LTNNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. IvU 



MlSCELLANisOUS : " • 



E. Larfcet and H. Christy. Rsliquise Aquitanicae. Part 5, 4to, 6 

 plates. Presented by the Executors of the late H. Christy. 



Series of 34 K,eports on the Forests, Timber-trees, and Forest 

 Administration of India. Folio, 4to, and 8vo, 1856 to 1867. Pre- 

 sented by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. "A brief account of the chief Enemies destructive of the 

 Coffee-plant," by Surgeon John Shortt, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 



2. " On the Silkworm-Oaks of Northern China," by Henry T. 

 Hance, Ph.D. Communicated by J. D. Hooker, M.D., V.P.L.S., 

 &c. 



3. " On some new forms of Trichopterous Insects from New Zea- 

 land; with a List of the Species known to inhabit those Colonies," 

 by Robert MacLachlan, Esq., F.L.S., Sec. Entomol. Soc. 



4. " Notes on Jussicsa/' by Mr. Charles "Wright. Communicated 

 bj- Dr. Hooker. 



5. " Notulse Capenses," by P. MacOwan, B.A. Communicated by 

 Dr. Hooker. 



6. " On the germination of Orchis Morio ; with some remarks 

 on the Embryos of the Cryptogams," by Benjamin Clark, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 



7. " Experiments in Pruning, with a view to the production of 

 varieties, especially in Zea Mays ; and remarks on certain analogies 

 occurring in the Animal Kingdom, including notices of Diseases con- 

 nected with the growth of Fungi," by the same. 



May 25, 1868. 

 Anniversary Meeting. 



George Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



This day (the Anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus having fallen 

 on a Sunday) being the day appointed by the Charter for the Elec- 

 tion of Council and Officers, the President opened the business of the 

 Meeting with the following Address : — 



