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himself when in Egypt. On leaving the Castle the party had a short 

 walk through the park, and then returned to the White Swan, where 

 they sat down to an excellent dinner, to which the thoughtful courtesy 

 of the Duchess had added a splendid dessert. The only business 

 transacted after dinner was the election of three new members to the 

 Berwickshire Club, and the proposal of a vote of thanks on the part 

 of the three Clubs to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland for 

 the attention they had shown to the meeting. The invitation from 

 the Berwickshire Club was made for " the promotion of friendly feel- 

 ings " between the Clubs, and when the party broke up, which it did 

 at an early hour, every one felt that the intended object had been 

 attained. 



[The Editor is aware that this Report is chiefly zoological, but he 

 is desirous of continuing the series of Reports from provincial associ- 

 ations, hoping that good will result from them]. 



Notice of the 'Transactions of the Linnean Society of London] Vol. 

 xx., Parts 1 and 2. 



These two parts of the Transactions are peculiarly rich in Botany, 

 no fewer than eleven of the seventeen papers being on botanical sub- 

 jects. Unfortunately, however, though exceedingly valuable in 

 themselves, these papers all relate to exotic plants, and consequently 

 possess less interest for the British botanist than is sometimes the 

 case when the plants of our own country are treated of: but an ab- 

 stract will not be out of place in the pages of the ' Phytologist.' 



I. On the Development of the Oviilum in Avicennia. By the late 

 William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



A companion paper to the previous communications by the same 

 botanist upon the development of the seed and embryo in Santalum 

 and Osyris ; the subject is, however, too intricate to be fully under- 

 stood without reference to the illustrations. Mr. Griffith states that 

 he was unable clearly to ascertain " the absolute relations w T ith the 

 embryo-sac established by the pollen-tube after it had reached the 

 sac, still less the absolute relations which the end of the pollen-tube 

 bore to the nascent embryo ;" he is, however, induced to believe, from 

 the indications furnished by his sketches, that the pollen-tube pene- 

 Vtrates into the sac, " as far as the spot in which the embryo makes its 

 irst appearance." 



