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give us no information respecting it. The specimens were laid aside, 
and not noticed until lately ; when a thought struck me that the plant 
might be Udora Canadensis. I immediately forwarded specimens of 
it to Mr. Babington, who very kindly informed me that I was right in 
my conjecture. I at the same time received specimens of the plant 
from Mr. Hardy, of Penmanshiels, N.B.; which he had collected 
in the lakes at Dunse Castle, and with which mine quite agree. 
Mr. Babington suggests that I ought to record the fact in the ‘ Phyto- 
logist,’ in order that its first appearance in this part may be known in 
future. How the plant may have got there I am at a loss to decide, 
but shall make inquiry, and further examine the neighbourhood during 
the ensuing season.”— Thomas Simpson; Hopetown, near Bedale, 
Yorkshire, January 16, 1854. 
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LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
June 7, 1853.—Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the chair. 
Election of a Fellow. 
The Rev. Thomas Hugo, M.A., was elected a Fellow. 
Nomination of Vice-Presidents. 
The President nominated Robert Brown, Esq., William ‘Varrell, 
Esq., Nathaniel Wallich, Esq., M.D., and William Spence, Esq., to 
be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 
Mr. Yarrell, V.P.L.S., exhibited a specimen of the dusky petrel 
(Puffinus obscurus of modern authors). 
Letters of Linneus and other Naturalists. 
Mr. Westwood, F.L.S., exhibited a volume of letters addressed to 
Philip Miller by Linneus and various other naturalists and others, 
the property of Mr. Edward Layton of Watford; the more interesting 
of which, he stated, will shortly be published in facsimile. The 
volume contained, among others, letters from Dr. Richard Richard- 
son, Charles Alston, Boerhaave, De Jussieu, Gronovius, Du Hamel 
du Monceau, George Clifford, Linneus, De Zieten, Lord Petre, 
Hebenstreit, Van Royen, Guettard, Richard, Wachendorff, Garden, 
John Bartram, Stephen Hales, Marsigli, Oder, Forskahl, Schmidel, 
Pinard, Dr. John Hope, Sibthorp, Vandelli, and Dr. Tobias Smollet. 
