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Caledonian Horticultural Society : — A bottle of oil expressed from the 

 seeds of Madia sativa, manufactured in Holland. From Sir Graham 

 Montgomery : — Two sections of " Queen Mary's thorn," from Loch- 

 leven Castle, blovAii down a few years ago. From Mr. Baxter, Ric- 

 carton : — Cone of the Silddm larch, and several species of Banlvsia. 

 From James Young, Esq. : — Scarf brought from Calabar, by Mr. 

 Waddell, made from a species of grass. From Mr. Monro, coach- 

 builder, Edinburgh : — A curiously-matted portion of a root, supposed 

 to be a Scotch fir, picked up on the sea-shore near Cramond, by Miss 

 Monro. From C. G. Scott, Esq., Malleny : — A remarkable specimen 

 of ivy, surrounding an ash-tree. The stem of the ivy was about two 

 feet in circumference at the lower part. From Charles Cobbold, Esq., 

 Broughton Park : — Fruit of Bignonia, and a section of what he consi- 

 dered to be silicified wood. From Lady Harvey, Carlton Terrace : — 

 Specimens of fossil plants (chiefly carboniferous), Ophrys aranifera 

 preserved in spirits, and caterpillars of goat-moth, accompanied by 

 the following note : — " The petrified wood was found about twenty 

 years ago, in a sand-pit at Wodenburgh, or Woodnesborough, near 

 Sandwich, Kent, about six miles from the sea, perforated by the Te- 

 redo. The Ophrys aranifera, found two miles west of Walraer Castle, 

 near the sea, has been in the diluted spirits above sixteen years. 

 Cossus Ligniperda, or larva of the goat-moth, perforates the trunks of 

 many trees, particularly the oak, aspen, poplar, and willow. Of the 

 latter we had many destroyed in our plantations by these caterpillars. 

 They are sometimes three years in attaining perfection before they 

 change into the pupa. They may frequently be discovered by their 

 peculiarly disagreeable smell." From Mr. Owen, 28, Howard Place : 

 — A bottle of acid from the gram of India [Cicer arietiniim), collected 

 by putting a cloth over the plants, and then squeezing out the acid 

 fluid absorbed. From Mr. Stark, 1, Hope Street: — Specimens of 

 wood from Cornwallis Land, of great age, and so acted upon by the 

 weather as to resemble abestus on the outside. 



Dr. Balfour read a letter from Mr. Fortune, stating that he had for- 

 warded interesting specimens of vegetable products from China, for 

 presentation to the museum. 



Mr. M'Nab read a letter from Dr. Gilbert M'Nab, of Jamaica, 

 mentioning that he had likewise forwarded a donation of specimens to 

 the museum. 



Dr. Balfour announced that Mrs. Haig, of Viewpark, Bruntsfield, 

 had presented to the Royal Botanic Garden the magnificent collec- 

 tion of orchidaceous plants which she has cultivated at Viewpark for 

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