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Nees von Esenbeck. 



The President had received the following letter from Professor 



Nees von Esenbeck : — 



" Breslau, March 8, 1853. 

 " Respected Sir and Friend, 



" I beg to acknowledge, with feelings of most sincere 

 gratitude, the receipt of £20, for which I am entirely indebted to 

 your exertions. I wish to express to you, and to every one, that the 

 sympathy which has rescued me from the most bitter want originated 

 with yourself. Subsequently to your advocacy of my cause, my old 

 friends and fellow-labourers, Robert Brown, Hooker, and Wallich, 

 have assisted me with extreme benevolence ; but to you belongs the 

 high merit of having first recognized my distress, and of having 

 afforded help at the right time. For this, may God reward you. My 

 blessings, and those of my family, will ever accompany you. 



" My sufferings are now so far relieved, that my daily requirements 

 are fullj' provided for ; and I can now resume my works for the Aca- 

 demy of Natural Philosophy. Still, I am yet unable to accomplish 

 what I ardently desire, namely, the laying by a few hundred dollars, 

 the income from which might, with rigid economy, save me from ever 

 again falling into want. 



" You will perceive that I address you as a friend ; and I wish the 

 sentiments which I have expressed published to the world, through 

 the medium of your journals ; and my thanks thus communicated to 

 those who have so nobly contributed to my support. 



" With ray whole heart, 1 am, and remain, 



" Yours gratefully, 



" Nees von Esenbeck." 

 " To Edward Newman, 



&c., &c., &c." 



Asplenium viride at Danny. 



The President had received a communication from a friend, calling 

 his attention to a fact noticed in Derham's ' Remains and Life of 

 Ray,' namely, that that great botanist was a resident at Danny at the 

 latter end of 1667, and for a portion of 1668. This suggested the 

 idea that A. viride, as well as Ceterach and Dryopteris, may have 

 been introduced to the locality, two hundred years ago, and have 

 maintained a footing ever since j the locality being hardly likely to 



