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portion inhabit subtropical and temperate regions. Some are gene- 

 rally found in India, Japan, and the north of Africa. 



The climate of Europe during the Tertiary Epoch appears to have 

 been becoming more and more temperate, by a gradual process of 

 cooling. 



Mr. M'Nab read the following report on the state of vegetation in 

 the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, from the lllh of February till the 

 11th of March, 1852:— 



Name. 



Helleborus ovientalis - . - . 



Arabis albida - . . . 



Symphytum tauricum - - . 



Crocus vemus and varieties 

 Primula deuticulata . . - . 



„ nivalis _ - - - 



Symplocavpus fcetidus - - . . 



Leucojum vernum - - - - 



Arabis precurrens .... 



Anchusa sempervirens . _ - 



Tussilago alba - - - - - 



„ nivea - . - _ 



Pulraonaria angustifolia _ _ . 



„ mollis - - - - 



Adonis vernalis ----- 



Doudia Epipactis - . - - 



Mr. Evans stated that the apricot began to flower in the Experi- 

 mental Garden on the 1st of March. 



Mr. M'Nab laid before the meeting a record of thermometrical ob- 

 servations made in the Botanic Garden. 



George Sharp, Esq., was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



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