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manner I have lost many hundreds, among them some of the rarest ; 
it is best therefore to lay out such plants at once on pieces of cream 
laid paper, cut rather larger than the plants, and covering them with 
muslin or cambric, the specimens will adhere firmly to the paper, and 
when dried may be fixed with gum by the corners on to the quarto 
cream laid paper. Conferve and Cladophore require to be laid out 
as soon as possible, otherwise they lose their characteristics, particu- 
larly by the relaxation of their ramuli, and the brilliancy of their 
colours will turn to yellowish.”—C. C. 
THE PHYTOLOGICAL CLUB, 
(In connexion with the Pharmaceutical Society.) 
First Annual Meeting — Wednesday, January 11, 1854.— Robert 
Bentley, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the chair. 
Donations. 
Donations of ferns from Mr. Daniel Hanbury, and of ergotised 
grasses and specimens of Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense from Mr. 
Blyth, were announced. 
Report of the Committee. 
The following Report was read by the Secretary :— 
“In presenting their First Annual Report the Committee have to 
congratulate the Members upon the flourishing and prosperous condi- 
tion of the Phytological Club. 
“The support and countenance it was received prove that the 
objects for which it was established commend themselves to pharma- 
ceutists, and that an association of this kind is desirable in con- 
nexion with the Pharmaceutical Society. 
“The objects contemplated at the formation of the Club have been 
constantly kept in view. The monthly meetings have been regularly 
held, at which many interesting papers and communications have been 
read, and instructive discussions have taken place upon them. ‘These 
have been from time to time reported in the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal.’ 
A Branch Association has been formed at Worcester, and the Com- 
mittee hear of others in the course of formation. 
