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the Treasurer makes his financial statement, and the Annalist 

 reads the transactions, and the whole is blended with rational 

 amusement and instruction. There are also occasional I'eunions, 

 such as the one reported in the paper sent you by Dr. Wood. 



" It may be as well to state that all the business of the Society 

 is managed gratuitously , and the whole of the subscriptions ex- 

 clusively devoted to the purchase of books, specimens, etc." 



The following are extracts from the rules, etc., of the Tod- 

 morden Botanical Society : — 



"At a meeting held as above, on the 26th May, 1852, it was resolved — 

 " That this Society shall have for its object the study of botany, the 

 purchasing of books and periodicals, the investigation of plants, their pliy- • 

 siological and anatomical structure, their agricultural and horticultural 

 value, the best modes of cultivation, their classification, arrangement, 

 names, etc. To further this object, lectm-es will occasionally be delivered, 

 papers read, discussion entertained, and details of botanical rambles and 

 experiments given by the members at their respective meetings. 



" It is desirable that all the members should bring to the Society's 

 meetings specimens of plants, flowers, fruits, seeds, etc., for the purpose of 

 hivestigation." 



" Also, the subscription to be sixpence per month, or six shil- 

 lings annually, to be paid in advance." 



The number of works on botany, horticulture, floriculture, 

 chemistry, geology, entomology, conchology, etc., belonging to 

 the Society and circulated among the members, is upwards of 

 three hundred, probably amounting to upwards of a thousand 

 volumes. 



It is hoped that the Annalist will find time now and then 

 to send us a report of the discoveries made by these enterprising 

 botanists. We recommend the example of the friends of progress 

 at Todmorden to the consideration of our readers in all parts of 

 the kingdom, and further take the liberty of telling them to " go 

 and do likewise.'"' 



Outlines of British Funyology. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley,. 

 M.A., F.L.S. London : Lovell Eeeve, 1860. 



We trust the publication of this work is a symptom that My- 

 cology is about to become more studied by British botanists 



