On very slender charac- 

 ters it has been made into a distinct genus by Kunth, who describes 

 it under name of Siraethis bicolor. 



The following papers were read : — 



" On the Descriptions of some of the Hieracia by Mr. Babington in 

 his ' Manual of British Botany,' " by Mr. James Bladon (Phytol. ii. 

 927). 



" Notice of the Discovery of Allium sphaerocephalum, L., on St. 

 Vincent's Rocks, Bristol," by Mr. H. O. Stephens (Phytol. ii. 929). 



