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3. From Captain Grange, Newton Green, Ayr : — Specimens of cloth 

 made from pine-apple fibre, &c., paper made from bamboo, New-Zea- 

 land woods in the form of paddles, &c. 4. From Captain Gillespie, 

 Leith, through Mr. Bryson : — Large section of a palm stem. 5. From 

 Sir William Keith Murray, Bart., Ochtertyre : — Large section of a 

 knot of elm and section of ash grown at Ochtertyre. In transmitting 

 the specimens Sir William Murray remarks : — " I beg to send here- 

 with sections of elm and a plank of ash grown at Ochtertyre, within a 

 hundred yards of each other, on a light soil on trap rock. The largest 

 diameter of the section is five feet two inches." There was also sent 

 a drawing of the elm from which the section was taken. 6. From Mr. 

 Henderson, Wentworth House, Yorkshire : — Sections of Gleditschia 

 triacanthos, Salisburia adiantifolia, Quercus Ilex, and of a species of 

 Eucalyptus. 7. From W. O. Priestley, Esq. : — Twelve sheets of dis- 

 sections illustrating some of the British species of the genus Carex. 

 These dissections were rewarded with a prize at the botanical class 

 in the University, in July last. 8. From Professor Fleming : — Speci- 

 mens of the resin of the grass-tree {Xanthorrhaca arhorea ?) of New 

 Zealand. 9. From Miss Neill, Cannonmills Cottage : — Collection of 

 woods from Van Dieman's Land, fruit of the double cocoa-nut, cone 

 of Pinus Lambertiana, and various sections of woods. 10. From Mr. 

 Thomas Waddel, Cumbernauld : — Fossil plants from the coal mea- 

 sures, including species of Stigmaria, Sigillaria, Lepidodendron, and 

 Calamites. 11. From Captain Boyle, Seaside Cottage, Aberdour, 

 Fife, per Mr. Lawson, jun. : — Fruit of Passiflora caerulea. Captain 

 Boyle writes thus : — " I send specimens of the fruit of the passion- 

 flower, grown in the open air, on the wall of my house. Seaside Cot- 

 tage, Aberdour, Fife. The plant is four years old, and the situation 

 within twenty yards of high-water mark. Many of the less hardy 

 plants, such as myrtles, grow well in the open air in the same loca- 

 lity." A branch of myrtle which had blossomed in the open air 

 accompanied the fruit of Passiflora. 



Dr. Balfour exhibited a specimen of the fruit of Tomato in which 

 five separate succulent carpels were included within a single fruit, an 

 appearance similar to what is frequently exhibited in the orange. 



Dr. Balfour also exhibited specimens of Zostera nana from the 

 shore of the river Blyth, in Northumberland, which had been sent by 

 Mr, Storey, of Newcastle, for the Society's herbarium. 



Mr. G. Lawson exhibited a fresh specimen of the immature fruit of 

 Victoria Regia, grown in the stove aquarium at the garden of the 

 Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's Park, where the plant 



