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Plants and seeds received at and sent from the Royal Society’s 
Gardens during the month of July, 1885 :— 
To Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sydney. Two bags Sphagnum moss. 
To Baron Ferd. Von Mueller. Collection of seeds. 
To Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sydney. Collection seeds. 
To Mr. G. Brunning, St. Kilda, Victoria. Collection seeds. 
From Mr. 8. Purvis, Waratah. Seeds. 
From Royal Gardens, Kew, London. Package seeds. 
From Mr. G. Brunning. Plant Prunus pissardi. 
From Mr. C. Traill, Stewart Island, N.Z. Case containing 38 plants. 
From Botanic Gardens, Cape Town. Seeds Pentzia virgata. 
From Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sydney. Case containing 60 plants. 
From Botanic Gardens, Bombay. Fifteen packets seeds. 
From Mr. C. Purchase, Parramatta, N.S.W. Thirty-six dahlias. 
Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 
the Royal Society’s Gardens during July, 1885 :— 
8th. Eranthes hyemalis, commencing to flower. 
18th. Garrya elliptica, commencing to flower. 
28th. Almond, commencing to flower. 
30th. White mulberry, commencing to break. 
3lst. Crocus aureus, in full flower. 
Meteorological Returns. 
From the Government Observer, Captain Short, R.N., table of obser- 
vations for July. 
Additions to the library during the month of July :— 
Agricultural Gazette, May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22. 
Annals and Magazines of Natural History, June. 
Atheneum, May. 
Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow, tome Ix. 
No. 3, Moscow, 1885.—From the Society. 
Cuvier’s Animal Kingdom. By H. McMurtrie, M.D. Woodcuts ; 
Lond., 1824. 
Class Pisces, arranged by Baron Cuvier, with Supplementary Addi- 
ee by Edward Griffith and Lieut. C. H. Smith. Woodcuts ; London, 
1834. 
Class Insecta, arranged ky Baron Cuvier, with Supplementary Addi- 
tions to each order by Griffith and Pidgeon, and Notices of New 
Genera and Species by Gray. Vol. 1 and 2; plates ; London, 1832. 
Classified Index and Synopsis of the Animal Kingdom, arranged by 
Cuvier, with Supplementary Additions by E. Griffith. London, 1835.— 
Mr. J. Backhouse Walker. 
Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria, fifth annual report, 1884, list of 
members, ete.—From the Society. 
Gardener's Chronicle, May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 27. 
Geological Magazine, June. From the Society. 
Government Statistician’s Report on the Vital and Meteorological 
Statistics of the registration districts of Hobart and Launceston for 
July, 1885, From the Government Statistician. 
os oe of the Society of Arts, February, March, April, and May, 
Journalof Science, June. i 
Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, London, Vol. 5, pt. 3, 
June 1885. From the Society. 
Journal of Science, New Zealand, No. 10, Vol. IL., July, 1885. 
Meteorological Observations for the month of December, 1884, From 
the Meteor. Office, India. 
Midland Medical Miscellany, Vol. 4, No, 42. From the Editor. 
