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Name. 



Comus mascula - . , . 



Symphytum caucasicura 



Galanthus plicatus . - - _ 



Crocus susianus - . » - 



Helleborus lividus - _ - - 



Sisyrinchium grandiflorum - - - 



Potentilla Fragariastrum . . - 



Helleborus odorus - - - - 



Mr. M'Nab also presented, from Mr. Handasyde, the following list 

 of plants observed in flower at Glen Nurseries, Musselburgh, on the 

 12th of February, 1852 :— 



Helleborus atropurpureus Crocus, cloth of gold 

 „ olympicus albus „ large yellow 



„ „ ruber Narcissus Jonquilla campernelle 



„ orientalis Primula, double white 



„ Abchasia „ „ crimson 



„ viridis Erica herbacea 



„ niger „ camea 



Saxifraga oppositifolia major „ mediterranea hibernica nana 



„ „ alba Russian violet 



Sisyrinchium grandiflorum Rhododendron dauricum atrovirens 



Leucojum vernum Garrya elliptica has been in flower all the 



Colchicum vernum winter 



Scilla praecox 



Mr. M'Nab also laid before the meeting a report of temperatures 

 observed at the Botanic Garden from the 8th of January to the 11th 

 of February, 1852. 



Mr. M'Nab read the following extract from a letter from Dr. G. 

 M'Nab, Kingston, Jamaica, dated the 13th of January, 1852: — " With 

 reference to your inquiries regarding the paper made from the Spanish 

 dagger-plant, exhibited at the Botanical Society, by Mr. Sawers, on 

 the 13th of November last, I have to state that the Spanish dagger is 

 the Yucca aloefolia, a plant very common in this country for making 

 fences. The fine paper-looking substance is got by breaking the lower 

 part of the leaf along the midrib, then pulling each half gently from 

 the cuticle which covers the upper surface. It is most easily got from 

 the young leaves, as in them only it separates freely ; it can also be 



