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nursery-ground at Milford, near Godalming, there are several trees of 

 Cytisus Laburnum coccineum, similar to that in the Royal Botanic 

 Garden at Edinburgh, of which specimens were exhibited at the meet- 

 ing of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, on the 8th of Jime, 1843 

 (Phytol. 653), in which, from the giafting of the French hybrid — the 

 C. Laburnum coccineum, on the C. Laburnum, the result has been 

 the production of shoots of three varieties, — C. Laburnum coccineum, 

 C. Laburnum and C. purpureus. I observed these trees in blossom 

 last year, when, as in the Edinburgh tree, the yellow and red flowers 

 were predominant. Even in their present leafless condition they pre- 

 sent a singular appearance : the cherry-tree-like branches of C. La- 

 burnum coccineum being very distinct from those of C. Laburnum, 

 which retain their decayed seed-vessels, while the pendulous tufts of 

 C. purpureus appear, at a short distance, like bunches of mistletoe. 

 Mr. Young states that it is about six years since he first noticed the 

 tendency of the mule laburnum to reproduce the forms of the parent 

 plants. — Henry Bull ; Godalming, Surrey, February 19, 1844. 



459. RepuhUcatio7i of Johnsoii's ' Itinera Botanica. ' We are 

 pleased to observe that Mr. Pamplin is about to republish this inte- 

 resting work by subscription. The text will be translated verbatim 

 by Mr. A. Irvine. — Ed. 



460. Collections of Scottish Plants. Mr. Wm. Gardiner has an- 

 nounced his intention of preparing, during the ensuing summer, a 

 number of packages of plants, chiefly from the alpine district of Brae- 

 mar. Subscribers' names received by Mr. Gardiner, Dundee. — Ed. 



Art. CCIV. — Proceedings of Societies. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



November 7, 1843. — R. Brown, Esq., V. P., in the chair. 



Dr. Bromfield, F.L.S., presented a specimen of a species of Cala- 

 mintha found by him in the Isle of Wight, and regarded as new, (see 

 Phytol. 768). 



Mr. Newman exhibited a specimen of Trichomanes lately found in 

 the CO. Kerry, and supposed to be distinct from T. speciosum. 



Read, a letter from Joshua Clarke, Esq., of Saffron Waldon, ac- 

 companying specimens of Barkhausia setosa (Dec), found in that 

 neighbourhood, with a note on the characters and distribution of the 

 species, by Mr. Kippist, Libr. L.S. 



Read also the commencement of ' An Analysis of Rhizantheae,' by 

 Wm. Griffith, Esq., F.L.S. 



