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vices of the rocks in some abundance. In the old castle Asplenium 

 Adiantum-nigrum hung gracefully here and there from the corners of 

 the walls. 



Minto Crags are also of the trap formation, but the rock is harder 

 and denser than that of Ruberslaw. They form a very picturesque 

 object, the base being strewed with large masses of rock, of every 

 shape and form, and the grey face of the precipitous parts contrasting 

 well with the green foliage of the trees, which clothe the crags from 

 head to foot. 



The day wearing on, we returned to Denholm, after visiting the 

 beautiful flower-garden at Minto House, and I wended my way home- 

 wards much pleased with my excursion. 



Archibald Jerdon. 



Mossburnford, near Jedburgh, 

 November 29, 1848. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Wednesday, November 29, 1848. — Twelfth Anniversary Meeting. 

 John Edward Gray, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations of British plants were announced from Mr. Thomas 

 Bodenham, Mr. J. D. Salmon, Mr. J. Tatham, junr., Mr. T. Sansom, 

 Miss M. Beevor, the Rev. W. W. Newbould, Dr. Wood, Mr. F. Brent, 

 and Mrs. Atkins. 



Foreign plants had been received from Mr. Anderson. 



The Secretary read the annual Report of the Council, from which 

 it appeared that 23 new members had been elected since the last An- 

 niversary. The distribution of specimens to the members had given 

 the greatest satisfaction, and many valuable specimens had been re- 

 ceived from members, and other botanists, for distribution during the 

 ensuing season. The Report was unanimously adopted ; after which 

 a ballot took place for the Council for the ensuing year, when the 

 Chairman was re-elected President, and he nominated John Miers, 

 Esq., F.R.S., and E. Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-Presidents. Dr. 

 Cooke and J. W. Rogers, Esq., were elected new members of the 

 Council, in the room of John Coppin, Esq., M.A., and Dr. Parkin, 

 who retire in rotation. Mr. J. Reynolds and Mr. G. E. Dennes were 

 respectively re-elected Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Thomas Moore 

 was elected Librarian. — G. E. D. 



