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viz., that fronds which he had collected and planted in a case in 1842 

 were still green and healthy. 



Mr. Callvvell said he would bear evidence to the same effect, that 

 fronds which he had originally obtained were now in healthy condi- 

 tion ; and he would also state that the only fern that he found to grow 

 with Trichoinanes in the same case was Asplenium marinum. 



Mr. Whitla conceived that a very important feature in the cultiva- 

 tion of such plants was a still atmosphere, and he did not place much 

 reliance upon geological formation in the cultivation of any plant. 

 He thought, however, that in the cultivation of Asplenium marinum 

 saline ingredients were necessary to its growth ; but with regard to 

 soil or rock, he thought that plants properly treated, without reference 

 to geological character of soil, would thrive equally well. EJe had 

 collected in Clare, Orobanche rubra growing abundantly in limestone. 

 This had been stated to be a plant peculiar to basalt, and only found 

 in such districts. It was a parasite attached to Thymus Serpyllum, 

 which was a plant of general distribution. 



The Chairman then directed the ballot, and Dr. T. E,. Mitchell and 

 Francis Brady, Esq., were declared duly elected members. Others 

 having been proposed for ballot on the next evening, the meeting was 

 adjourned. 



Tyneside Naturalists' Field-Club. 



March 21, 1851. The President, Dennis Embleton, M.D., in the 

 chair. 



Ralph Carr, Esq., of Dunston Hill, read the continuation of his 

 paper ' On Composite Names of Places of Anglo-Saxon Derivation.' 



Mr. Storey read an abstract of his paper ' On the Flowering Plants 

 and Ferns found within five miles of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.' 



Mr. Albany Hancock presented a short paper, intituled a ' Notice 

 of the Occurrence of Diphyllidia lineata on the Durham Coast.' 



A collection of Algae and corallines was sent for inspection by Miss 

 Errington. 



Dr. Embleton and Mr. D, Oliver, jun., exhibited numerous well- 

 dried specimens of ferns and other plants. 



On the following day the Anniversary meeting was held in one of 

 the rooms of the Government School of Design, when the President, 

 Dr. Embleton, delivered an able and highly interesting address ; after 



