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Rhamnus Frangula Alisma ratuiiiculoides Littorella laciistris 



Menyanthes trifoliata Spergula nodosa Osmunda regalis 



Gentiana Pneumonanthe Aquilegia vulgaris Chara translucens 



Slum inundatum Poly gala vulgaris, aZia flexilis. — Id. 



Erica Tetralix Myriopliyllum spicatum 



49. Spurless Variety of Dog Violet. We have lately received specimens of a form 

 of Viola canina, in wMch the flowers are said to be always destitute of a spur ; thus 

 assuming a regular figure. It has been found abundantly in Bedfordshire, by Mrs. 

 Gye, a correspondent of Dr. Daubeny. Thus, in the violets, we have on the one hand 

 this return to a regular type, and on the other, a complete state of irregularity in those 

 instances, observed in V. rothomagensis, hirta, and others, in which the petals have 

 each a spur. This lady's violet is at this season of the year apetalous — a frequent oc- 

 currence in V. mirabilis, montana, and many others ; including the common sweet 

 violet. — Gardeners'' Chronicle, September 11, 1841. 



50. Neglected Garden in Jamaica. At Cold-spring estate (4378 feet above the sea), 

 once the seat of the Wallens family spoken of by Bryan Edwards, we found the re- 

 mains of a garden, in which European and tropical vegetation were strangely blended 

 too-ether, and where the plants and trees of both worlds seemed equally to luxuriate. 

 The fences leading to it were garnished with the white rose and the (Rosa) multiflora; 

 strawberry plants in fruit and flower carpeted the ground : the Guernsey lily, the Aga- 

 panthus, the beautiful Begonia and the columbine, were the wild flowers of the region. 

 Here we saw the English oak and Spanish chestnut spreading their noble branches, 

 and almost under their shade the tea-plant and coffee-tree were in full flower. On 

 one side of the garden was a Magnolia tree, of two trunks rising from a single stem, 

 each trunk about 14 inches in diameter, and a little farther on, on the mountain slopes, 

 large copses of the English furze and broom, rich with yellow, aff'ording a retreat for 

 the quail and partridge. Our horses browzed on strawberry-leaves as on common 

 grass: the fruit is small but refreshing, and sells for Is. a quart in Kingston market. 

 Near this strange spot the apple-tree was in bearing, and we saw artichokes, carrots, 

 cabbages, green peas and parsneps. St. Catherine's top was 600 feet above us, encir- 

 cled by mountain mist, and the clouds were rolling in dense masses below us : it was 

 a strange and wonderful scene, and we hardly knew how to admire it enough. — John 

 Candler's Journal ; Part 2, Jamaica. 



51. Meyen's Pflanzengeographie. Mr. Al. Irvine has been for some years engaged 

 in the translation of Meyen's work on the Geography of Plants. In a future number 

 we hope to lay before our readers some extracts from our respected correspondent's 

 translation. — Ed. 



Art. XXX. — Proceedings of Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



September 3. — John Edward Gray, Esq., F.R.S., president, in the chair. The following donations were 

 announced: — Numerous specimens of Aspidium cristatum, from the llev. George Munford, collected by him 

 at Bawsey Heath, near Lynn, Norfolk. Specimens of Australian woods, from Dr. John Lhotsky. British 

 plants, from the Rev. Andrew Bloxam, Mr. S. Warner, Mr. S. P. Woodward, and Miss Anne Worsley, 

 138 species of British mosses, from the secretary, collected by Mr. W. Gardener, Jun., of Dundee. Books, 

 from the secretary, Mr. Woodward, and Mr. W. G. Periy. Lieut. James Tilley, K.N. presented specimens 

 of the elm leaf from their opening in April to their attainment of summer perfection, and thence through 

 their falling changes to the end of decay. Mr. John Reynolds, treasurer, communicated a paper " On the 

 Development of various parts in Hants," trausla'.ed from a paper by Professor Meyen. — G. E. D. 



