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to the deep debt of gratitude we owed to the distinguished writer, Baron 

 von Mueller, for his labours in the field of Tasmanian Botany. These 

 labours, which we had fully recognised, have on many occasions called forth 

 our warm appreciation and grateful acknowledgment, and it would be 

 noticed from the concluding portion of the letter that the Baron, if 

 circumstances permitted, was about to confer a still further obhgation 

 on the Society by compiling a complete list of all known Tasmanian 

 plants, accurately named according to the most recent nomenclature : — 



*' Melbourne, 



"22nd September, 1873. 



** You are again entitled, dear Dr. Agnew, to the expressions of my 

 deep gratitude for the extremely generous manner in which you brought 

 my poor essay before the E,oyal Society of Tasmania, also for the ready 

 response to my suggestion of electing Professor Agardh into your ranks. 

 I will inform by the next post my illustrious friend of the honour con- 

 ferred on him. 



"I trust to collect a few more additional notes on Tasmanian plants 

 from time to time from materials in my Museum, even should I not get 

 from settlers on your island occasional contributions of the plants around 

 them. 



" Perhaps the gentleman who lately explored King's Island, has 

 brought plants with him, or took at least notice whether any particular 

 objects of vegetation, such as the Mistletoe, {Loranthus) did appear there. 

 Would you kLudly ask him ? Perhaps he also would be in the position 

 to say whether I could address any one there settled, with a prospect 

 of really getting any extensive collection gradually from there. The 

 vegetation of King's Island is worth examining. Thus, I find now 

 that stipa crinita occurs there, while it seems absent in Tasmania. 



** Next year I hope to draw up a list of the plants actually occurring 

 in your island, under the adoption of those names which, after the 

 advance of observation since the issue of Dr. Hooker's work, is demanded. 



*'Ferd. von. Mueller." 



The Bishop read a highly interesting paper on " The Law of Weather 

 and Storms " which was listened to with much attention. 



Mr. Grant, after some remarks on the importance of tbe subject of the 

 paper just read, and on the very lucid, interesting, and suggestive 

 manner in which it had been treated, moved a special vote of thanks 

 to His Lordship. This having been given and acknowledged, the pro- 

 ceedings were closed by the usual vote to the donors of presentations. 



