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Bala and Corwen, lower down by the side of that river ; but there 

 seems no reason to suppose that it has thus been extended upwards 

 to the spot indicated above. Artemisia Absinthium was again ex- 

 ceedingly fine and abundant close to the bridge of the little village of 

 Llandrillo, half-way between Bala and Corwen. From here through 

 Llangollen the road conducts out of Wales. 



The more commonly occurring plants have not been noticed above. 

 The time occupied in this excursion was just fourteen days, accom- 

 plishing on the average nearly thirty miles per day on foot ; which, 

 with the days drawing in rapidly at this advanced period of the year, 

 left but little time to explore any particular locality, or our list might 

 probably have been much richer. 



Alfred W. Bennett. 



London, December, 1849. 



Botanical Society of London. 

 Thursday, November 2d, 1849. — Thirteenth Anniversary Meeting. 



J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R S., &c, President, in the chair. 



W. Bean, Esq., of Liverpool, was elected a corresponding member. 



The following donations were announced: — British plants from 

 Mr. Hewett C. Watson, the Rev. Professor Henslow, Mr. A. Hen- 

 frey, Dr. Bidwell, Mr. T. Bentall, Mr. E. G. Varenne, Mr. J. Storey, 

 the Rev. H. P. Marsham, Mrs. Russell, Mr. D. Oliver, Mr. J. Whit- 

 taker, Mr. T. Clark, Jan., Mr. W. H. Parchas, Mr. J. L. Lawrence, 

 Mr. T. Sansom, Mr. W. Bean, Mr. Brent, Mr. J. Reynolds, Mr. G. 

 Cooper, Mr. J. Hussey, the Rev. T. Butler, Mr. G. Rich, Mr. G. E. 

 Dennes, Mr. G. Maw, and Mr. R. Hudson. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Council, from which it ap- 

 peared that fifteen new members had been elected since the last an- 

 nual meeting, and that the Society now consisted of two hundred and 

 fortv-nine members. The distribution of the British duplicates had 

 given the greatest satisfaction to the members, and increased exer- 

 tions had been made this year to obtain the rarer and interesting spe- 

 cimens, which had been attended with much success. The donations 

 to the library had been considerable. 



The Report was unanimously adopted, after which a ballot took 

 place for the Council, when the President was re-elected, and he no- 

 minated J. Miers, Esq., F.R.S., and E. Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., 



