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3d. At Paris, the members of the section, under the. 

 presidency of M. Pietry, titulary of the parent society, made 

 their excursion in the plains of Montrouge. Many strangers 

 and a number of ladies attended the session in which there 

 was a discourse from M. Pietry ; a memoir on the Botanical 

 topography of the Isle of France, by M. Maillard ; a memoir 

 on ossification, by M. Lalanne ; an interesting morceau on 

 antidotes, by M. Veq^t; and a piece of poetry, entitled Piron, 

 botanist, by M. Derratier. 



4th. RocHEFORT. The excursion was made in the place 

 called Mouriere, and the session was held in a cabinet of ver- 

 dure. It was opened by M. Boin, M. D. president. He 

 brought into view the origin of the parent society, and the 

 formation of the Linnsean section of Rochefort. M. Rejou 

 pronounced the Eulogium of the late Tochon Dupuy, founder 

 of the Botanic Garden of the city. M. Follet, professor of 

 botany, secretary, a historical eulogium on Bernard de Jus- 

 sieu. The other prelectors were M. Rejoy, fils, and Lan- 

 guadin. 



5th. At Ogennes, (lower Pyrennees,) the respectable M. 

 Patasson, author of memoirs on thePyrenneeSj&c. opened the 

 session by a description of the site where the section was col- 

 lected. Among the readings was a notice on the paragreles, 

 by the Baron de Vallier; the report of several excursions 

 made in the valley of Asp, k.c. by M. Labarrere; and apiece 

 sent by M. Laterrade, on the situation of plants and their 

 influence on the character of man. 



6th. At MoNTPELiER a new section has been created 

 under the presidency of M. RafFenau Delitte, professor of the 

 faculty. This section was installed in the conservatory of 

 the Jardin-du-Roi, where the bust of Linnaeus was elevated 

 upon steps garnished with flowers, in the midst of which was 

 observed the modest Linnsea borealis. The excursion was rich 

 in plants and observations. 



7th. At Narbonne tlie excursion and the session took 

 place on the borders of the Mediterranean, and under the 

 presidency of M. Julia, M. D. who had just arrived from 

 Barcelona. 



In every place, meteorological observations, which will be 

 published in the Annuary of 1823, (now in press,) were made 

 between noon and one o'clock. In every place, a banquet 

 was prepared, and toasts were drunk to botanists and to the 

 king, and in this way were terminated thos©^ feasts, so unique 



