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The section for Medicine and Surgery counted the largest number of 

 members. We may mention Ritter, Virchow, Heyfelder, Erlenmeyer, 

 Fraas, Vierodt, &c. ; Virchow was elected President. The Botanical 

 section counted amongst its members Martens, Veesenmeyer, De Bary, 

 Steudel, Schnitzlein, Hochstetter, and elected Schultz, Seemann, and 

 Gumbel Presidents. The section for Anatomy, Physiology, and Zoo- 

 logy was attended by Luschka, Ecker, Focke, Wutzer, and was pre- 

 sided over by Rapp. The section for Geology, Mineralogy, and 

 Geography was represented by Carnal, Quenstedt, Strombeck, Glocker, 

 Desor, Gerlach, Stocker, &c., and elected Merian President. 



The Imperial L. C. Academy of Naturalists, which may be looked 

 upon as the nucleus of the Society, held two sittings under the Presi- 

 dency of Professors Jaeger and Heyfelder. Dr. Nees von Esenbeck, 

 the President, was unfortunately prevented by illness from attending. 

 In a letter of his addressed to Jaeger he gave a favourable statement of 

 the affairs of the Academy, showing that there were at present a greater 

 number of first-rate scientific papers for publication in the ' Nova Acta ' 

 than at any former period. The topics of discussion referred chiefly 

 to the affairs of the Academy, and have not yet been made public. 



On the 24th of September the meetings were finally closed. Got- 

 tingen was chosen as the place of meeting for 1854, and Professors 

 Listing and Baum were elected Presidents of the Society. 



According to the ' Bonplandia,' three Englishmen have, on the 18th 

 of August, been elected Members of the Imperial L. C. Academy ; 

 viz., 1, John Smith, Esq., who received the cognomen " Kunze ;" 

 2, Dr. Thomas Thomson, to whom the title " Hamilton " was given ; 

 and, 3, John Miers, Esq., on whom the name " Kunth " was conferred. 



Notices of New Books, Sfc. 



* TTie Annals and Magazine of Natural History^ No. 71, November, 

 1853. London : Taylor & Francis. Price 25. Qd. 



After an absence of any botanical papers since we last noticed this 

 scientific journal, we have two in the November number. These are 

 intituled : — 



