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sovum, the oldest Natural-History Society in the world, has resolved 

 to celebrate its 200th anniversary. The following is the official invi- 

 tation : — 



"Breslau, July 24, 1852. 



" We have the honour of informing the members and friends of the 

 Imperial Academy Naturae Curiosorum in Great Britain, that the cele- 

 bration of the 200Lh anniversary of our Society, which was postponed 

 on account of the cold season (the 1st of January being the real birth- 

 day), will take place at Wiesbaden, on the 18th of September, 1852, 

 simultaneously with the meetings of the German Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and it is to be hoped that the attendance will 

 be most numerous on that important occasion, when every exertion 

 will be made to render the stay of the members and visitors as agree- 

 able as possible." — The Presidium. 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



Thursday, July 8, 1852. — Dr. Seller, President, in the chair. 



The following donations were announced to the Society's library, 

 viz. : — ' Proceedings of the Bervi'ickshire Naturalists' Club,' from the 

 Club ; ' The Flower Garden Companion ' for June and July, from Mr. 

 Moore, the conductor ; and ' Proceedings of the Society for the En- 

 couragement of Horticulture and Agriculture, and the Arts connected 

 with them in Jamaica,' from Dr. Gilbert M'Nab : also, to the Society's 

 herbarium, a parcel of Australian plants, from William Collyer, Esq., 

 of Greenhills, near Melbourne. 



Variety of Rhododendron anthopogon. 



Professor Balfour exhibited specimens, in flower, of a whitish Rho- 

 dodendron, sent by the Earl of Home. It seems to be allied to R. 

 anthopogon, and may perhaps be a variety of that species. In a note 

 from the Earl of Home it was stated that the seeds had been received 

 from the hills of Bokhara. His brother. Major Bell, got this from a 

 brother officer, who made a tour to that country, and sent it home be- 

 tween the years 18.37 and 1842. In forwarding the plant Mr. George 

 Smith, his Lordship's gardener, observed : — " I send you a Rhododen- 

 dron which Lord Home thinks may turn out new to this country. 

 Hitherto 1 have kept it in the greenhouse all the winter, and out of 



