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bird-cheny, and Cerastium triviale. Epimedium alpinum is not now 

 found here. On the grounds facing the river Greta, I found Luzula 

 campestris, crow-garlic, ash, earth-nut, germander speedwell, Galium 

 cruciatum, Ajuga reptans, Vicia sepium, and Alopecurus pratensis. 

 Mr. Davies likewise gave a complete list of the plants observed by him, 

 with their dates of flowering. 



Professor Balfour exhibited a young plant of Victoria Regia from 

 one of the hot-houses in the Botanic Garden, showing the remarkable 

 difference in the form of the leaves produced in its early stage of 

 growth from those afterwards formed. The plant showed the first- 

 formed linear leaf, followed by the sagittate form, after which leaves 

 of a more or less rounded-cordate form are produced. 



A number of interesting exotic plants, in flower, were exhibited 

 from the hot-houses in the Botanic Garden ; also many alpine plants, 

 including rare British species, such as Carex Vahlii, atrata, &c. ; 

 and plants of Viola stagnina and Ranunculus tripartitus, which had 

 been presented to the garden by Mr. Babington. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows : — Rev. 

 Thomas Brown, Randolph Cliff; Christopher Kerr, jun., Esq., 22, 

 Walker Street ; Peter Davidson, Esq., 39, Albany Street j Peter 

 Fairbaivn, Esq., 53, George Square. 



After the meeting the members enjoyed a walk through the palm- 

 house and hot-houses of the Botanic Garden, along with Professor 

 Balfour. 



Thursday, June 10, 1852. — Dr. Seller, President, in the chair. 



The following donations were announced to the Society's library 

 and herbarium : — ' Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field- 

 Club,' from the Club ; British plants from W. Somerville Miller, Esq. 



Dr. Balfour exhibited, under the microscope, a section of fossil 

 dicotyledonous wood, from California (presented by Dr. Hay), exhi- 

 biting a peculiar arrangement of the woody zones. 



Dr. Balfour mentioned the following donations, which had been 

 made to the Museum of Economic Botany at the Botanic Garden 

 since the last meeting of the Society, and exhibited some of the more 

 interesting specimens : — From Mr. Hepburn, Millfield : — A monstrous 

 cucumber, in which a flower was produced from the side of the fruit. 

 From George Patton, P^sq., of Cairnies :— Sections of stems and roots 

 of Scotch fir, larch, common spruce, and white spruce, showing pecu- 

 liar arrangements of the woody circles. In some cases the rings, iiom 

 I pressure, were developed chiefly on one side of the central point ; in 



